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Where women fear to tread -Mahim Pratap Singh

-The Hindu In the State that leads in incidents of rape, the shame-inducing statistics are pushing the administration into action Time was when Payal (name changed to protect her identity), a standard VII student from Madhya Pradesh’s tribal dominated Betul district, had only school, friends and family on her mind. But her little world changed dramatically in March this year. The 15-year-old, a resident of Betul’s Majhinagar slum, was abducted in public by...

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Joseph E Stiglitz, Nobel laureate interviewed by Pranay Sharma

-Outlook Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz is one of the world’s leading economists. A former chief economist at the World Bank and currently University Professor at the Columbia Business School, he was recently in India to attend an international conference on development and to promote his new book, The Price of Inequality. He spoke to Pranay Sharma about growing inequality in the world and the challenges facing India. Excerpts: * Your coinage,...

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IT Returns, Performance Report Out of RTI Ambit: SC

-Outlook The Supreme Court has ruled that the details of a person's income tax returns and performance of an employee are "personal information" which cannot be divulged under the provisions of the Right to Information Act unless a larger public interest is involved. The apex court added that under the transparency law, information pertaining to the performance of an employee or officer cannot be made public as it is a matter between...

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Experts call for amendments to prevent judges taking up jobs after retirement -J Venkatesan

-The Hindu The Constitution and various laws must be amended to prevent judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts from taking up post-retirement jobs, say legal experts. A couple of days ago, Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley suggested an embargo on the appointment of retired judges to commissions. BJP president Nitin Gadkari has suggested a “cooling-off period” of two years from the date of retirement...

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