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TopicManeka Gandhi

Topic: Maneka Gandhi

Govt orders social audit of more than 9,000 child care homes by next two months

Maneka Gandhi urges states to have a single, large facility for children to prevent their ‘abuse and misuse’ by NGOs.

World Day Against Trafficking: Activists divided on India’s anti-trafficking bill

Some voiced concerns that the bill will bring voluntary sex workers under the scanner while others say it will help vulnerable sections.

Home Ministry acquires 5,000 rape investigation kits to distribute to police stations

Maneka Gandhi says these kits will be instrumental in equipping forensic labs with uncompromised evidence in rape cases.

Women & child welfare ministry wants adoptions to be granted by district magistrates

Maneka Gandhi also directs states to ensure that all child-care institutions are registered and linked to CARA within a month.

Maneka Gandhi wants central agency to probe Kerala shark fin ‘export scam’

In her letter, Gandhi cites ThePrint report saying that a Kerala firm has been accused of skirting the ban on export of shark fins.

Modi criticises Emergency, but his party happily did business with those responsible for it

Narendra Modi lambasted the Congress, but chose not to speak on those who implemented the Gandhi family’s diktats during Emergency.

Rukhsana Sultana: Sanjay Gandhi’s ‘ice-cream buddy’ who ‘sent’ 8000 men to get vasectomies

Rasheed Kidwai's book 24 Akbar Road gives readers a glimpse at the lesser known personalities of the Emergency, including Sanjay Gandhi's associate Sultana who managed to...

How Sonia Gandhi kept Maneka from entering politics after Sanjay’s death

Sources close to Sonia said she felt Maneka Gandhi's inexperience and haughty behaviour would become a liability for Indira Gandhi.

India plans to start a website to fight revenge and child porn

Government aims to launch the portal in three months to flag and remove offensive content.

Fast-track AI sexual harassment probe, Maneka Gandhi to ask Suresh Prabhu

Gandhi is likely to ask for a June-end deadline to complete the probe into a crew member’s claims that an Air India executive sexually harassed several employees.

On Camera

In Tejas Dubai crash, the harm goes beyond the loss of an aircraft and pilot

Airshows are thrilling spectacles of aviation skill and engineering marvels. But they carry inherent risks as the crew is pushing the aircraft, and themselves, to perform at the edges of the envelope.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

From a small Kangra village to Tejas cockpit: IAF fighter pilot Namansh Syal’s journey cut short

Wing Commander Namansh Syal is survived by his wife, their 6-year-old daughter and his mother. Back in his native village, relatives and neighbours wait for his remains for last rites.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.