New Delhi, April 26 : The Central government has informed the Supreme Court that as per information received from states and Union Territories, a total of 2,95,601 complaints have been registered under Protection of Women from Domestic Violence (PWDV) Act, and there are 3,637 protection officers in […]
Category: Rights
UN experts concerned over detention of Tibetans in China
Dharamsala, April 20 : A group of six UN experts have expressed concerns and brought China into account for arrest, detention and enforced disappearance of Tibetan writer Lobsang Lhundup, musician Lhundrup Drakpa and teacher Rinchen Kyi, in the joint communication to China sent in February, but was […]
'A genuine case': SC notice to Centre on plea for making adoption procedures simple
New Delhi, April 11 : The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a plea seeking a direction to the Centre for improving the number of adoptions in the country and also a direction to the Ministry of Women and Child Development to make adoption procedures simple, and digitszing the registration of […]
'Case of arrest not made out': SC on case against Vyapam whistle-blower Rai
New Delhi, April 11 : The Supreme Court on Monday observed that a case of arrest is not made out against Vyapam scam whistleblower, Anand Rai, in an FIR registered against him over an alleged defamatory Facebook post against the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister's OSD, Laxman Singh Markam. A bench […]
Fired worker Smalls snubs world's second richest Bezos; pins union flag on Amazon door
By Nikhila Natarajan New York, April 2 : In a deeply troubling move to Amazon's Jeff Bezos, workers at his warehouse in New York City have voted to unionise. It is a historic first. The US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) determined in January that unionisation efforts at the Amazon fac […]
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