-The Hindu Shanti Devi, a 70-year-old widow, spends her days cleaning houses in Okhla to earn a meagre sum as she has not got her government pension for over two years. “I went to the social welfare office. I showed them my passbook, my Aadhaar card, but they just gave me a slip saying my pension has been stopped and told me to approach the local MLA,” she says, pulling a...
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Implement Verma report on crimes against women: plea
-The Hindu Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on the petition by a law student The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to respond to a plea filed by a law student seeking the implementation of the Justice J.S. Verma Committee report on crime against women and children. The court issued notices to the government on a plea by B. Srinivas Goud, represented by advocates Ramaswami Balaji and Shravan Kumar, for...
More »women protesters are taking to the streets en masse to fight the CAA and police brutality -Anuradha Raman
-The Hindu They are homemakers and grandmothers, doctors and lawyers, students and teachers. They are all women and they have come out of their homes in massive numbers to protest the CAA. It’s our country, they say. It’s our children’s country. And nobody can take that away from us women. Suddenly, they are visible. Great-grandmothers, grandmothers, mothers, teenagers, baby girls. They have slowly but surely reclaimed a corner of a public ground...
More »Govt has money for statues, not public health: Bombay HC on aid to Wadia Maternity Hospital
-PTI A division bench of Justices SC Dharmadhikari and RI Chagla was hearing a public interest litigation seeking release of grants to Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children and Nowrosjee Wadia Maternity. MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Thursday came down heavily on the Maharashtra government for dragging its feet over financial aid to Wadia Hospitals for women and children, and said the government has money for statues but not for public...
More »IMA seeks clarification over PM Modi's alleged statement on pharma companies -Leroy Leo
-Livemint.com * PM Modi allegedly stated that top pharma companies are bribing doctors to get ahead * Indian Medical Association asked for proof or an apology from the PM New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking clarification over his alleged statement that top pharmaceutical companies bribe doctors with women, and said that Modi should apologise if his comments are based on unverified information. “IMA takes strong...
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