-Hindustan Times We live in a social regime where women are seen as an embodiment of men’s izzat (honour). Attacking ‘their women’ then becomes the undoing of the whole community. Bilkis Bano. The name and the face have been haunting me since the judgment was announced on her case by the Bombay High Court on May 4. In March 2002, our group of six women arrived in Ahmedabad to document what had...
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Deposit gush: CA Institute bats for special audit -KR Srivats
-The Hindu Business Line Need to assess impact of demonetisation on Banks, says ICAI chief Vikamsey New Delhi: The CA Institute has urged the Finance Ministry and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to allow its members to undertake focused “special audit” of deposit flows into the Banking system during the demonetisation period, which started on November 8 and ended on December 31 last year. There is a need to assess the demonetisation...
More »6 months of demonetisation: Cash back to being king, shortage at ATMs continues -Suchetana Ray and Mahua Venkatesh
-Hindustan Times Prominent Indian Banks have claimed there is no cash crunch, but fact remains that ATMs run dry during long weekends. The crisis began in November when the Union government pulled 500 and 1000 rupee Banknotes from circulation as a part of its crackdown on black money. New Delhi: It has been six months since demonetisation, but, “Is there cash in the ATM?” continues to be the most popular question...
More »Supreme Court seeks govt's response on PIL for Ban on female circumcision -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Days before final hearings on petitions challenging the validity of 'triple talaq', the Supreme Court sought on Monday the Centre's and four states' response on a PIL seeking a Ban on the ritual of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the Dawoodi Bohra community. A bench of Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul issued notice to four central...
More »Nitish punches holes in govt's rebel policy -Imran Ahmed Siddiqui
-The Telegraph New Delhi: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar today highlighted "contradictions" in the Narendra Modi government's anti-Maoist policy, accusing it of stopping key security and development schemes in the rebel zones. He questioned the utility of convening security review meetings with the chief ministers of the Maoist-hit states - like the one held in Delhi today - when the Centre was not releasing funds to fight the rebels. Union home minister Rajnath...
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