-The Times of India NEW DELHI: One in four of those reporting non-marital sexual violence are adolescents in the 15-19 age group, pointing to higher vulnerability of minors who are also less likely to report such instances to police as compared to adult women, a study on the lack of disclosure of such crimes has found. Overall, two in five female survivors do not inform anyone of sexual violence suffered. The findings...
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Supreme Court taps government on Johnson & Johnson hip implants
-The Telegraph Call for expert view on complaints against J&J New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to furnish an expert probe committee’s report on allegations that Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy had supplied faulty hip implants to hundreds of patients in India. It also sought the government’s response to a public interest petition that accuses the Centre and Mumbai police of inaction in the matter. A bench headed by Chief...
More »Wheat price up but 'not enough'
-The Telegraph The 6.1 per cent hike in the MSP is expected to disburse a cumulative additional income of Rs 62,635 crore. New Delhi: The Centre has increased the minimum support price for wheat, the main rabi crop, by Rs 105 to Rs 1,840 per quintal (100kg), a day after police clashed with farmers demanding a higher support price and loan waivers. The 6.1 per cent hike in the MSP is expected to...
More »Kisan Kranti Yatra: On two sides of the farmer-police divide, a father and a son -Mahender Singh Manral & Daksh Panwar
-The Indian Express A policeman, one of nearly 2,500 manning the border Tuesday, stood atop the UP Gate flyover as part of bandobast. From his vantage point in front of the water cannon, he could see a sea of increasingly impatient farmers ready to march into Delhi. One of them was his father. New Delhi: The yellow barricades erected at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border on Tuesday to prevent farmers from entering the...
More »'Jawan' set upon marching kisan -Anita Joshua
-The Telegraph Distressed farmers marching for 10 days ran into water cannons and tear gas on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border Distressed farmers marching for 10 days ran into water cannons and teargas on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border on Tuesday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the birth anniversary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi who taught the world the power of non-violence and Lal Bahadur Shastri who immortalised the “Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan” slogan. The...
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