The Supreme Court rejected on Tuesday the plea of a Mumbai woman to abort her 26-week-old foetus which, reports show, suffers from 'Down Syndrome' and may be born with physical and mental abnormalities.
The apex court passed the order on the basis of a medical report prepared by a group of senior doctors from Mumbai's KEM Hospital.
(Source: The Times of India)
Hundreds of students and teachers of the Delhi University hit the streets on Tuesday afternoon to protest against campus violence as more political leaders and sportspeople joined the swirling nationalism row.
A crowd of about 2,000 – comprising pupils from several DU colleges and other city universities – marched from SGTB Khalsa College to arts faculty, shouting slogans against the ABVP that allegedly thrashed several students last week.
The march was joined by political leaders such as CPI(M)’s Sitaram Yechury, D Raja, Janata Dal (United)’s KC Tyagi and Swaraj Abhiyan’s Yogendra Yadav.
Delhi Police lodged a case against unknown persons for alleged rape threats made to Lady Shri Ram College student Gurmehar Kaur, who hit the headlines on Monday for condemning the ABVP in a social media post.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
The horrifying gang rape of Nirbhaya in New Delhi in December 2012 sparked international outrage and turned the spotlight on her otherwise little-known east UP village. Politicians made a beeline for Medaura Kalan to mark their presence in her last rites in January 2013. They made myriad promises about sprucing up amenities, schools and roads to honour her memory.
"Let's see when the inter college comes up. It's only on paper," an elderly Dev Muni says. People here have lost faith in politicians' promises.
(Source: The Times of India)
In possibly the first such case under the amended juvenile justice law, a sessions court in Jhabua on Tuesday sentenced two teenagers to life imprisonment for killing another teenager.
The victim, Radhu Nana Palia, 16, was stabbed in Jhabua on 5 December last year, allegedly for Rs 500. Palia, a Class IX student, was rushed to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
Additional District and Sessions Judge AA Khan on Tuesday, convicted them and handed life term under IPC Section 302 (murder), and Sections 15 and 18 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.
(Source: Indian Express)
Ashoka University claimed it did not coerce two managers and one professor to leave the university for signing a Kashmir petition along with 85 students. But two emails by the university’s Faculty Council, an elected body representing all Ashoka teachers, say otherwise.
Narayanan resigned from the university’s mathematics department citing “ethical reasons” on 15 December. Goswami and Shah resigned on 7 October 2016, sparking a debate over curbs on freedom of speech on campus.
(Source: Indian Express)
Eleven women were raped every day and six gang-raped every week in Madhya Pradesh over the last year, figures presented in the state Assembly on Monday revealed. More than half of these victims were minors, the data shows.
Social activists working for the cause of women expressed concern over the rise in sexual violence in the state.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
Survival instinct often forces people to make behavioural changes in times of fear and anxiety. And the killing of engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla in Kansas seems to have prompted a similar response from an Indian group.
An association of Telangana NRIs has issued an advisory on its Facebook page asking those from the state in the US to avoid confrontation or speaking in their mother tongue in public spaces.
The general secretary of the Virginia-based Telangana American Telugu Association (TATA), Vikram Jangam, offers the following "tips":
(Source: The Times of India)
A week after he became known round the world when he tried to intervene as a US Navy veteran opened fire at two Indian engineers at a Kansas bar, fame sits lightly on the shoulders of Ian Grillot.
Recovering from serious injuries caused by a bullet that pierced his hand and lodged in his chest, the 24-year-old says what he did at Austins Bar & Grill in Olathe last Wednesday was what he’d have expected anyone to do.
“I understand he (Purinton) may have been going through a lot of personal things in his life but that does not give somebody the excuse to act in the manner that he did,” he said in a hoarse voice as the bullet affected a branch of the nerve that serves the vocal chords.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
India's health indicators show significant improvement over the last decade with a decline in infant mortality complimented by a better sex ratio, more institutional deliveries and wider vaccine coverage.
The population rate is also a showing positive change, according to the new set of government data gathered during the fourth phase of National Family Health Survey. "The results show that if we invest and design good programmes in health, results will follow," health secretary CK Mishra said.
India's total fertility rate also declined to 2.2 from 2.7 over last decade, inching closer to the replacement level of 2.1. Overall, the level declined by 1.2 children per woman from NFHS 1 to NFHS 4.
(Source: The Times of India)
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