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Shocking, but true. Barnevarne, a child care service of Norway, took custody of Indian children Abhigyan and Aishwarya from their natural parents Anurup and Sagarika Bhattacharya in May 2011 when they were two and-a-half years and six months old and lodged them in separate foster homes. It charged the mother Sagarika with “negligence and unable to bring up” the children. [...]
Declaring the allocation of 2G spectrum by the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government “illegal” and an example of the arbitrary exercise of power, the Supreme Court on Thursday cancelled all 122 telecom licences allotted on or after January 10, 2008 to 11 companies during the tenure of the former telecom minister, A. Raja. Click here for a .pdf of [...]
First introduced in 1968, the Lokpal bill is yet to get parliament’s nod, and faces an uncertain future with the Rajya Sabha Thursday night adjourning sine die without voting on the legislation. The Lokpal and Lokayuktas bill was first introduced in the fourth Lok Sabha May 9, 1968, and passed the following year. However, while it was pending in the [...]
The Protection of Women against Sexual Harassment at Workplace Bill, 2010, introduced in the Parliament has been referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource Development. Sexual Harassment at the workplace is a violation of women’s right to equality, life and liberty. It vitiates the work environment and serves to discourage women from participating in work, gravely affecting women’s [...]
The Pension Fund Regulatory & Development Authority (PFRDA) Bill 2011 is almost the same version of the bill introduced in parliament in 2005 with minor changes. When the 2005 Bill was introduced, there was opposition from the government employees as it had direct bearing on the pension prospect of the central government employees who joined service on or after 1-1-2004 [...]
(IANS) President Pratibha Patil’s assent was needed for tabling the Lokpal bill in the Rajya Sabha in accordance with a constitutional procedure. The Lokpal bill needed the president’s assent before coming to Rajya Sabha as several amendments had been moved in the Lok Sabha Tuesday night. According to clause three of Article 117 of Constitution, the president’s assent is mandatory for [...]
London, Nov 30 (IANS) A 57-year-old paralysed man in Britain has asked a court to allow a doctor to ‘lawfully’ end his life of ‘uncertainty, pain, and suffering’. Tony Nicklinson is paralysed below the neck. He is unable to speak and needs help with every aspect of his life. He can only move his eyes and head and communicates using [...]
IAS Officer srilaxmi got arrested by the CBI in relation to Obulapuram mining case. She is charged of granting mines to Obulapuram Mining corporation illegally. During the regime of YS Rajasekhar Reddy, she was IT secretary. Then she granted 68.5 hectares of mines to OMC, rejecting the ones who applied earlier. She is charged of granting the mines to Gali [...]
London, Nov 19 (IANS) More and more elderly people in Britain are getting divorce, a media report said. In 2009, about 11,500 people, over the age of 60, were granted divorce, up four percent in two years. This contrasts with a fall in the divorce rate for all age groups of more than 11 percent, Daily Mail reported Friday. ‘We [...]
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) After a 12-year-old girl told the court she wanted to live with her father, the Delhi High Court transferred her custody while the mother has been granted visitation rights. The judge took the girl, a student of Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, aside in her chamber and spoke to her before passing the order. The mother, who [...]
Washington, Oct 23 (IANS) Consumers who tell little white lies to avoid offending service providers are actually shielding those who inconvenience them. ‘Most consumers have told an inquiring server that their cold meal is fine, a hairdresser that they like their unexpected new look, or a friend that his/her too-snug jeans look great,’ write study authors Jennifer J. Argo of [...]
Bangalore, Oct 16 (IANS) The National Legal Services Authority is working on a special law to safeguard the interests and welfare of transgenders on the lines of Special Marriage Act, Supreme Court judge Altamas Kabir said Sunday. ‘Transgenders are in a most disadvantageous position, not of their own making. Some of them are rejected not just by society, but even [...]
The Union Cabinet today approved introduction of the Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2011 in the next session of Parliament. The proposed amendments would enable banks to improve their operational efficiency, deploy more funds for credit disbursement to retail investors, home loan borrowers, etc. without fearing for recovery, thus bringing about equity. Further, mandatory [...]
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has registered over 10 lakh cases since its inception in 1993, an official said Wednesday. A total of 1,094,113 cases of human rights violations, either through suo moto complaints or intimation by the prison and police authorities, were registered, said the NHRC official, as the commission celebrated its 19th [...]
It is widely acknowledged that Information and Communication Technology and Electronics (ICTE) have enormous transformative power that is changing everything: Governance, business, commerce, entertainment, society. As new technologies emerge every day, the pace of change is accelerating. Many of these changes occur whether planned or not. But the most beneficial changes are unlikely to take place without adequate planning. A [...]
Draft National Policy on Information Technology 2011 Released by Shri Sibal Over Three Times Increase in Revenue from it and ITES Industry Envisaged Revenue to Reach 300 Billion USD by 2020 Measures for India to Emerge as Hub for Language Technology Suggested Shri Kapil Sibal, the Minister of Communications and Information Technology released the Draft National Policy on Information Technology, 2011 . Speaking on [...]
The latest amendments proposed in the Apprenticeship Act of 1961 which will soon go for consideration in Parliament will not go far in encouraging the industry take up apprentices. Fresh inputs are required in them before they go to Parliament. This was stated by Member Secretary, Planning Commission, Sudha Pillai, at the 2nd National Conference on Skill Development organized by [...]
The government’s proposal to impose 26 per cent tax on profits from coal mining and 100 per cent royalty on other minerals will make the Indian mining and mineral based industry as the most heavily taxed in the world and make it globally uncompetitive, industry body ASSOCHAM said . Instead of 100 per cent royalty contribution, mining companies may be [...]
Life-support system given to a brain-damaged, minimally-conscious woman should not be withdrawn and she should not be allowed to die, a judge has ruled. This was probably the first time a judge has been asked to rule on whether life-support should be withdrawn from a person who is not in a persistent vegetative state but is minimally conscious, the Daily [...]
The Prime Minister had promised to bring legislation to set-up an independent Nuclear Safety Authority. This came after the widespread apprehensions about the safety of nuclear reactors in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan. However, the Bill which has been introduced in the Lok Sabha – the Nuclear Safety Regulatory Authority Bill – goes contrary to the assurance [...]
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