October 16, 2022 – Hookpost

Kerala human sacrifice case & why India should start taking paraphilia more seriously

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Kerala human sacrifice case & why India should start taking paraphilia more seriously

Government of India should take the paraphilia cases seriously and prepare a effective Legal and Mental Health Framework The horrific human sacrifice case from State of Kerala in India last week has shook the entire nation, where a man along with a married couple lured two victims and brutally killed them in the name of superstitious or occult beliefs. More grisly details emerged when the Police shared that there is a possibility that private body parts of these victims were cooked and consumed by the perpetrators. This incident brought up the horrid memories of 2005 Nithari Killings of children in Noida,Uttar Pradesh and the Jeffrey Dahmer case of '91 in the United States which were equally horrifying and gruesome. India as a society is not stranger to human sacrifice crimes as ther...

What are Digital Banking Units which were inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi today?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated 75 Digital Banking Units(DBU) via video conferencing on Sunday 16th October. This step has been taken to enhance the financial inclusion in every nook and corner of the country as announced in the Union Budget of 2022-23. What are Digital Banking Units? As the name goes, these units are specialized business units for delivering digital banking products and services as well as servicing existing financial products and services digitally in self service mode. Currently only Commercial banks (other than regional rural banks, payment banks and local area banks) with past digital banking experience are permitted to open DBUs in tier 1 to tier 6 centres In simple terms, you can avail the below services from these DBU's Savings Bank Account (Unde...

ED independent, and goes in because of Prima Facie evidence: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently refuted the allegations that Enforcement Directorate is being used as a political tool. "ED is completely independent in what it does. It is an agency that follows predicate offences... There are instances which are so standing out & if ED goes there, it is because of some prima facie evidence in their hands", she said. It is also said in the official community that the current Finance Minister is one of the rare ministers that does not interfere in any of the departments of their ministry.