After the recommendation by the three-member committee, the Centre has decided to continue with the existing annual income limit of Rs 8 lakh for the identification of the economically weaker sections (EWS).
Child marriage became illegal in the Philippines as a law banning the practice took effect in a country where one in six girls enters wedlock before the age of 18.
Channaveera Kanavi, an iconic poet and writer in the Kannada language, has passed away. He was 93. He was often referred to as 'Samanvaya Kavi' (Poet of Reconciliation).
Guinness World Records holder for the oldest person living (male), Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia (Spain) has passed away at the age of 112 years and 341 days.
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