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Topic: rehabilitation

Beatings, forced labour, starvation—Haryana rehab centres are torture chambers

Drug rehabilitation has become a new sunrise sector in Haryana. Private centres are a money-making machine, while many families see them as a way to offload their struggling loved ones.

Kashmiri Pandits welcome Mirwaiz-led interfaith panel, but sceptical about ‘closed door meetings’

Kashmiri Pandit community is questioning the legitimacy & inclusivity of the interfaith panel formed to facilitate their return and is pushing for central govt's involvement.

‘Nudge to adapt to new living conditions’ — DDA may get NGO to ‘teach’ EWS residents civic awareness

Delhi Development Authority officials say the likely awareness building will include education on 'proper disposal of waste & its segregation at source”, as well as need for schooling for kids.

Doctors, ex-civil servant among 12 ‘rehabilitation experts’ SC-appointed panel has sought for Manipur

In report submitted to apex court, Justice Gita Mittal panel has also proposed the inclusion of experts from think tank Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy for data reporting & monitoring.

‘Every day feels like a festival’: Rehabilitated slum families start afresh at DDA Kalkaji high-rise

About 1,100 of 1,862 beneficiaries have already moved in from jhuggis at Bhoomiheen Camp. Teething problems such as hard drinking water are being looked after by 12 DDA officials.

IAF plane to bring 12 South African cheetahs to India on 18 February

These twelve cheetahs from South Africa, will join eight others from Namibia at Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, after being stuck in quarantine for over six months.

‘Locked up like animals’ – Pandits want to flee Kashmir, hope it’s their last exodus

Kashmiri Pandits, ‘rehabilitated’ under PM’s job scheme, would rather leave than stay in prison-like camps for their ‘security’. But, Muslims and other migrants live in fear too.

No skills, no jobs, just stigma—What do Indian prisoners do after they get out?

Despite serving time, ex-convicts struggle with rehabilitation. Here’s how we can change that

Licensed to torture: How drug rehabs in Himachal use beatings to ‘treat’ addicts

Fenced off with barbed wire and guarded by pitbulls, many drug rehabs are more like prisons than hospitals. Breaking the rules could mean sleep deprivation, stripping, assault.

‘I needed an escape’ – Juveniles are crowding rehabs, but Indians care more about Aryan Khan

The Aryan Khan-NCB fiasco has led many to argue whether an addict or a young person consuming illegal substance belongs in jail or in a care facility.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.