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As more women come forward to report abandonment by NRI husbands, the latest information available with the women and child development ministry shows that the foreign ministry, over the last few months, has moved to revoke the passports of at least 25 men against whom lookout circulars (LOCs) were issued. This will result in extradition …

Are men being victimised in the ongoing #metoo campaign? At least, some men think like that. So, on the occasion of International Men’s Day some of them marched in the national capital seeking an end to what they see as a targeted attack on men during the campaign.  Organised by a couple of men’s rights groups, named Save Family Foundation …

Chilling details of sexual exploitation and human trafficking have come to light after a 12-year-old girl elaborated how these young girls were sold to ‘powerful guests’ for entertainment. After the Muzaffarpur shelter case brought to light how women were drugged and raped in locked rooms, cut themselves to avoid sexual exploitation, concerns around these so called ‘shelter homes’ have increased …

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has been in news for a while after he met PM Modi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi. But now is facing massive criticism on his very own twitter for holding a placard which read “Smash Brahminical Patriarchy”. Dorsey was reportedly taking part in a roundtable with some women journalists, activists and writers and there he posed …

The rainfall in Delhi NCR only did a little to improve the air quality of the area and it still floats between very bad and severe zone and on the top of that today there are roughly 5,000 marriages, which is likely to cause traffic jam across Delhi NCR.   According to data released by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), …

Taking note of several reports which indicated a decrease in the recruitment of women workers owing to an increase in maternity leaves, the government has decided to pay 50 per cent of the salary of 14 weeks to women on maternity leave. Earlier, under the Maternity Benefit Act, women were given paid leave for 12 weeks which was extended to …

The first image of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s Statue of Unity is out and it’s breathtaking. An American company has taken a stunning image of the world’s tallest statue from space. The 597-feet Statue of Unity of India’s “Iron Man” has been shared by the American Constellation of Satellites owned by Sky Lab. The image shows the statue built alongside the …

India’s first hospital dedicated to elephants has opened in Mathura at Farah block’s Churmura village. The first-of-its-kind hospital has unique facilities including wireless digital X-ray, laser treatment, dental X-ray, thermal imaging, ultrasonography, hydrotherapy and quarantine facilities.  The hospital is strategically located near elephant conservation and care centre. It is designed to treat injured, sick or geriatric elephants and is equipped …

Shrouded in smog, clean air has become a luxury in NCR, and stepping out for a movie or a nightout means battling the air pollution. In such a situation, increasing number of restaurants and cinema halls in the NCR are adding ‘purified air’ to the list of services they offer their patrons. While around seven-eight restaurants have already installed air …

On paper, open burning of crop residue is an offence punishable by a fine of Rs 2,500 per acre for stubble burning. And in Punjab alone in one month, the Pollution Control Board had imposed a fine of Rs 8,92,500 as “environmental compensation cess” on framers caught burning the stubble. AP But, despite an NGT ban, heavy fines and awareness …