Can a ruling from the Supreme Court change the socio-cultural and psychological ramifications of unwed motherhood in India? INNLIVE probes deeper to find out the social and sociological impact of the ruling on the family.
On 6 July, a Supreme Court bench of Justices Vikramjit Sen and A.M. Sapre ruled that “An unwed mother in India can become the sole legal guardian of a child without the consent of the father.” The bench was adjudicating a plea by an unnamed Christian woman, who questioned the necessity of seeking consent from the father of her five-year-old son in a guardianship petition.
In peak apple season, many orchards in Himachal have unexpected visitors. They are forest officials armed with a High Court order to crack down on encroachments on forest land.
In peak apple season, many orchards in Himachal Pradesh have unexpected visitors. They aren’t traders or bulk buyers — but forest officials armed with a High Court order to crack down on encroachments on forest land. The fruit cannot be harvested, and owners are in panic. What is the crisis in the Rs 2,500 crore apple business in the state?
After establishing the role of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in the July 27 Gurdaspur terror attack, Indian intelligence agencies are trying to pinpoint the involvement of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief and 26/11 Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed.
The three terrorists killed in Dinanagar were speaking Punjabi when slain senior Punjab cop Baljit Singh had challenged them to come out in the open before they killed him.
The mysterious disappearance of popular Internet porn websites in India over the last couple of days is similar to the white van abductions of people in Sri Lanka at the height of the island’s civil war — people inconvenient to the government went missing, while the government claimed it didn’t know a thing.
In India, what now greets surfers instead of these sites — that apparently had a cult following in the country — is white space. There is no message from the Internet Service Provider (ISP) that the sites have been blocked under orders from the government (as happens in countries where online porn is illegal).
The government's move to block more than 800 pornographic websites has led experts to question whether this latest attempt to police the internet is even feasible.
Internet service providers (ISPs) have confirmed they received letters from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Saturday that directed them to block certain websites. But can the government stop users from visiting porn sites? The answer seems to be no.
Talk to high net worth individuals (HNIs) and non-resident Indians (NRIs). They express tremendous anxiety over the provisions of the government’s new piece of legislation. This spells trouble for all of us, even if we are largely law-abiding, they grumble.
At the same time, many wonder if the recently promulgated laws will succeed in unearthing black money.
All eyes are on the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Bill, 2015, which received Presidential assent May 26 2015 and thus became an Act (commonly referred to as the “Black Money Act”).
WEEKEND EXCLUSIVE: The life stories of these workers betray an entrenched caste-based discrimination that shamefully persists in the Capital even now, preventing them from applying for any other job.
The practice attracts imprisonment for up to one year and a fine of Rs 2,000 on individuals or organisations who hire such labour under the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993.
Twenty-three-year-old Ranjit’s job can land his employer behind bars. But that doesn’t dissuade people from entering his line of work, thanks to the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year.
WEEKEND SPECIAL: With no state help and some philanthropic support, Delhi-based Syed Pasha has staged more than 10,000 shows worldwide with disabled dancers to critical acclaim, including on International Yoga Day in June.
The Ability Unlimited Foundation works out of a little room in a dilapidated building in the bustling heart of old Delhi’s Patparganj. The room is crammed with steel trunks, stage props and more. The walls are covered with photographs and posters for dance shows.
