-The Hindu The former Attorney General about recent landmark judgments of the Supreme Court, the credibility of the court, and the sedition law Former Attorney General of India, Soli Sorabjee, was given the Padma Vibhushan 15 years back for his defence of the freedom of expression and protection of human rights. Now, at 87, Mr. Sorabjee says he is looking forward to making his arguments in a pending case on Aadhaar. Excerpts...
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Push for safety in schools
-The Telegraph New Delhi: Women and child development (WCD) minister Maneka Gandhi today suggested spreading awareness among schoolchildren so that they can complain about sexual harassment under a central law. Maneka made the suggestions in a meeting with HRD minister Prakash Javadekar held against the backdrop of the Murder of a seven-year-old boy in Gurgaon's Ryan International School. The two leaders discussed several measures, including sensitising children to file complaints under the...
More »CBSE orders psychometric test of all school staff -Sumaiya Yousuf
-The Times of India BHOPAL: Breaking its silence five days after the Murder of a child at Ryan International School in Gurugram, the CBSE on Wednesday announced that the onus of safety of students on campus lies solely with school authorities. The CBSE said this in response to a Supreme Court query in the aftermath of the Gurugram school Murder. On Wednesday, the board sent a circular on 'safety of children' to...
More »Press corps condemns death threats to women journalists
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Indian Women's Press Corps (IWPC) and the All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) have strongly condemned the Murder earlier this week of Bengaluru journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh. IWPC also expressed grave concern at the language used in a Facebook post threatening violence against Delhi journalist Sagarika Ghose. A day after Lankesh's killing, an individual, going by the name of VikramAditya Rana, allegedly circulated a Facebook post calling...
More »All that Gauri Lankesh stood for -Yogendra Yadav
-The Hindu Her Murder is an attempt to kill an idea What killed Gauri Lankesh? This is not the same question as “who killed Gauri Lankesh?” This is deeper and a more rewarding question. In any case, this is the only question we can meaningfully answer in the public domain. A Murder involves four categories of culpability: those who carry out assassination, those who conspire, those who encourage or benefit from it,...
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