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The youth caught in the exam leak crisis
For a student preparing for a competitive examination, the exam date can mean months of work coming down to a few hours. There are early mornings, long study sessions,...
August 5, 2020 and thereafter
One wonders if this is the same Hinduism that Gandhi, Ramkrishna, Vivekanand and Tagore preached.
ILO Child Labour Convention unanimously ratified by all members!
Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labour, 1999 (No. 182) becomes most rapidly ratified convention in the history of the organisation
21 years to be minimum legal age of marriage in India for women too?
A task force, chaired by veteran politician and activist Jaya Jaitly, has begun deliberations. Will submit report by July 31.
Students with disabilities, those from underprivileged households and women left out of online learning during pandemic
The half-baked approach by the education department has left out most of the children from access to education during the lockdown
Apathy kills Agra woman’s unborn baby
The healthcare facility where she was taken after going into labour, asked her husband to first get surgical gloves as they were not available there
Central government mum on the vaccination of children being impacted during lockdown
There has been a global reduction in vaccination shipments due to the coronavirus
Lockdown impact: Distraught mothers, dead babies and more
Due to the ill-planned lockdown, many have suffered indescribable distress and continue to do so
Did MCGM guidelines about resumption of construction activity ignore female workers and their children?
Guidelines also appear to be anti-poor as they offer freedom of movement to supervisors but expect labourers to stay at the site
SC directs Juvenile courts to consider releasing children allegedly in conflict with law
The order was given in a suo moto case and is replete with directions to followed by CCIs and JJBs
India 131st out of 180 countries on child survival rankings: WHO-UNICEF-Lancet report
The report highlights the various contributors – social, environmental and other, that threaten the lives of children everywhere
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India
Books Under Siege: Bengal’s Left bookstalls, the Calcutta High Court’s intervention and the warning from Hitler’s Germany
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Minorities
After 772 Days in Detention, Ajabha Khatun Returns Home: CJP helps secure her release
Ajabha Khatun’s conditional release brings relief to her family, while her pending legal case and her plea for another detainee underline the fight that remains
Rule of Law
Calcutta High Court says political dissent must not be stifled, directs police to protect CPI(M) bookstall near Durga Puja Pandal
Justice Saugata Bhattacharya stresses that democracy requires space for competing political ideologies, directing West Bengal Police to ensure the Left party can set up its traditional bookstall amid allegations of preferential treatment for the Hindu Jagran Manch.
Rights
Seeking justice for Ankita Bhandari, parents detained in pre-dawn crackdown at India Gate
The pre-dawn police action came as the family demanded that Dushyant Kumar Gautam’s appointment as Sikkim Governor be put on hold until the CBI completes its probe into the alleged VIP angle
Rights
Mumbai Police detain Ambedkarite leaders demanding justice for Sahil Wakode; IIT Bombay refuses to hear delegation
As Sahil Wakode’s parents continue their hunger strike over his death and allegations of caste discrimination, Mumbai Police barricaded access to IIT Bombay and detained civil society leaders