Topic: Laws
More and more climate migrants are showing up at borders. Laws need to catch up
The World Bank projects that climate change will drive 143 million people in Latin America, Africa and South Asia alone to leave their homes by 2050.
MPs will now get tutorials on laws by experts before they vote on them
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has decided to involve domain experts to explain the provisions of proposed legislations to Members of Parliament before they vote on them
To keep up with TikTok & Bitcoin, India needs innovation in lawmaking too
Currently, laws dealing with modern technology are either ad-hoc or not truly responsive to the challenges posed by such technology.
Pursuing #MeToo cases legally faces a big hurdle – the law
Sexual Harassment at Workplace law does not allow complaints to be filed more than three months after the incident.
Uttarakhand CM promises bill on death penalty for child rapists in next assembly session
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MP, Rajasthan and Haryana have already approved the provision of capital punishment for those who rape girls aged 12 or less.
On Camera
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BJP, Modi’s ‘total politics’ stems from insecurity. They still don’t rule the power elite
Yogendra Yadav is wrong. BJP might have a hegemonic position in politics and economy, but it's not the same in moral and intellectual spaces.
RBI intervenes with multi-pronged strategy in battle against rupee fall
The Reserve Bank’s challenges include crashes in forward dollar premiums to rising open interest in futures that adds to pressure on the currency.
Defence
‘Major milestone’: India conducts maiden flight of unmanned aircraft demonstrator
DRDO calls flight a significant step towards self-reliance in defence technologies; Defence Minister Rajnath Singh lauds achievement, says ‘it paves way for Aatmanirbhar Bharat in critical military systems’.
With Agnipath, Modi govt’s shock & awe doctrine may have misfired a vital reform, yet again
Modi govt's biggest flaw has been its disinclination to accept limitations of electoral majorities. This ruined land acquisition and farm reform, stalled labour codes.