-The Times of India MUMBAI: Reports of children taking extreme steps or running away from home after being disciplined stare at us from newspapers every other day. Yet, in a shocking finding, a study tells us that almost seven out of 10 sets of parents hit their children in Mumbai. Across India, 65% parents admit they are not averse to spanking their kids. The widespread prevalence of spanking belies attempts to provide...
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Zakia Jafri to File Protest Petition on 2002 Report by Nov 7
-Outlook Ahmedabad: A local court today granted more time to Zakia Jafri to file a protest petition challenging the Closure Report of the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) which gave a clean chit to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi among others in the 2002 riot cases. The court of metropolitan magistrate B J Ganatra today directed Zakia to either inform the court about the status of the Special Leave Petition (SLP)...
More »Supreme Court seeks details of Yamuna Action Plan
-IANS The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the central government to place before it the Yamuna River Action Plan with details to prevent the untreated effluents flowing into it. The apex court bench headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar also wanted to know how Rs 12,000 crore, spent by all the stakeholders for cleaning the river, was used. The court also directed that the minutes of the Yamuna River Development Authority (YRDA) be placed...
More »Bans not the answer
-The Business Standard SC decision to seek views on GM crops welcome The Supreme Court’s decision to seek views of different stakeholders before considering a 10-year moratorium on field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops, as suggested by the technical committee it had appointed, is welcome. The committee’s recommendation had caused widespread disquiet among the scientific community, a section of the seed industry and farmers. If the recommendation was accepted by the...
More »RTE confusion delays school admissions -Shreya Bhandary
-The Times of India MUMBAI: Pre-primary admission to non-state board schools in the city that usually start in the end of October or beginning of November has been postponed at least till December over continuing confusion on the latest amendment to the Right to Education (RTE) Act. "There are confusing and contradicting views and we are not sure how or when to conduct our admission session. We have yet to decide the...
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