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Cabinet approves 10,000 crore Gaganyaan project

New Delhi | The Union Cabinet on Friday approved the Gaganyaan project under which a three-member crew will be sent to space for at least seven days, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.

The project will cost Rs 10,000 crore, he said at a press conference here.

The Gaganyaan project was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech.

He had said the mission will be undertaken by 2022.

India has already inked agreements with Russia and France for assistance in the ambitious project.

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Govt approves amendments to POCSO Act

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New Delhi |The government has approved amendments to the POCSO Act and introduced stringent measures to check the circulation of child pornography and administration of hormones to children to attain early sexual maturity.

Briefing reporters, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said children should be protected from sexual offences and the Cabinet has approved amendments to various sections of The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

“This is a wholesome initiative whereby the entire POCSO architecture is not only strengthened but also enlarged so that artificial medicines or hormones could not be abused to kill the childliness of a child,” he said.

An unfortunate thing was going on in the country – that children were being administered hormones to make them artificially majors, he said.

The related provision of the POCSO Act — Section 9 — has been made more stringent, the minister said.

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