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Analysis of surrogacy laws in India

Surrogacy is when a woman carries a baby for another couple and gives up the baby at birth. In the past decade, commercial surrogacy has grown tremendously in India. It is currently estimated to be a $2-billion industry. Before November 2015, when the government imposed a ban, foreigners accounted for 80 per cent of surrogacy births in the country. The total disregard for the rights of the surrogate mother and child and have resulted in a number of public interest litigations in the Supreme Court to control commercial surrogacy. To overcome this problem, The Surrogacy Regulation Bill 2016 was introduced. The bill does seem to do more harm than good. Although formulated to curb the exploitation of women and trafficking of children; again, it exhibits the general policy of a state banning or censoring an activity almost completely, instead of looking at ways to use laws to regulate and improve the situation. Hence the need of the hour is that the laws need to be re-looked so that they actually benefit surrogate mothers, prospective parents, and children born from surrogacy.

Published by: Pranav Rao

Author: Pranav Rao

Paper ID: V4I5-1295

Paper Status: published

Published: October 1, 2018

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Determination of natural frequency of the building using the microtremer measurement and comparison its result with SAP analysis

Micro tremor measurement of Building of Thapathali in Kathmandu valley was analyzed to determine the natural frequency of the building. Natural Frequency of the building was determined from the Fourier spectra and its value is 2.48 Hz and 2.40 Hz in the longitudinal and transverse direction respectively. Regarding the damage in building due to Gorkha EQ-2015 three types of modal were prepared for sap Analysis. Among them, 1st modal of the building was prepared without any damage that resembles the normal building before EQ and its obtained frequency is 2.372 Hz. Similarly, 2nd modal of the building was prepared with considering the damaged part of the column due to EQ. We have reduced the stiffness of the cracked section by 70% of its original value and modal is prepared and its obtained frequency is 2.358 Hz. Finally, the third modal was prepared according to retrofitting condition and its obtained frequency is 2.521 Hz. Similarly, codal procedure was also performed to determine the frequency of the building and its value was found to be 2.207 Hz.

Published by: Thaman Bahadur Khadka

Author: Thaman Bahadur Khadka

Paper ID: V4I5-1246

Paper Status: published

Published: September 29, 2018

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Assessment of fuel consumption for tobacco

India stands 3rd in production of tobacco (about 800 M.Kg) and its exports after Brazil and USA. Tobacco offers significant employment opportunities both in On-farm and Off-farm situation and provides livelihood to millions of people in India. The Central Tobacco Research Institute (CTRI) has estimated that tobacco provides livelihood security to 45.7 million people including farmers and farm laborers engaged in tobacco farming besides those working in processing, manufacturing, and exports, in India (CTRI, 2018). Among various types of tobacco, Flue Curing Virginia (FCV) type of tobacco is grown in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh and requires fuel as a source of energy for curing. The present study looks at the aspects of overall energy management in flue-curing of tobacco through the use of fuel-efficient technologies in the barns, usage of alternative fuels and Energy plantation to bring self-sufficiency in fuelwood requirement. The study was conducted across the FCV crop growing regions with the survey of 1500 farmers and 31 Focused group discussion. The study details about the specific fuel consumption in tobacco, adoption status of energy conservation technology in the barns, alternative fuels used for tobacco curing, sources of different types of fuelwood, Industry effort’s to grow trees as a sustainable source for tobacco curing and energy plantation requirement to bring self-sufficiency for tobacco curing. The study validates and confirms the self-sufficiency and sustainability in fuel usage for Indian FCV tobacco curing.

Published by: Dr. Uma Ramachandran

Author: Dr. Uma Ramachandran

Paper ID: V4I5-1260

Paper Status: published

Published: September 29, 2018

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Publicity rights under fantasy sports

The research paper is based on a doctrinal research on the publicity of players against its free-selling through fantasy sports online. My topic comes under the technological law and sports law. To give an introduction to my topic, the issue I’m dealing with is whether the growth of fantasy markets owe any liability to players publicity. Online fantasy started with a group of friends over basketball and now is a multi-million dollar industry. It starts with a person acting as a ‘manager’. Before the start of every season, the player picks players from the draft of currently active players and then receive points throughout the season for their performance in the real world. For example, a hockey player who scores a lot of goals, or a baseball player with a high batting percentage, would be highly sought-after both in the real-life professional league and in the various fantasy leagues. Online fantasy sports providers are battling against the professional sports leagues and their players’ associations over whether the fantasy providers should pay licensing fees to use the players’ names and the statistics they generate. This question turns on whether the players have an enforceable right of publicity interest in their names and playing records.

Published by: Abhishek Bansal

Author: Abhishek Bansal

Paper ID: V4I5-1278

Paper Status: published

Published: September 29, 2018

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A critical analysis of the preamble of the Indian constitution

The term 'Preamble' means an introduction to a Statute. The preamble is the introductory part of the Constitution. The Preamble cannot override the express provisions of the Act. It declares that the source of authority under the Constitution is the People of India and there is no subordination to any external authority. The preamble to the Indian Constitution is an integral part of the Constitution and can be amended but the basic structure cannot be amended. Secularism, Socialist and Integrity were added by the 42nd Amendment. Thus, the drafters of the Constitution also drafted the Preamble as a mirror and an introduction of the same. It would not be wrong to say that the spirit of the Constitution is present in the Preamble.

Published by: Ankit Chaharia

Author: Ankit Chaharia

Paper ID: V4I5-1280

Paper Status: published

Published: September 29, 2018

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Study of mechanical properties of aluminum metal matrix composites

Metal matrix composites are generally fabricated by Liquid Metallurgy Route. In the LMR process before solidification, the particles are dispersed. Stir casting process is termed as Liquid metallurgy route which is employed for fabrication of metal matrix composites. In this present work, the mechanical properties of aluminum metal matrix composites are discussed.

Published by: R. Sakthimane, B. Gopinath, G. Ramesh, K. Karthick

Author: R. Sakthimane

Paper ID: V4I5-1282

Paper Status: published

Published: September 28, 2018

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