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Eye on privacy, petitions challenging Aadhaar to be heard by Constitution bench

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8 years ago

November 27, 2017

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Supreme Court would likely set up a Constitution bench next week to take up a clutch of petitions challenging mandatory linking of Aadhaar with various services such as mobile telephone numbers and bank accounts.

Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra on Monday said he would consider listing the clutch of petitions challenging the Aadhaar scheme before a Constitution Bench after senior advocate Shyam Divan and Attorney General KK Venugopal made a joint mention to the Chief Justice Bench in the morning.

On October 30, the CJI had indicated that a Constitution Bench would hear the petitions against the validity of Aadhaar scheme from November last week. The petitions have been hanging in limbo in the Supreme Court since 2014.

The Aadhaar matter may be listed before a Constitution bench after hearing on petitions over the Centre-Delhi government power tussle, being heard by a 5-judge Constitution bench, are wrapped up. This would probably be next week.

The government had set the deadline of Dec 31 for Aadhaar-bank account linking and Feb 6, 2018, for Aadhaar-mobile phone linking. The Centre’s orders have been challenged as violation of fundamental right to privacy.

The Centre has now said that it was willing to extend all deadlines to March 31, 2018.

Meanwhile, text message keep arriving at subscribers’ phones exhorting them to link their phone and bank accounts before the deadlines set by the government. Judges have not been spared: Even Justice AK Sikri admitted that he too was receiving such threatening messages. He was reported as saying: “I don’t want to say in the presence of media people, but I also get (these) messages.”

The Supreme Court had earlier delinked the issue of Right to Privacy with the issues related to Aadhaar. A nine-judge bench was unanimous in its verdict declaring privacy to be a Fundamental Right against the intrusions by the state.

This would have a bearing on the Aadhaar linking case. If linking of Aadhaar to various services and welfare schemes are ruled as infringement of an individual’s privacy, it would be deemed as violation of Fundamental Right.

Besides, as pointed out in a report in India Legal magazine, there is another danger inherent in Aadhaar for individuals in the event of an inadvertent or deliberate deactivation of Aadhaar number: all details of the individual would be wiped out and he would be unable to avail any services. In the records, he would cease to exist. Even a mismatch in fingerprint can deprive a person from the entire basket of services, including medical, that he or she may be availing.

Aadhaar petitions have argued that Aadhaar’s use of biometric details like fingerprints and iris scans violate bodily and informational privacy and that mandatory requirement of Aadhaar for services and welfare schemes “constrict rights and freedoms which a citizen has long been enjoying unless and until they part with their personal biometric information to the government”.

The petitions have termed the Aadhaar Act of 2016 as unconstitutional and contrary to concept of limited and accountable governance.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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Ensure nutrition supplement ad wins hearts, Tweeple say video taught them a lot | WATCH

In this era of ads where some advertisements are really praised for their inclusivity while the others are being criticised, Ensure (an American brand of nutritional supplements) have also come up with a very heart touching advertisement in this festive season.

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5 years ago

November 8, 2021

By Tarannum

The video is on fleek and it’s being liked and shared by people a lot on social media, soon it came out. Tweeple are appreciating and twitting this viral video with good compliments.

In this inspiring advertisement, we can see a man making a list of guests, asking her wife for one of his specific friends on the occasion of the festival but her wife denies informing him about the long list and work overload, the man then make her a cup of hot tea made of Ensure milk powder, saying that we should thank the people who took time for us when nobody did. This cute message is liked by the people and Twitter is flooded with appreciation posts with the hashtag StrongerInsideOut.

One person tweeted that this video taught him to come up front, help people and celebrate. Have a look :

This video taught me a lot how to stand up to help people and celebrate.#StrongerInsideOut https://t.co/rOoDvMLl2j
— Aƙׁׅ֑ Fɑׁׅ֮ꪀׁׅ Cᥣׁׅ֪υׁׅϐׁׅ֒ 🤸 (@puneriakkian) November 8, 2021

The other Twitter user wrote about the amazing initiative of this video and appreciated this.

https://twitter.com/Gopika55/status/1457671525209833479

What is Ensure?

Ensure is an American for nutritional supplements and replacements for meals. This brand, Ensure is manufactured by Abbott Laboratories.

