-Counterview.net Well known Hindustani classical singer Padma Vibhu shan Channulal Mishra, chosen as one of the proposers of Narendra Modi in Lok Sabha elections, lost his wife and elder daughter to Covid in private hospitals in Varanasi. Younger daughter has accused Medwin Hospital of charging Rs 1.5 lakh for treatement of her sister and not being able to explain the cause of death. Pandit Channulal Mishra has asked for a probe...
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Face recognition software used in 137 of 1,800 arrests in Northeast Delhi riots, says Police -Jignasa Sinha
-The Indian Express A total 231 of the 1,818 arrests so far had been made possible using the latest technological tools, Police Commissioner S N Shrivastava said. More than a hundred individuals arrested in connection with last year’s riots in Northeast Delhi were identified by a facial recognition system (FRS), the Commissioner of Delhi Police said on Friday. A total 231 of the 1,818 arrests so far had been made possible using...
More »What Did You Do in the Last 24 Hours? -Ashwini Deshpande
-TheIndiaForum.in Some reflections on India’s first Time Use Survey in historical perspective The first nation-wide survey of the time spent by men and women on various activities during all 24 hours of the day brings out the gender inequalities in the work that each of them do. “Now tell us some particulars relating to time use for each household member of age 6 years and above from 4:00 AM yesterday to 4:00 AM...
More »Comprehensive reforms, not just CCTVs, can end custodial torture -Aishwarya Mohanty and Neetika Vishwanath
-The Indian Express The realities of torture and its prosecution in India would temper our expectations from this one development. The Supreme Court needs to ensure robust implementation of its order and simultaneously plug the gaps so that incidents of torture are curtailed. In a bid to curb torture, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court recently mandated that CCTV cameras be installed in police stations and offices of other investigative agencies....
More »JNU violence: 4 contradictions in what university admin told police vs what it said in RTI reply -Munish Pandey
-IndiaToday.in Biometric systems and CCTV cameras at the server room were not vandalised in the first week of January, contrary to the claims made by the Jawaharlal Nehru University administration that students had destroyed them on January 3, the varsity has said in an RTI reply. A Right To Information (RTI) reply filed by the Jawaharlal Nehru University administration on recent incidents in the university has exposed several discrepancies in the claims...
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