-PTI/ The Telegraph Similar concerns echoed for Afghan Hindus and Sikhs, who have been brought to India after reports of attacks on minorities in Afghanistan Secluded within a confined zone in Delhi's Majnu-Ka-Tila, Pakistani Hindu refugees who moved to India with hopes of securing their lives have been surviving in tents and semi-kutcha houses with no access to the basic facilities like water and electricity. Fifty-two-year-old refugee Radha Solanki, who moved to India...
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How US & UK made bail the rule, jail the exception, and why SC wants specific law in India -Akshat Jain
-ThePrint.in Govt should consider enacting a bail Act, SC said Monday. Countries including US, UK, Australia & New Zealand have comprehensive laws that govern rules of granting and refusing bail. New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday proposed the introduction of a comprehensive bail law in India to deal with the rising pendency of bail applications, and discussed how such laws are in force in other jurisdictions including the UK and the US. A...
More »Digital News To Be Regulated In Amended Law In A First -Sunil Prabhu
-NDTV.com Digital news sites could face action for "violations", which includes cancelled registration or penalty, if the bill is cleared. New Delhi: Digital media in India will be regulated and can face action for "violations" under an amended law that the government plans to bring in the parliament session starting next week. The law for the registration of media will, for the first time, include digital media, which has never been defined by...
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-The New Indian Express Onion production is estimated to have risen to 31.70 million tonnes in 2021-22 from 26.64 million tonnes in the previous year, according to the government data. NEW Delhi: The government has procured 2.5 lakh tonnes of onion from farmers to create buffer stocks for 2022-23 and will intervene in the market in case of rise in retail prices of onion. Onion production is estimated to have risen to 31.70...
More »Beyond the right of mere existence: From the lens of slum dwellers -Harshita Gupta and Krishangee Parikh
-TheLeaflet.in The recent observations of the Delhi High Court in Samar Pal versus Union of India urge us to ponder whether the right to life of slum dwellers deals with mere existence or includes the right to livelihood within its ambit. ——– BEYOND the skyscrapers and posh lifestyle of cosmopolitan cities of India lie the lives of millions of slum dwellers. According to the 2018 report of the World Bank, 35 per cent...
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