-The Hindu ‘Act gives preference to father over mother’ A mother and father should have equal rights as guardians of their children and the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act (HMGA), 1956 should be amended as it discriminates against women, a parliamentary panel has recommended in its report. "The said Act does not provide for joint guardianship nor does it recognise the mother as the guardian of the minor legitimate child unless the father...
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Verification Drive or Raid? Rohingya in Haryana Accuse Cops of Harassment and Brutality -Astha Savyasachi
-TheWire.in Though the police superintendent claims his officers were 'sensitised' before arriving at the refugee camps on July 26, residents tell a different tale. Nuh (Haryana): Before the break of dawn on July 26, 10 police jeeps and six police buses encircled the 10 Rohingya refugee camps in the Nuh district of Haryana. More than 600 policemen walked into the camps and allegedly barged into each jhuggi, pushing people out of their...
More »Kisan-jawan alliance to launch campaign against Agnipath -Imran Ahmed Siddiqui
-The Telegraph The first step would be 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan' conferences from August 7 to 14, said Yogendra Yadav, the president of Morcha constituent Swaraj India New Delhi: The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, the umbrella organisation that spearheaded the movement against the Narendra Modi government’s controversial farm Laws, and the United Front of Ex-Servicemen will jointly organise a nationwide campaign against the Centre’s Agnipath armed forces recruitment scheme from August 7 to...
More »India’s ‘wheat waiver’ WTO demand is risk-fraught -Prabhash Ranjan
-The Hindu Such a stand will dilute its core agenda of pushing for a permanent solution to public stockholding for food security One of the cardinal demands of India in the World Trade Organization (WTO) — and rightly so — has been to find a permanent solution to the issue of public stockholding (PSH) of food to protect India’s food security (PSH policy). India’s PSH policy is based on procuring food from...
More »Aadhaar drive on voters from today -Pheroze L Vincent
-The Telegraph The Election Laws (Amendment) Act passed last year allows poll authorities to ask people to share their card details, aimed at weeding out duplicate entries of voters A nationwide drive to urge voters to voluntarily give their Aadhaar numbers to polling officials is set to begin on Monday. The Election Laws (Amendment) Act passed last year allows poll authorities to ask people to share their Aadhaar numbers — aimed at weeding...
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