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THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TRANSGENDER PERSONS (PROTECTION OF RIGHTS) BILL, 2016 TO ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION

Transgender is not a new section of the society. They are present in the world from times immemorial. Transgender community mainly comprises of Hijras, Eunuchs, Kothis, Aravanis, Jogappas, Shiv-Shakthis etc., the existence of Eunuchs can be traced back to 9th century BC. It is a Greek word meaning there by “Keeper of the bed" .In Indian context scriptures like Vedas (1500 BC - 500 BC), Manu Smriti (200 BC - 200 AD), Mahabhaya (200 BC), and Patanjali's work on Sanskrit grammar recognized three genders.   The status of transgender was not discriminatory from the very beginning; rather they had a respected position in medieval India especially in the Mughal Period. The societal position of the Transgender was started to decline during the British Rule. Though, initially they were granted protections and benefits by some Indian states. However, in the second half of the 19th century, the British colonial administration vigorously sought to criminalize the hijra community and de...

How to overcome weak passwords

The importance of setting strong passwords is hammered into us every week. We visit websites which have registration forms that tell you how secure your chosen password is. We hear about it on the news. We see it in emails we get every few months reminding us to update our passwords. So, you'd have thought by now, that most people use somewhat strong passwords, right? Unfortunately that's just not the case, and it's quite likely that insecure passwords are some of the largest vulnerabilities that exists in your organisation. Let's take a look at Adobe's data breach. It was a widely reported security disaster, whereby ~150 million encrypted passwords were leaked, creating one of the biggest crossword puzzles of all time. It didn't take long for pe ople to start trying to crack it, and within no time at all, a list of the 100 most commonly used passwords were released. Of the 150 million leaked passwords, 1.9 million were "123456", 450 thousand were...

Bharatmala Project

Bharatmala will provide NH linkage to 550 districts. Highways works worth Rs 8 lakh crore are scheduled to begin before the end of 2018 under the Bharatmala Pariyojana according to an announcement by the Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development Gangaram Rejuvenation recently. Bharatmala is a new umbrella programme for the highways sector that focuses on optimizing efficiency of road traffic movement across the country by bridging critical infrastructure gaps. Bharatmala will be a major drive for economic growth in the country, and help realise the Prime Minister's vision of a New India. The programme has been designed to bridge the gaps in the existing highways infrastructure so as to make the movement of man and material more efficient. Special attention has been paid to fulfill the connectivity needs of backward and tribal areas, areas of economic activity, places of religious and tourist interest, border areas, coastal areas and ...