Shyam Benegal to head panel to revamp censor board
The
information and broadcasting ministry on 1 January 2016 constituted a
panel under director Shyam Benegal to give recommendations for
restructuring of censor board, which has been mired in controversies in
the recent past.The panel, which would submit its report in two months,
includes filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, adman Piyush Pandey and film
critic Bhawana Somaaya.Apart from these, National Film Development
Council MD Nina Lath Gupta and Joint Secretary (Films) Sanjay Murthy
would also be part of committee.
Dress Code For Devotees Visiting Tamil Nadu Shrines From January
“Devotees
entering temples in Tamil Nadu will have to follow a new dress code
from January 1 as several important shrines have put up notice boards
highlighting this.The dress code for entering the temples was being
followed on the orders of the Madras High court on December 1. According
to a notice board outside the Palani temple, male devotees have been
advised to wear dhoti, shirt, pyjama or pant and shirt while women and
girls should wear saris or chudidhar or ‘pavadai’ with
half-sari.Devotees wearing lungi, bermudas, jeans and tight-leggings
would not be allowed”.
Sikh community has the lowest sex ratio in India
According
to the 2011 census, there were 828 girls in the age of 0 to 6 years in
the Sikh community in comparison to 1,000 boys. Jain community has the
second worst sex ratio as there were 889 girls against 1,000 boys in the
age group of 0 to 6 years in the community.Among other communities,
there were 958 Christian girls against 1,000 boys, 913 Hindu girls
against 1,000 boys, 943 Muslim girls against 1,000 boys and 933 Buddhist
girls against 1,000 boys.The child sex ratio of total population in the
country was 918 girls against 1,000 boys.