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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
In ‘The Coolie’s Great War’, Radhika Singha writes about the British recruiting Indian prisoners and ‘criminal tribes’ to do menial jobs in Mesopotamia.
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.
Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.
Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.
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