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Friday, May 10, 2024
TopicIncest

Topic: Incest

Stuffed toys to stark walls: Why child incest victims suffer most due to POCSO gaps

POCSO provides for victim-centric measures like ‘child-friendly’ courts and ‘support persons’, but implementation is uneven. Lags affect incest victims most, experts say.

When there’s a predator in the family — why punishing child incest under POCSO is a whole other battle

POCSO cases where the accused is a family member are notoriously tricky to handle. Experts propose ‘alternative mechanism’ to ensure better reporting and recompense.

Pakistan university has a question on incest. A shocked govt puts it on priority

Muhammad Altaf, the chairman of lawyers’ wing of Pakistan Ideological Party, said that the vulgar questions hurt the religious sentiments.

Incest in Pakistani TV serial is desi Game of Thrones? Viewers are livid

Using the “razai bhai-behen” dialogue from the episode, an Instagram user has recreated the entire scene using a blanket. The meme is viral.

On Camera

What’s Xi Jinping doing in Europe? His goal is more strategic than economic

India should aim to get European investments that are clearly no longer going to China. That is where the dots of its efforts to save Asia from China’s dominance converge at its most basic.

Day after mass sick leave by employees, Air India Express fires crew members, cancels 85 more flights

About 300 employees had called in sick Wednesday, allegedly in protest against mismanagement of airlines. Remaining staff given ultimatum to rejoin work by end of Thursday.

Vice Admiral Sanjay Bhalla takes charge as Chief of Personnel of the Indian Navy

His tenure as Chief of Personnel will be marked by a number of important appointments, both afloat and ashore.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.