LA PAZ (TIP): Bolivian lawmakers have approved child workers as young as 10 years old, under a new law that lays out specific conditions for employing children. Congress passed the measure by consensus on July […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): In a retrogressive step, a religious body in Pakistan has declared girls as young as nine years old eligible to be married “if the signs of puberty were visible”, a media report said […]
LAFAYETTE, TX (TIP): A Texas man was convicted this week in a federal trial for trying to entice a 14-year-old into a sexual relationship through online chats in 2012, U.S. Attorney Stephanie Finley said in […]
LONDON (TIP): In a landmark vote, the European parliament has voted in favor of a resolution to criminalize the purchase of sex. On February 26, 343 members of the European Parliament backed a proposal placed […]
Independence is a sweet sounding word.However, mere political independence does not guarantee freedom. The constitution may enumerate freedoms available to a nation’s citizens yet people may not enjoy them. That’s what precisely has been happening […]
Cast: Riya Sen, Veena Malik, Rajpal Yadav, Rajan Verma, Aarya Babbar, Supriya Kumar, Murli Sharma Direction: Rajiv S. Ruia. Genre: Drama Duration: 2 hours 10 minutes STORY: Set in Mumbai, the film revolves around the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Barack Obama supports requiring girls younger than 17 to see a doctor before buying the morning-after pill to help prevent unwanted pregnancies. But fighting that battle in court, after a new decision […]
By Kalyan Mitra It can hardly be disputed that judicial activism is now a central feature of every system that vests adjudicatory power, like Mr. Justice PN Bhagwati pointed out, in a free and independent […]
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