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Articles for Partitions

Picturing past perfection
4 months ago

Picturing past perfection

China Daily  

A painting by famous Ming Dynasty artist Wen Zhengming on the literature classic, Verses of Chu. An animated video features women of the past engaged in festival activities, allowing viewers to feel as if they are stepping into the lives of ancient noblewomen as they pass through a moon-shaped gate. "A thought-provoking atmosphere is created through poetry, imagery, and silhouettes, …

Women
Shariat Act Discriminatory Towards Muslim Women, Gives Higher Share To Men In Property Partitions: Plea In Supreme Court, Notice Issued
1 year, 9 months ago

Shariat Act Discriminatory Towards Muslim Women, Gives Higher Share To Men In Property Partitions: Plea In Supreme Court, Notice Issued

Live Law  

A Special Leave Petition has been filed before the Supreme Court contending that partition of family property as per Shariat Law is discriminatory towards Muslim women inasmuch as it does not give equal share to a female compared to a male. "In spite of guarantee of the Constitution, Muslim women are subjected to discrimination," the plea filed by Bushara Ali …

Supreme Court Constitution Men Muslim Women Share Muslim Equal Share
Suvendu move partitions the Adhikaris of Purba Medinipur
4 years ago

Suvendu move partitions the Adhikaris of Purba Medinipur

India Today  

If fiefdoms are family owned, then Purba Medinipur in West Bengal belongs to the Adhikari family, a protected territory of the ruling Trinamool Congress. Every man in the Adhikari family is part of the district's ruling elite: patriarch Sisir Adhikari and his three sons - Suvendu, Dibyendu and Soumen - are all in the family business, which is politics. In …

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Glass Partitions Between MLAs, Ban on Visitors as Chhattisgarh Gears Up for Monsoon Session Tomorrow
4 years, 4 months ago

Glass Partitions Between MLAs, Ban on Visitors as Chhattisgarh Gears Up for Monsoon Session Tomorrow

News 18  

The Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly's monsoon session will commence here from Tuesday with new seating arrangements in the house and all precautions in place to curb the spread of COVID-19. "Glass partitions have been erected to separate the seats of MLAs to minimise contact between two lawmakers while they attend the proceedings of the house, an assembly official said. It is …

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Google is making Seamless Updates mandatory on all Android 11 devices: What it means
4 years, 9 months ago

Google is making Seamless Updates mandatory on all Android 11 devices: What it means

India Today  

Google had introduced system partitions with the Android 7.0 Nougat to allow OEM partners to fast-track updates. This is called a virtual A/B system updates, or "seamless" system updates, and Google is now making it mandatory for all the devices that will ship with the upcoming Android 11. As a part of Project Treble, Google required OEMs, who customise Android …

Google Android Partition Updates Devices System Device
Republic at 70: In Partition’s shadow, Constituent Assembly adopted secular charter
4 years, 11 months ago

Republic at 70: In Partition’s shadow, Constituent Assembly adopted secular charter

Hindustan Times  

In May 1942, Inder Kumar Gujral, a young student leader, attended a public meeting addressed by Jawaharlal Nehru in Lahore. Nehru told the audience that an elected Constituent Assembly would draft a Constitution for free India. Under the Mission Plan, a majority of the Constituent Assembly’s members would be elected by the legislatures of British Indian provinces. This surcharged atmosphere …

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Why Can’t We Have Decent Toilet Stalls?
5 years, 11 months ago

Why Can’t We Have Decent Toilet Stalls?

Slate  

In America, our toilet stalls are awful. The flimsy partitions start at least a foot off the ground, don’t go anywhere near the ceiling, and fail to block the reality that we’re pooping and peeing right next to each other. And yet we’ve been living with the indignity of flimsy toilet partitions for a hundred years. We’ve been living with …

Toilet Bathrooms Stalls Stall Partitions