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Kerala Announces ₹750 Crore Relief Package for Wayanad Landslide Survivors: Finance Minister

The Kerala government has earmarked ₹750 crore for the rehabilitation of Wayanad landslide survivors, state finance minister KN Balagopal announced while presenting the annual budget for the 2025-26 financial year in the Assembly on Friday.

Punjab Woman Deported from US After Paying ₹1 Crore to Agent, Recounts 25-Day ‘Dunki’ Ordeal: ‘We Were Shackled’

Lovepreet Kaur, a 30-year-old woman from Bholath in Punjab's Kapurthala district, endured a harrowing 25-day ordeal before being deported from the United States. She and her 10-year-old son were among the 104 Indian illegal immigrants sent back as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented migrants.

SC Rules Husband Must Pay Maintenance to Wife Despite Her Previous Marriage Being Legally Valid

In a significant judgment reinforcing the humanitarian objective of maintenance laws, the Supreme Court has directed a man to pay maintenance to his estranged wife, even though her previous marriage was legally subsisting. The ruling, delivered by a bench comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma, underscores that strict legal interpretations should not defeat the social welfare purpose of Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), which aims to prevent women from destitution.

Rajiv Gandhi Icon Award Honoree Dr Soumik Chatterjee gets Mahadevi Verma Sahityo Shiromani Award

CelebrityRajiv Gandhi Icon Award Honoree Dr Soumik Chatterjee gets Mahadevi Verma Sahityo Shiromani Award

Dr Soumik Chatterjee

Noted Kolkata physician, Dr Soumik Chatterjee, has now become the voice that empowers patients to unreservedly express their conditions and experiences to improve their physical as well as mental health outcomes. After getting felicitated with Rajiv Gandhi Icon Award earlier this year, Dr Soumik Chatterjee has won the prestigious Mahadevi Verma Sahityo Shiromani Award for his impactful writing to bring daunted health issues in to the spotlight. “Though I wanted to focus on stigmatized health issues initially because no one really talks about them, but I have tried to cover an interdisciplinary spectrum of unheralded health issues,” he says.

The 26-year-old vibrant physician, academician, author and social litterateur has been writing about various orthodox, culturally abhorrent and stigmatized health concerns for over a year now. He recently won wide acclaim for his Instagram Live based series “Her Health Hails”, where he connected more than 1000 women and encouraged them to openly express their ailments. He won several awards, including the Healthcare Achiever of the Year and Swaasth Acharya Award in 2022 for his innovative contribution in the healthcare sector!

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