-The Time of India NEW DELHI: India is greying faster than previously projected, even though it fares better than other Saarc countries and China. The government has disclosed that the number of people above 60 will rise to around 340 million by 2050. The number, revealed by junior minister for health Anupriya Patel in the Lok Sabha, is higher than projections made by the United Nations (UN) and other agencies, which also...

-The Telegraph New Delhi: As many as 237 tigers died in the past two years and 23 per cent of the deaths between 2012 and 2017 were caused by poaching, the government said on Friday. However, the government asserted that unnatural deaths "have not had an impact on tiger numbers, which are growing at the rate of 5.8 per cent per annum". "In 2016, 122 tigers died across the country while 115 died...

-PTI New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Wednesday decriminalised begging in the national capital, saying provisions penalising the act were unconstitutional, nearly three months after wondering aloud how it could be treated as an offence in a country where the government was unable to provide food or jobs. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar said the inevitable consequence of the decision would be that prosecution...

-The Indian Express An IIT Delhi report offers important pointers on how to ensure a smooth drainage system in the capital using its natural waterways. This is the time of year when Delhiites suffer floods and often do not know what to do and who to blame, because the multiple government authorities are busy pointing fingers at each other. Monsoon used to be the season when my generation, as children, used to...

-PTI The Supreme Court, which expressed concern on Tuesday over incidents of rape in the country by observing that women are being raped “left, right and centre”, has asked all the print, electronic and social media not to publish or display photos of victims of sexual abuse — even in blurred or morphed form. The apex court also warned against interviewing minor victims of sexual abuse saying it has a serious...