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As of 2016, Delhi is the least safe State/UT with the highest cognizable crime rate of 160.4 (per 100,000 persons). Nagaland has the lowest incidence of crime based on the percentage of share. India ranks 148 out of 170 countries in the ' Women, Peace And Security Index 2021'.
According to police, in 2005, there were 100,000 prostitutes working out of five-star hotels and brothels across Mumbai. [18] The area is also home to a small cottage industry of about 200 women who make a living rolling beedis (hand-rolled Indian cigarette). [17]
Crossword Bookstores Ltd. is an Indian chain of bookstores in Mumbai. As of today, Crossword has stores in Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Bengaluru, ...
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/GettyThis is the latest for our destination dining guide, Eat Sheet. For more on how we do these a bit differently, head here first.Mumbai has long been an ...
The legal drinking age in India and the laws which regulate the sale and consumption of alcohol vary significantly from state to state. [1] In India, consumption of alcohol is prohibited in the states of Bihar, Gujarat, Nagaland, [2] and Mizoram, as well as the union territory of Lakshadweep.
Those who have studied up to five years eat the highest amount of eggs and meat; men (54% and 58%) and women (48% and 52%). [7] Among religions, Christians consume eggs and meat the most; men 71.5% and 76% and women 65% and 74%, respectively. This is followed by Muslim men (66.5% and 73%) and women (60% and 67%).
The Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 is an Act of the Bombay Legislative Assembly relating to the promotion and enforcement of alcohol prohibition in the Bombay State.The Bombay state was divided into the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat in 1960.
The objections to the eating of meat, fish and eggs are based on the principle of non-violence (ahimsa, figuratively "non-injuring"). Every act by which a person directly or indirectly supports killing or injury is seen as act of violence (himsa), which creates harmful reaction karma. The aim of ahimsa is to prevent the accumulation of such karma.