PM Modi’s government announces start of India’s enactment of citizenship law that excludes Muslims

PM Modi’s government announces start of India’s enactment of citizenship law that excludes Muslims

The National Register of Citizens is part of Modi government’s effort to identify and weed out people it claims came to India illegally. The register has only been implemented in the northeastern state of Assam, and the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party has promised to roll out a similar citizenship verification programme nationwide.

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Money talks: Media mogul Rupert Murdoch to marry at 93, days after he was engaged to another woman for two weeks

Money talks: Media mogul Rupert Murdoch to marry at 93, days after he was engaged to another woman for two weeks

Previously, he was married to Patricia Booker, an Australian, with whom he had Prudence, and then to Scottish-born journalist Anna Torv, with whom he had Lachlan, James and Elisabeth. These four Murdoch children have the same stake in the family trust and an equal say in what happens to the trust’s voting stock upon Murdoch’s death. He later married Chinese-born Wendi Deng, whom he divorced in 2013 after having two daughters, Grace and Chloe.

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UN says number of women circumcised aged between infancy and adolescence rose by 30m to 230m since 2016

UN says number of women circumcised aged between infancy and adolescence rose by 30m to 230m since 2016

The practice, incorrectly believed to control women’s sexuality, can cause serious bleeding and even death. Girls are subjected to the procedure at ages ranging from infancy to adolescence. Long term, it can lead to urinary tract infections, menstrual problems, pain, decreased sexual satisfaction and childbirth complications, as well as depression, low self-esteem and post-traumatic stress disorder.

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FGM: United Nations boss Antonio Guterres launches plan to tackle ‘baked-in bias’ in Kenya

FGM: United Nations boss Antonio Guterres launches plan to tackle ‘baked-in bias’ in Kenya

The UN chief also launched a plan to boost empowerment of women and girls around the world on Friday, unveiling details at a meeting commemorating International Women’s Day on the theme of investing in women and girls.

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How Kenyan activists embarked on mission to end gender-based violence as attacks on women spike

How Kenyan activists embarked on mission to end gender-based violence as attacks on women spike

Kenya’s Demographic and Health Survey of 2023 found that more than 11 million women – or 20 per cent of the population – have experienced physical or sexual violence from an intimate partner during their lives, with 2.8 million of those women having experienced this type of violence in the last 12 months.

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Ramadhan with a difference: Muslims in Gaza to fast against grim setting of Israeli bombs

Ramadhan with a difference: Muslims in Gaza to fast against grim setting of Israeli bombs

Fasting is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, along with the profession of faith, prayer, almsgiving and pilgrimage. Muslims see various meanings and lessons in observing the fast.

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No man, No cry: Chinese women eschew hunt for husbands, prefer ‘singledom’ as economy stutters

No man, No cry: Chinese women eschew hunt for husbands, prefer ‘singledom’ as economy stutters

China’s single population aged over 15 hit a record 239 million in 2021, according to official data. Marriage registrations rebounded slightly last year due to a pandemic backlog after reaching historic lows in 2022. A 2021 Communist Youth League survey of some 2,900 unmarried urban young people found that 44 per cent of women do not plan to marry.

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Research: Junk food addicts with high ‘bliss point’ usually have low appetite for fresh fruits, vegetables and beans

Research: Junk food addicts with high ‘bliss point’ usually have low appetite for fresh fruits, vegetables and beans

A 2023 research report published in the journal Addiction found that: “Tobacco-owned foods were 29 per cent more likely to be classified as fat and sodium hyper-palatable food (HPF) and 80 per cent more likely to be classified as carbohydrate and sodium HPF than foods that were not tobacco-owned between 1988 and 2001.

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Junk food addiction: How Big Food hooks you just as cigarettes and cocaine trigger cravings

Junk food addiction: How Big Food hooks you just as cigarettes and cocaine trigger cravings

Along with speed, “addiction is also deeply enmeshed with memory and the memories we create for food are typically stronger and longer lasting than any other substance. Childhood memories of food can wield an uncanny power over our eating habits for the rest of our lives.”

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Why in Senegal’s capital Nicaragua is popular flight path for illegal migrants headed for US

Why in Senegal’s capital Nicaragua is popular flight path for illegal migrants headed for US

US authorities arrested Senegalese migrants 20,231 times for crossing the border illegally from July to December. That’s a 10-fold increase from 2,049 arrests during the same period of 2022, according to US Customs and Border Protection. Many like Ba cross in remote deserts of western Arizona and California.

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