Month November 2017
A case of uninformed Vasectomy during the “Vasectomy Fortnight” being observed across the country. A man who required a hydrocele operation was made to sign on the form for vasectomy by the ASHA worker without his knowledge. After the operation… Continue Reading →
The suicides by members of the state police force and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel posted in the state is almost three-times the previous high of 13 in 2009 INDIA Updated: Nov 27, 2017 23:22 IST Ritesh Mishra Hindustan Times,… Continue Reading →
Unique Report Reveals the Lives of Vietnamese Women Workers Making the Samsung Smart Phones in Your Pocket Korean News Network, JTBC, covers report on Samsung workers in Vietnam. Click this link for a translation of the story: http://ipen.org/site/korean-news-jtbc-covers-report-samsung-vietnam READ FULL REPORT… Continue Reading →
RESPONSE TO THE COURT PROCEEDINGS IN HADIYA’S CASE YESTERDAY: A STATEMENT BY PINJRA TOD Yesterday’s hearing on the Hadiya case began with two whole hours of going back and forth in the court-room, where Hadiya’s ‘state… Continue Reading →
By Ashok Swain Over the last couple of weeks, the joint venture of Dassault Aviation and Anil Ambani’s Reliance has created quite a storm in India after the Congress party made allegations of a huge scam in Prime Minister… Continue Reading →
Crime: Destroying Swachh Mission Plants [email protected] Kanpur: In a bizarre case, eight donkeys were lodged in Orai jail for four days in UP’s Jalaun district for destroying some “expensive plants”, planted in the jail’s residential block under the ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’…. Continue Reading →
HIGHLIGHTS State education minister Vijay Shah said that students will not answer roll call with “yes sir” and “no sir” Earlier, a similar suggestion was proposed for the schools in the city of Satna Last year in December, Shah made… Continue Reading →
Supreme Court A petition has challenged the constitutionality of the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act and could well pave the way for reforms within the minority community ~By Venkatasubramanian A recent judgment of the Supreme Court declaring instantaneous triple talaq… Continue Reading →
Biometric authentication is based on the unscientific and questionable assumption that there are parts of human body that do not age, wither and decay with the passage of time, says Gopal Krishna. Having read the opinion of Justice R… Continue Reading →
The absence of legislation is letting companies compile and deploy sensitive personal information without legal oversight. Aman Sethi Hindustan Times, New Delhi Passengers show their identity cards at the entrance to the airport. (Sonu Mehta/HT File Photo) When Suvodeep Das,… Continue Reading →