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Hyderabad: Close on the heels of the National Tiger Census painting a pale picture in the State, here come another report presenting disturbing trends regarding child trafficking in the post-Covid years. As compared to the pre-Covid years from 2016 to 2020, Telangana registered more than twice the number of child trafficking cases in the post-pandemic…
For #36DaysOfType, The Swaddle’s Denise D’Souza illustrated the A-Z of Indian laws that have impacted Indians in unforeseen ways. The Armed Forces Special Powers Act of 1958 (AFSPA) grants the military the ability to maintain public order in ‘disturbed areas,’ through wide powers of arrest, the right to shoot to kill, and to occupy or…
Scores of yoga practitioners hit the mat in the early hours of Saturday here to register their protest and oppose child and girl trafficking and create public awareness of the issue. Braving the morning chill that tends to linger till 8 a.m. the yoga practitioners performed various asanas and expressed their ire against trafficking. The…
“HD Kumaraswamy, who was the chief minister of the state, was lying when he said Santro Ravi counted money at my residence. The extent of his desperation, which led him to make such allegations, is shocking,” Jnanendra told reporters on Sunday. “As the HomemMinister, I am visited daily by hundreds of people, including those belonging…
This story is the second of Climate Home News’ four-part series “The human cost of sugar”, supported by the Pulitzer Center. Karan Gautam Wavhale, 20, wanted to join the Indian Army, but it was not to be. Instead, he became a labourer, travelling over 200km from his home in Koyal, in Maharashtra’s Beed district, to…
Cyberabad Police Commissioner Stephen Ravindra said the racket was being operated online from Delhi, Bengaluru and Hyderabad. The Cyberabad Police in Telangana on Tuesday, December 6, busted a major human trafficking racket with the arrest of 17 persons. The racket involved trafficking of over 14,000 victims, including some from foreign countries. Cyberabad Police Commissioner Stephen…
The story so far: The steering committee of a global programme to end child marriage is on a visit to India to witness state interventions which have helped reduce the prevalence of child marriage. The visit by the UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage team is in view of an estimated increase in number…
Marriage of a Muslim minor girl, even if allowed under the religion’s personal law, is invalid as it violates provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the Karnataka high court has observed in its recent order. Hearing a bail plea of a man who married a minor Muslim girl, the high…
While the allegations of rape and sexual exploitation of minor girls against Murugha Mutt seer Shivamurthy continue to shock society’s conscience, the Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, which is charged with protecting children, is without a full-time chairperson for over 10 months now, leading to a pile-up of cases. With the term…
When incidents of forced labour or sex trafficking hit the headlines, the law-enforcing machinery suddenly gets into a firefighting mode. Victims are rescued and success stories circulate. But the magnitude of human trafficking and its disastrous impact on people and society often go unnoticed. According to an UNDOC report, the most common forms of human…
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