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Topic: Prisons

‘State must prevent, not perpetuate discrimination’: What SC said junking jail rules enabling caste bias

Upholding prisoners’ right to live with dignity, SC has deemed all provisions promoting caste-based discrimination in jails unconstitutional.

Haiti declares state of emergency, violent clashes lead to 2 prison breaks

Government has imposed curfew throughout the West territory for a 'renewable period of 72 hours'. The violent clashes in capital have damaged communications.

Iran’s human trials for vaccine, prisoners at greater risk & other global Covid-19 news

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

After Delhi HC ends blanket extension of bail, prison authorities fear rise in Covid cases

The Delhi HC ruled that all undertrials whose bail period was extended should surrender in a phased manner. Prison authorities say this could lead to a surge in Covid cases.

HC seeks details on Covid cases, number of isolation wards in 3 Delhi prisons

The Delhi High Court sought information on the number of prisoners out on bail and who need to surrender in the next month.

How Tihar jailers protected Sikh inmates after Indira Gandhi’s assassination

Sunil Gupta began working in Tihar Jail in 1981. In a new book, he tells all about being a jailer in Asia's largest 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.