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In the IPC, Section 377 — which mentioned “carnal inter­course against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal” — did offer protection to non-minor males from rape. Now, in the proposed BNS, this section is gone.

The comprehensive guidelines touch on topics such as doctors' use of social media, whether they can refuse treatment in certain cases, the medicines that are to be prescribed and their continuous professional development.

Kakar has been serving a six-year term in Pakistan's Senate since 2018 and local media has reported that he is a part of the Balochistan Awami Party, which is widely considered close to the military.

A father of four with a law degree from Yale University, Hunter Biden, 53, has acknowledged a decadeslong addiction to alcohol and crack cocaine, and his foreign business dealings have led to questions about his father’s influence.

The Russian mission was launched on August 10. It is likely to enter the moon’s orbit by August 16 and attempt the soft landing by August 21 or 22. Here is why it is faster than Chandrayaan-3.

While the IPC does not have any specific section on making false promises of marriage, courts have often seen such cases and currently deal with them under sections of the IPC dealing with rape and consent.

While climate change may not always start fires, it fans them, making them much more dangerous.

Scientists spotted the shape of a question mark hidden in a deep-space image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on August 11, introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to replace the Indian Penal Code of 1860. Shah claimed that the IPC was meant to protect the governing interests of the British rather than Indian citizens.

Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code punishes anyone who tries to kill themselves — usually understood to be the last resort of deeply distressed individuals — with a prison term and/ or a fine.