-The Telegraph New Delhi: When a single woman or unwed mother applies for her child's birth certificate, it must be issued on the basis of her affidavit and without insisting that she disclose the name of the father, the Supreme Court ruled today. The court also held that an unwed Christian mother could assume the guardianship of her child without issuing prior notice to the father for permission as laid down in...
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UP school uniform Scam: Shocking findings
Despite the provision of free school uniforms to be given to school children aged 6-14 years under the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act, when it comes to education department of Uttar Pradesh things are happening in the wrong way. Officials working in UP's education department demand for commissions from uniform suppliers, reveals a Cobra Post sting. In order to know more, please read the press release from Cobra...
More »‘Delhi most uncaring for the old among metros’ -Durgesh Nandan Jha
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Parents spend their lifetime caring for children, but how are they cared for on getting old? A multi-city survey on perception of the youth about elderly abuse and care reveals that while 73% of working adults accept the problem few are willing to act. Delhi fares the worst with 92% youth not willing to act followed by Chennai (64%), Hyderabad (45%), Ahmedabad (41%), Bengaluru (37%) and...
More »‘Legal Friends’ Fight Gender Violence in Rural India -Stella Paul
-IPS News BETUL, India- MAMta Bai, 36, distinctly remembers the first time the police came to her village: it was December 2014 and her neighbour, Purva Bai, had just been beaten unconscious by her alcoholic husband, prompting MAMta to make a distress call to the nearest station. Once in the neighborhood, policemen pulled the abusive husband out of his home and asked the village women if they wanted him to be arrested. “Yes,”...
More »Growing up in Delhi's slums, why children aren't growing up much -Shriya Mohan
-Scroll.in Malnourishment is not linked to food alone. Lack of space and sanitation is stunting children in Delhi's slums. On the northern fringes of Delhi, if you get off the last stop of the yellow metro line at Jahangirpuri, and ride for half an hour on one buttock in a packed auto with two dozen people, you will see what first appears to be a giant mountain. As your auto wobbles...
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