NEW DELHI: Putting a child’s right to know about his biological father on a higher pedestal in comparison to a person’s right to privacy not to be compelled to undergo a DNA test, Supreme Court has directed a man to go through the test on a paternity suit filed by a youth who claims to…
Prayagraj: Allahabad HC has held that a person’s conviction as a minor cannot be treated as a legal impediment to the issuance of a passport, emphasising that the ‘right to be forgotten’ – through removal or destruction of records of delinquency – enables juveniles to make a fresh start in life, reports Rajesh Kumar Pandey.A…
The proportion of babies being exclusively breastfed for the first six months has dropped from 64% in 2019-21 to about 56% in 2023-24, reversing the rising trend of the decade and more before that. This fact, revealed by National Family Health Survey-6 has alarmed public health and nutrition experts who point out that exclusive breastfeeding…
NEW DELHI: The National Family Health Survey-6 (2023-24) has shown that participation of married women in household decision-making has increased over the years, with data revealing that 89% were involved in decisions about their own healthcare, major household purchases and visits to family and relatives.The participation of married women (15-49 years) in these three household…
NEW DELHI On the very day (Friday, May 29) Supreme Court laid down mandatory guidelines for high courts to pronounce judgments within three months of reserving them, an SC bench pronounced its verdict in a 42-year-old double murder case from Delhi after keeping it reserved for 15 months.Two bodies were discovered within a span of…
KOLKATA: Former Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee‘s nephew and Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee faced a bruising day of political turbulence Saturday, coming under attack from protesters in Sonarpur on Kolkata’s southern edge and receiving a CID summons in a fake-signature probe as pressure mounted on him after TMC’s electoral defeat.Abhishek Banerjee, 38, was chased, abused…
NEW DELHI: Women may be living longer than men, but they are also spending far more years battling pain, depression, anxiety and other disabling conditions, according to a major global study published in The Lancet Public Health.The analysis, based on data from 204 countries and territories, found that women bear a disproportionately higher burden of…
Arrested accused Manisha Mandhare and Manisha Sanjay Hawaldar brought to Rouse Avenue Court NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Saturday dealt with the custody and bail proceedings of three accused in the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case, sending one accused to jail and another to police custody, and issuing notice on a bail plea filed…
DKS with Rahul and Kharge NEW DELHI: Congress’s surgical operation in Karnataka stems from its estimates of gaps after three years of the Siddaramaiah government and its expectations from DK Shivakumar at the helm, with eyes focused on future political battles – 2028 assembly polls followed by Lok Sabha polls.The transition from Siddaramaiah to Shivakumar…
NEW DELHI: Delhi witnessed a month of weather extremes in May, recording its hottest May in two years while also registering its cleanest air quality for the month in about five years.According to data, the city’s average maximum temperature in May stood at 39.7 degrees Celsius, while the average minimum temperature was 25.8 degrees Celsius….
