Haryana mulls death for rape of girls below 12
The Haryana government is mulling over enacting a law for awarding the death penalty to those guilty of raping girls aged 12 and below.
Students being used to push drugs
A team from the City Task Force (CTF) apprehended a group of youngsters with ganja. While five of them were abusing the drug, two others were said to be peddlers.
Decline in infant mortality rate
According to the data from the Sample Registration Survey (SRS), India posted its sharpest year¬-on-¬year decline decline in the under-5 infant mortality rate (u5) since 2010.
Section 377: Supreme Court to revisit its order
Supreme Court referred to a larger Bench a writ petition filed by five gay and lesbian members of the LGBT community to strike down the colonial Section 377 in the Indian Penal Code of 1860, which criminalises homosexuality
Food poisoning, a common outbreak in 2017
Union Health Ministry’s Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme’s (IDSP) recent data indicated that food poisoning is one of the commonest outbreaks reported in 2017. This is apart from acute diarrhoeal disease (ADD).
Kerala battles a new health risk
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is emerging as a major concern in the health as well as allied sectors such as veterinary, dairy, fisheries and poultry.
SC issued a notice to government about working women law
The Supreme Court asked the government to respond on a petition questioning the lack of implementation of the various provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act of 2013.