POCSO provides for victim-centric measures like ‘child-friendly’ courts and ‘support persons’, but implementation is uneven. Lags affect incest victims most, experts say.
The Christians are such a loyal voter base that 58 per cent of the community voted for the UDF during the assembly elections in 2021, and 51 per cent in 2016.
Hong Kong’s Sikh police 'acquired a reputation amongst the British officers for their loyalty and martial prowess in service to the Empire'. This led to Shanghai seeking them out.
POCSO cases where the accused is a family member are notoriously tricky to handle. Experts propose ‘alternative mechanism’ to ensure better reporting and recompense.
Niranaram Chetanram Chaudhary was released last month after an SC order affirmed that he was a juvenile in September 1994, when he was arrested for the murders of seven people in Pune.
Aryan Mishra’s astronomy labs are run in perpetuity by teachers and students. Villages with even a single lab have seen increased overall enrolment in schools.
Once we give up this myth of school textbooks as the fountain of truth and the child as an empty vessel, we can take a more sober view of what textbooks can and cannot do.
The civil aviation ministry could have recognised the enormity of the Air India crash and prepared the AAIB and its investigating team for its sensitivities.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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