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Delhi vs Centre: AAP govt resorting to theatrics, Solicitor General to SC

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New Delhi: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Tuesday claimed that the Aam Aadmi Party was resorting to ‘theatrics’ and protests against the Lieutenant Governor when the question over the control of services in the national capital was pending adjudication before a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court.

The Solicitor General said that the “Constitutional functionaries are staging protests”. Mehta highlighted that “Protests and theatrics cannot substitute court proceedings”, adding that such protests happening in Delhi are seen by the world and it becomes a matter of embarrassment.

The hearing over who controls services in the national capital — Delhi government or Centre – is underway before a five-judge Constitution Bench headed by DY Chandrachud.

The Court had to decide on the legal issue concerning the scope of legislative and executive powers of the Centre and Delhi government over control of services in the national capital.

The case was slated to be heard by a Constitution Bench after a three-judge bench in May last year had decided to send it to a larger bench on a request by the Central government.

On February 14, 2019, a two-judge Bench of the top court delivered a split verdict on the question of powers of the Government of NCT of Delhi (GNCTD) and Union government over services and referred the matter to a three-judge Bench.

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Prior to February 2019 judgement, a five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court had on July 4, 2018, laid down the broad parameters for governance of the national capital.

In the landmark verdict, it had unanimously held that Delhi cannot be accorded the status of a state but clipped the powers of the L-G saying he has no “independent decision-making power” and has to act on the aid and advice of the elected government.

It had restricted the jurisdiction of the L-G to matters pertaining to land, police and public order and on all other matters, it held that the L-G would have to act on the aid and advice of the council of ministers.

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Mumbai: “Periods Of Pride” Awareness Project In Dharavi

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Awareness on Menstrual Hygiene Management Under Project Named as “Periods of Pride’ By Green Pencil Foundation conducted On 11th January by the Green Pencil Foundation in Dharavi , Mumbai
On 11th January, Wednesday an Awareness cum workshop conducted by the Green Pencil Foundation in Dharavi , Mumbai.
“Good health & good sense are two of life’s greatest blessings !”
Green Pencil Foundation organized an awareness session on Menstrual Health & Hygiene under project named as “Periods of Pride” at Gause Azam Garib Foundation, Dharavi by sensitizing  the topic related to young girls like how to deal with periods happily.
The initiative was taken by the lead member Rakshita Manglani, Green Pencil Foundation Mumbai and it was constantly supported by Mr. Sandy Khanda, Founder of Green Pencil Foundation and a few more names like Ms. Ruksana Abbas Khan & Ms. Sabreen Idrisi who helped us gather together to spread massive awareness among the young girls at Gause Azam Garib Mohalla Foundation about reproductive health at Dharavi. It’s an open secret where everybody knows about it but nobody wants to speak about it. But it’s very challenging aspect to bring the change we want to see around us.
It’s very important to look after one’s reproductive health where we can lead the young girls in a proper direction so it should be very positive & encouraging to them rather than hiding or avoiding the discussion of topic publicly. It is indeed important for a girl child to know the physiology of her menstrual cycle which will not only clear her doubts but will boost her confidence to tackle with the pain during periods along with what main nutrients are required for her body during periods. Being healthy is only possible when one maintains proper hygiene so the young girl students were properly guided with some menstrual hygiene tips & proper disposal of sanitary napkins.
There were so many myths/misconceptions related to periods that were being answered by the expert scientifically. Also the session included good touch/safe touch & bad touch/unsafe touch to the young children by stressing on the need of safety of a girl child.
It was truly an amazing session where each girl child was endowed with great knowledge & crystal clear mind having no doubts so here we took an encouraging step towards – “We would like to be a positive force for young girls.”

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