Ensure Original contains 220 calories, six grams of saturated fat, 15 grams of sugar, and nine grams of protein in a 237-ml (8-fl oz) bottle. Water, corn maltodextrin, sugar, milk protein concentrate, canola oil, and soy protein isolate are the top six ingredients in Ensure original. For people with lactose intolerance can also take this as Ensure is considered lactose-free.

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Tip Tip Barsa Paani: Raveena Tandon or Katrina Kaif? Mohra star likes tweets hailing original song

Apart from the movie’s plot, Sooryavanshi is ruling the hearts of the audience with its peppy songs. Recently, the makers have dropped the remake of the iconic 90s song Tip Tip Barsa Paani that has been recreated by Katrina and Akshay.

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5 years ago

November 7, 2021

By Tarannum

The much-awaited film from Rohit Shetty’s cop universe, Sooryavanshi hit the silver screens on November 5. Apart from the movie’s plot, the Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif starrer is ruling the hearts of the audience with its peppy songs. Recently, the makers have dropped the remake of the iconic 90s song Tip Tip Barsa Paani that has been recreated by Katrina and Akshay.

The original Tip Tip Barsa Paani song from Mohra film was voiced by the singers, noted singers Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik. It came out in the year 1994 wherein the audience had witnessed the sizzling chemistry between Raveena Tandon and Akshay Kumar.

Raveena Tandon likes tweets hailing original Tip Tip Barsa Paani

Soon after the song was released, fans started comparing it to the original song from the film Mohra, which featured Raveena Tandon and Akshay Kumar. The recreated version by Kat and Akki sent the mercury soaring and is receiving rave reviews, however, a section of fans had conflicting opinions about Katrina’s performance. While some of them admired her performance, others felt that it did not match the original version.

One of the fans tweeted that the original tip tip barsa pani is something else, that too in the early 90s. The Tip Tip Barsa Pani star has liked the tweets wherein the audience have praised the original version of the song.

Tip Tip song from Sooryavanshi

In the song, Katrina Kaif can be seen donning a silver metallic saree and her scintillating moves will surely make you fall head over heels in love with her. While Katrina is dancing in the rain, Akshay can be seen admiring her. The song has a carnival set up and has been recreated by Tanishk Bagchi.

Watch the Tip Tip song here

In other news, Telugu actor Anushka Shetty gave a return gift to her fans on the occasion of her 40th birthday. The Baahubali star has announced her new project with Mahesh Babu P.

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Bheemla Nayak’s latest song out: Pawan Kalyan’s new power look in the lungi

Finally the wait is over, after a long time this new song Lala Bheemla has been released today. It is debuted by the filmmakers of the upcoming film Bheemla Nayak, which stars superstar Pawan Kalyan.

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5 years ago

November 7, 2021

By Tarannum

Finally, the wait is over, after a long time this new song Lala Bheemla has been released today. It is debuted by the filmmakers of the upcoming film Bheemla Nayak, which stars superstar Pawan Kalyan.

Lala Bheemla is a song with such a high level of energy and music. The song is composed by S Thaman and released on the occasion of Trivikram’s birthday who is a lyricist and dialogue writer for the film.

Manobala Vijayabalan tweeted about the song release with the date, song name and the name of filmstar Pawan Kalyan.

#BheemlaNayakThirdSingle #LalaBheemla from Nov 7.#PawanKalyan #BheemlaNayak pic.twitter.com/dp5wuev9Sq
— Manobala Vijayabalan (@ManobalaV) November 5, 2021

The song is based on strong composition, intense lyrics, aggressive vocals, and hair-raising imagery which absolutely meets beyond the expectations.

It’s a treat to watch Pawan Kalyan dressed as a cop in a mass avatar in Lungi. The female dancers from Odisha in the background are also enhancing the mass appeal.

The fact that Trivikram Srinivas, who produced the film’s screenplay and dialogues, also wrote the song’s lyrics is intriguing. Because of his energetic singing, Arun Kaundinya totally changed the mood of the song which is an absolute game-changer.

If we talk about the production of the film, Naga Vamsi has produced the film under the company Sithara Entertainments. Fans of the actor Pawan Kalyan are amazed to hear this incredible song. Therefore, Bheemla Nayak is set to hit the theatres in Sankranthi 2022.

Nithya Menen also plays the lead role in Bheemla Nayak. S Thaman is in charge of the film’s musical score, while Ravi K. Chandran and Naveen Nooli are the cinematographer and editor, respectively.