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HINDU NOTES-OCT 7 2017 [UPSC Current affairs DAILY CAPSULE]
General Studies-01 {Op-Ed}Law, faith, unreason: on eradicating superstition from society Issue: Editorial deals with the need for broad minded social reform additional to laws to eradicate superstition from indian society. The Karnataka Prevention and Eradication of Inhuman Evil Practices and Black Magic Bill, 2017 has been approved by the State Cabinet and is likely to be introduced soon in the Assembly. It is not accurate to characterise this as just an ‘anti-superstition bill’, as what it seeks to prohibit are actions that offend human dignity, result in the exploitation of gullible and vulnerable people or cause harm to them. Bill outlaws: the urulu seve, also known as made snana, in which devotees roll over food leftovers, the practice of walking on fire, branding children, piercing one’s tongue or cheeks. Bill exempts:…