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- The Supreme Court has upheld the “presumption” that a couple who live together as husband and wife are legally married and the woman can claim maintenance under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
- A Bench of Justices R. Banumathi and Indira Banerjee observed that it is “fairly well settled that the law presumes in favour of marriage and against concubinage when a man and woman have cohabited continuously for a number of years”.
- Citing past judgments of the apex court, the Bench quoted that “where a man, who lived with a woman for a long time and even though they may not have undergone legal necessities of a valid marriage, should be made liable to pay the woman maintenance if he deserts her”.
- Legal loopholes -“The man should not be allowed to benefit from the legal loopholes by enjoying the advantages of a de facto marriage without undertaking the duties and obligations.
- Any other interpretation would lead the woman to vagrancy and destitution, which the provision of maintenance in Section 125 is meant to prevent,” the court said in a recent judgment.
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- Former IAS officer Ashok Kumar Gupta has been appointed as the chairperson of the Competition Commission of India (CCINSE 0.00 %), according to an official communication.
- The CCI keeps a tab on unfair business practices across sectors.
- the Corporate Affairs Ministry said Gupta has been appointed as the CCI chairperson. It was approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)
- Gupta, a former IAS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre, would receive a consolidated salary of Rs 4,50,000 per month, without house and car, as per the communication.
- The appointment would be till October 25, 2022 the date when he attains the age of 65 years or until further orders, whichever is the earliest, it added
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- The Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) on 9th Nov. signed an agreement with US-based Research Institute for Fragrant Materials (RIFM) for improving the quality of fragrant oils, a spokesman of the institute said.
- The pact was signed by Anil Kumar Tripathi, Director CSIR-CIMAP and Jim Romane, President of the RIFM at the conclusion of the two-day annual conference of the International Fragrance Association in Paris.
- Since the RIFM internationally standardizes the quality of fragrant materials, it will give a big boost to the fragrance quality in India, spokesman Manoj Semwal said.
- "The pact will go a long way in standardizing the fragrant material produced in India and bring it to an international level," he told IANS while adding that the CSIR, under the "aroma mission" was aiming to enhance production of fragrant materials.
- To increase the acceptability and demand of Indian fragrances on a global level, a team of the RIFM had visited the Lucknow headquarter of CIMAP earlier in 2018.
- The deliberations during the visit resulted in the signing of the MoU.
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- The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras has developed a portable solar-powered cold storage device with a 500 kg capacity for storing vegetables, and fruits, among other items.
- The device will help farmers store their produce for sufficient time so that it does not get spoilt before it is sold, thereby preventing wastage of agricultural produce.
- The first unit of the device, which provides storage facility with temperature ranging between four and 10 degree celsius, was deployed at a farm in Madurantakam in Kancheepuram district, around 80 km from Chennai, recently.
- “Vegetables, leaves, flowers and fruits can be stored for 24 hours in the device. Each device would be enough for 5 or 6 acres of land or for a group of three to four farmers,” professor Satyanarayanan Seshadri, who developed the system
- Each unit would cost between Rs 5.5 to Rs 6 lakh and storage capacity could be scaled down based on requirement.
- The project has been funded by Department of Science and Technology (Ministry of Science and Technology) and IIT-M.
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- Delhi's pollution level remained 'severe' for the second day as a thick haze engulfed the national capital, even as the authorities said there was significant improvement in the air quality as compared to 8th Nov.
- The overall air quality index (AQI) was recorded at 426 which falls in the 'severe' category, according to data by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
- The Centre-run System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) said the city's air quality has "improved significantly" since Thursday, but the recovery was slow due to low surface wind speed.
- "At present, it continued to be in 'severe' but likely to improve further and will become 'very poor' by afternoon and will improve further by 10th Nov.
- The contribution of PM2.5 in PM10 which was 75 per cent on Thursday (against normal 55 per cent) has been reducing," the SAFAR said.
- It also said the contribution to the PM2.5 pollution due to stubble emission was marginal.
- Twenty eight areas in Delhi recorded 'severe' air quality, while four areas recorded 'very poor' air quality, according to the data of the CPCB.
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- Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary won the 10m Air Pistol mixed team event, with a junior world record score on the last day of the Asian Airgun Championships in Kuwait, beating the Chinese pair of Wang Xiaoyu and Hong Shuqi in the final.
- India's junior shooting squad thus ended the championships with a tally of 11 medals, including four gold.
- Youth Olympic Games champions Manu and Saurabh finished with a score of 485.4 in the final, well ahead of the Chinese who managed 477.9.
- This was also Saurabh's third gold medal in two days, having won the team and individual 10m Air Pistol events on 8th Nov.
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- The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has constituted a three-member team of independent wildlife experts to probe how the man-eating tiger Avni (T1) was killed.
- After animal activist and Union Minister Maneka Gandhi criticised the killing of Avni (which was legally sanctioned by Maharashtra’s wildlife authorities) last Sunday, the NTCA said it had asked the State’s Wildlife Department to explain the circumstances of the death.
- Specifically, it wanted to know who actually shot the tiger and whether there was an attempt to tranquilise it.
- On 8th Nov, Mr. Nayak told The Hindu that the NCTA had now constituted a team to investigate the killing of Avni, after visiting Yavatmal, where the tiger was shot on November 2.
- Experienced team - “The three-member team will have experienced wildlife experts from the Wildlife Trust of India, a retired Forest officer from Kerala and NTCA’s own officer from its Nagpur division,” Mr. Nayak said.
- The tigress which is said to have killed 13 people, was shot dead by civilian hunter Asgar Ali, who was with a team of Maharashtra Forest Department officials.
- According to Maharashtra Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar, an official allegedly attempted and failed to fire a tranquiliser dart at the tigress following which she charged at the team. Mr Ali then fired in self-defence.
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