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Only 144 availed funds allotted for poor prisoners in two yrs, Maharashtra tops list, says MHA

Home ministry had launched Support to Poor Prisoners scheme in 2023, providing cash bail of up to Rs 40,000 and penalty payment of up to Rs 25,000 to reduce jail overcrowding.

‘Unconstitutional rules need to go’—petitioner whose fight led to SC scrapping ‘casteist’ prison rules

During her reporting trips to prisons across 8 states, Sukanya Shantha says she came across hostile conditions of prisoners who were discriminated against for their castes.

Russia, Ukraine tortured prisoners of war, used electric shocks & forced nudity, says UN

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. human rights office (OHCHR) said on Tuesday that both Russia and Ukraine have tortured prisoners of war during the nearly nine-month conflict, citing examples

Pakistan, India exchange list of nuclear installations, prisoners as part of annual ritual

According to the Agreement on Prohibition of Attacks against Nuclear Installations and Facilities ratified in 1991, both countries have to inform each other of the nuclear facilities annually.

Prisoners released during Covid second wave to not surrender until further orders, SC says

The top court also asked the High Powered Committees of states to file within 5 days the norms adopted in implementing its 7 May orders on prisoners' release to decongest jails.

Cases rise but over 87% inmates in Delhi’s prisons can’t get Covid shot. Age is the culprit

Currently, the Delhi government has only approved vaccination for jail inmates above the age of 45. Prison authorities have written to the AAP government to extend it to those between 18-44 years.

21 states yet to decide on over 1,600 prisoner pleas for premature release — NALSA tells SC

In jail for over 14 years, these convicts were sentenced to life imprisonment by various courts, mainly for murder charges.

When India sent scores of prisoners to Iraq as sweepers during World War I

In ‘The Coolie’s Great War’, Radhika Singha writes about the British recruiting Indian prisoners and ‘criminal tribes’ to do menial jobs in Mesopotamia.

How prison populations can be protected from Covid-19

More than 61,000 Indian prisoners have been released as an emergency response to Covid-19. But many continue to be exposed to the infection in overcrowded facilities.

15 inmates, staffer test positive for Covid-19 at Delhi’s Rohini jail, are asymptomatic

Delhi Prison Department tested 19 inmates from the barrack of a prisoner who had earlier tested positive for Covid-19 in the prison.Delhi Prison

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Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.