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Why divorce should be easy!

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Couples come together for a common purpose. They bear children and start parenting them. But at times, they may grow apart and not want to remain a couple. They may want to separate. But society and law often prevents this separation. Because they feel that children might get affected due to the separation. Hence, law has made divorce difficult and asks couples the reason for the separation. They need to show some fault in the partner in order to get legal separation. But this only opens another Pandora's box in which false accusations and blame game begins. This is unhealthy and stressful not only for the couple but also for their children. Divorce of their parents does affect children. It can lead to stress and academic struggles in them. They might suffer severe mental stress and demonstrate behaviour changes in them. They may have anxiety, depression, feeling of guilt and shame and sadness. This may affect them in school and their social circle. They could become an object of r...

Publishers demand blocking of free access to scientific material on Sci-Hub and Libgen! Will the Delhi high court comply?

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Research needs a lot of reading and internet seemed like a boon to the scientists of today because they could easily access the various related articles on the web. But it looks like greedy academic publishers are out to ruin it all. They are wanting to use science to make money. Instead of helping the development of science, they are on the route to exploit it for their personal gains. All this will have negative repercussion on science and scientists from the third world poor countries who cannot pay to access these knowledge-filled scientific websites.  Science is becoming a slave of business people Science and its knowledge is for everyone. But academic publishers are making it a business which could be disastrous. They take the copyright of these various articles from the authors and sell them to readers. They charge the authors or their institutes processing and publication fees for the publishing of their work. And additionally, they also charge the readers. A reader who wan...