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February 19, 2014

Britain_grows_beardLondon, Feb 19: An Indian-origin girl in Britain, who has been suffering from a rare condition causing excessive hair development on her face and body, has decided to stop cutting her hair after being baptised as a Sikh.

A beard first started to appear on Harnaam Kaur's face when she was just 11 years old due to a medical condition called polycystic ovary syndrome, the Daily Mail reported Monday.

The hair quickly spread to her chest and arms, and that made her the victim of taunts at school and on streets.

Kaur, who is now 16, even received death threats from strangers over the internet.

Earlier, Kaur was so ashamed of her beard that she used to wax twice a week, and also tried bleaching and shaving.

Her hair became thicker and spread which made her feel so low that she refused to leave her house.

But she decided to get baptised as a Sikh and stop cutting her hair. In Sikhism cutting body hair is forbidden.

"I would never ever go back now and remove my facial hair because it's the way God made me and I'm happy with the way I am," Kaur was quoted as saying.

"I feel more feminine, more sexy and I think I look it too. I've learned to love myself for who I am nothing can shake me now," she said.

Stating that she was badly bullied in school, she said she was called a "beardo" "shemale" and "sheman".

"I can laugh about it now, but back then it affected me so badly that I began to self-harm because it felt better than all the abuse I was getting," Kaur said.

Despite all the opposition, she took the step to bear her beard.

Kaur said her mother and father did not want her to sport a beard as they thought she would not be able to live a normal life if she had a beard.

"They worried I wouldn't be able to get married and that I'd never get a job. But I wanted to make my own decisions and live for myself -- not anyone else. I'd had enough of hiding," she said.

There is no cure for the condition, but medicine is available to treat excessive hair growth and fertility problems. Most women with the condition can get pregnant.

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July 28,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 28: Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Monday alleged that BJP is trying to destabilise the Congress government in Rajasthan.

"It is the duty of the Governor to act according to the decision of the state cabinet. But he is acting like a central government puppet," he said at a protest organised here by Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC).

He said the Congress is protesting across the country to save democracy and save the constitution.

"We are not fighting through violence. We are protesting peacefully. The Constitution has given the right to protest in a democratic system," he said.

He accused the BJP of "being disrespectful" to the Constitution.

"Governments must walk within the framework of the Constitution. The Constitution gives everyone rights and duties. BJP destabilises elected governments and buys our legislators by horse-trading by spending crores of money. The same thing happened in Karnataka as well," he alleged.

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July 13,2020

New Delhi, Jul 13: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has blocked Bharti Airtel's Platinum and Vodafone Idea's RedX premium plans that offer faster data speeds and priority services to customers as both the plans were violating net neutrality norms.

The telecom watchdog has asked Bharti Airtel to explain within seven days how such a similar plan being launched does not violate the rules of net neutrality.

Vodafone Idea's RedX plan has been in the market since November 2019. They made some modifications in May 2020 and the Bharti Airtel was soon going to launch a similar plan.

According to TRAI, the higher speed for premium customers discriminate against others and violates net neutrality.

Responding to TRAI's move, Airtel spokesperson said: "We are passionate about delivering the best network and service experience to all our customers. This is why we have a relentless obsession to eliminate faults and have been consistently recognised by international agencies as the best network in terms of speed, latency and video experience."

"At the same time, we want to keep raising the bar for our post-paid customers in terms of service and responsiveness. This is an ongoing effort at our end," the spokesperson said.

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January 27,2020

Mumbai, Jan 27: The country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Monday said it has increased prices of select models by up to Rs 10,000 with immediate effect to offset the impact of rising input costs.

The price change varies across models and ranges up to 4.7 per cent (ex-showroom Delhi) and are effective from January, 27 2020, MSI said in a statement.

The price of entry level model Alto range has gone up in the range of Rs 9,000-6,000, S-Presso between Rs 1,500 to 8,000, WagonR between Rs 1,500 and Rs 4,000.

The company has also increased the price of its multi purpose vehicle Ertiga between Rs 4,000-10,000, Baleno by Rs 3,000 to 8,000 and XL6 by up to Rs 5,000 (all prices ex-showroom Delhi).

Currently, the company sells a range of vehicles starting from entry-level small car Alto to premium multi purpose vehicle XL6 with price ranging from Rs 2.89 lakh to Rs 11.47 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).

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