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Wednesday, November 19, 2025
TopicWomen marriage age

Topic: women marriage age

Parliament panel examining Marriage Bill gets another 3 months extension

The 'Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2021' proposes to raise the age of marriage for girls from 18 to 21 years.

Only one woman in marriage bill panel deplorable. Don’t repeat history of underrepresentation

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Panel on marriage age bill with only one woman is inexcusable. RS chairman must reconsider

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Only 1 woman MP in 31-member Parliament panel to examine bill to raise legal marriage age

The Bill that seeks to increase the legal age of marriage from 18 to 21 was introduced in Lok Sabha during the winter session and referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee.

Haryana Khaps angry at new marriage age and ‘runaway girls’, Mewat says 3 yrs is like 100

The Khap panchayat men’s adamant opposition to the new marriage age for women pauses only on the Muslim question. If the law is applied to Muslims as well, they say they will accept it.

Modi govt introduces bill to increase women’s marriage age to 21 years in Lok Sabha

Describing it as a 'decisive step', Union Minister Smriti Irani urged the Chair to refer the bill — which seeks to override all existing laws related to marriage — to a standing committee.

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India has to move on now. Engage with ‘Nooton Bangladesh’

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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.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.