Ambika Pandit
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Libya: Govt rescues 12 Indians stuck in Libya over fake job racket
India News: The National Minorities Commission and the ministry of external affairs have facilitated the rescue and return of 12 men - mostly Sikhs - who were lur → Read More
Give data of all kids with special needs in a month: NCPCR to SAAs
India News: NEW DELHI: Raising concern over complaints received regarding non-compliance with provisions related to children with special needs under the amended . → Read More
Personal laws, tribal traditions to be part of consultations for marriage age law tweak
India News: NEW DELHI: The parliamentary panel examining the proposed amendment to the law to raise the legal age of marriage from 18 to 21 years for girls is set. → Read More
WEF recognises need to record women’s participation in local govt bodies in Gender Gap Report
India News: NEW DELHI: In a significant development that is expected to mark a shift in the way the gender gap will be determined in the global index in the futur. → Read More
Child rights body asks states to upload data on out-of-school children latest by January 28
India News: NEW DELHI: With states yet to upload the data on identified out-of-school children on a dedicated portal set-up by the National Commission for Protect. → Read More
Richest 21 Indian billionaires have more wealth than 700 million Indians: Oxfam report
India News: While just 5% Indians owned over 62% of total wealth in the country in 2021, the bottom 50% of the population possessed merely 3% of the wealth, accor → Read More
Number of people aged 65 years or older worldwide projected to more than double by 2050: UN report
Rest of World News: In 2021, one in 10 people worldwide were aged 65 or above. In 2050, this age group is projected to account for one in six people globally. It is proje → Read More
Draft framework for deciding if minor aged 16-18 can be tried as adult in cases of heinous crime in public domain
India News: NEW DELHI: In a significant move, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has prepared the draft guidelines laying out a broad uniform . → Read More
Info panels plagued by lack of diversity, reveals report
India News: NEW DELHI: A report on the working of Information Commissions highlights the lack of diversity in the composition of the commissions with nearly 60% c. → Read More
Review Centre’s ‘paltry’ share in pension for disabled: Parliamentary panel
India News: NEW DELHI: A parliamentary panel has expressed deep concern and has strongly reiterated its recommendation for a review to enhance the central assista. → Read More
Delhi: How mothers have led battle to secure justice for abused child
With the Protection of Children From Sexual Offences Act 2012 completing a decade in November this year a qualitative analysis of 498 cases from Delhi → Read More
Waiver for PwDs at national institutes announced
India News: In a step aimed at enhancing access to rehabilitation facilities for persons with disabilities (PwDs), the Central government has decided to waive off → Read More
Centre announces fee waiver for rehab treatment & education of persons with disabilities
India News: NEW DELHI: Aiming at enhancing access to rehabilitation facilities for persons with disabilities (Divyangjan), the central government has decided to w. → Read More
In 313 districts, over 20% of women in 20-24 age group married before 18
India News: NEW DELHI: In 313 districts of the country, more than 20% of women aged 20-24 were married before 18 years. → Read More
Puducherry aces social progress index, Lakshadweep & Goa among top 3
India News: Puducherry has bagged the top slot with the highest score of 65.9 in the country on the 'social progress index' for its remarkable performance across → Read More
AAP in Delhi calls for national boycott of Chinese goods
Aam Aadmi Party national convenor and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday issued a nationwide appeal to boycott Chinese products. Speaking → Read More
Consent age: 94% of ‘romantic’ Pocso cases end in acquittals, says report
India News: NEW DELHI: Bringing in focus the concern related to the “age of consent”, a new report shows that of the 7,064 Protection of Children from Sexual Offe. → Read More
8-year-old trekker with Down’s syndrome gets national award from President Droupadi Murmu
His parents abandoned him after birth, no prospective adoptive parents wanted to take him home from the orphange where he had been left as he was a sp → Read More
Every 11 minutes, a woman killed by intimate partner or family member: UN secretary general
India News: NEW DELHI: Ahead of “International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women” observed each year on Novembr 25, UN secretary-general António G. → Read More
Rights body reveals labour abuse, violations at all Qatar stadiums hosting FIFA WC matches
Football News: “While I worked, I used to wish I could watch Messi play. I imagined he would hear us and make everyone listen to us. And it would ease our pain.” → Read More