-The Times of India Half of girls are subject to various forms of sexual harassment like leering, pinching and groping while travelling to and from school while 32% are followed on their way to school or college, reports Himanshi Dhawan. A 2014 study by NGO 'Breakthrough' on 900 young girls and boys in six states revealed that 52% of students experienced leering and staring followed by touching, pinching and groping. Girls...

-PTI Move by the Centre is aimed at weeding out false complaints in governance-related matters To reduce the number of vexatious and malicious complaints, the government has decided to encourage the complainants to mention their Aadhaar card numbers while filing grievances on governance-related matters through an online platform. The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), which is the nodal agency for formulating policy guidelines for citizen-centric governance, manages a Centralised Public...

-The Times of India NEW YORK: A new UN report reveals that almost three quarters women online are exposed to some form of cyber violence worldwide and only 26% law enforcement agencies in 86 countries surveyed are taking appropriate action. India is one of the countries where reporting about cyber bullying is low. The report 'Combating Online Violence Against Women & Girls: A Worldwide Wake-Up Call', by United Nations Broadband Commission says...

-The Telegraph New Delhi: A home ministry helpline offering information on quake-hit Nepal has been swamped by Indian farmers airing their distress, embarrassing a government already under the Opposition's cosh for its "anti-farmer" policies. Compounding the discomfiture, most of the callers are demanding the Rs 15 lakh that Narendra Modi had, during last year's election campaign, promised to deposit in every bank account after retrieving black money from abroad, ministry officials said. "We...

-The Indian Express Niggling procedural hassles stymie efforts to modernise antiquated labour regulations.   As it completes one year in office, the NDA government seems to have finally bit the bullet and taken up the controversial Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, for amendments that would allow easier retrenchment and closure norms for firms with up to 300 workers though ensuring that the employees get higher compensation in return. The draft code on industrial relations has...