Page 49 - Social Issues
68% Indians feel job market has improved in 5 years
Nearly 68 per cent working professionals from industries like IT/ITES, healthcare and pharma, consumer retail, BFSI and professional services sectors feel that the job market has improved significantly over the last five years, a new survey said on Tuesday.
'Tippler' found hanging in police station
A 27-year old man, taken into police custody near here based on a complaint from his family, was found hanging in the police station Tuesday morning, police said. Nawas was taken into custody on Monday evening. In his complaint, Nawas's brother said Nawas was behaving violently at home after consuming liquor. He was found hanging from the window grill of the toilet at the station. The incident occurred just ahead of his being taken to court. Taking serious note of the incident, state police chief Loknath Behera directed the Ernakulam range IG to initiate stern action against the police officials in connection with the alleged custodial death. In line with the guidelines of the National Human Rights Commission and the Supreme Court, a magisterial-level investigation into the custodial death would be conducted, the state police chief said.
NCW directs Rajasthan DGP to ensure swift probe in the Bikaner gangrape case
The National Commission for Women (NCW) Tuesday asked the Director General of Police (DGP) of Rajasthan to ensure a swift and speedy probe into the reported gang rape of a woman in Bikaner. A married woman, who had gone out to collect firewood was allegedly sexually assaulted by three persons at an isolated place, police had said on Sunday. The alleged incident took place on May 15. The woman reached the police station along with her husband in the wee hours of May 18 to lodge a complaint. NCW chairperson Rekha Sharma in a letter to Rajasthan DGP Kapil Garg said, "The NCW is deeply disturbed by the media report captioned 'Married Woman gang-raped by three in Rajasthan's Bikaner on May 20". Sharma said NCW is seriously concerned about the recent rise in heinous crimes targeted against women in Rajasthan despite the enactment of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 2013. "Considering the gravity of the matter, it is requested to ensure swift and speedy investigation in the matter and the ...
Protests in Bengal's Kankinara disrupt train services
Train services in the Sealdah-Naihati division of Eastern Railway (ER) were disrupted for about three hours ( 8.43 a.m. to 12:04 p.m.) on Tuesday as residents squatted on tracks near Kankinara station, protesting against clashes in the North 24 Parganas district, an official said.
Tamil Nadu: In a first, marrige between transwoman, man gets registered in Thoothukudi
The first of its kind marriage between a man and a transgender woman was registered at the district registrar office in Thoothukudi.B Arun Kumar (22), got married to 20-year-old transwoman P Srija at Arulmighu Shangara Rameswara Temple in October 2018.The couple was forced to file a writ petition in the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court after the district registrar office denied to register the marriage.On April 22, the Madurai bench ordered the district registrar to register the marriage between the man and transwoman couple.Following which the registrar's office had to issue the marriage certificate on Monday, May 20.The groom, Arun, is working as a contract labourer in Indian Railways while Srija is pursuing her second year BA (English) from a private college in Thoothukudi.
J-K BJP bats for grant of reserved seats to people displaced from PoK
The Jammu and Kashmir BJP unit Tuesday batted strongly for grant of seats reserved in the state assembly to displaced people of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Twenty-five seats are reserved for the people from that region. State BJP chief spokesperson Sunil Sethi said after a long struggle of more than seven decades, "the time has come to do complete justice to the displaced persons of areas of J-K, which are under the illegal occupation of Pakistan, by providing legal and constitutional recognition to their rights." The displaced people from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) should be granted these reserved seats in the assembly to choose their representatives here, he said. There are over 20 to 25 lakh displaced persons of PoK living in the Jammu region since their migration over 70 years ago, and it was in 1951 that a constituent assembly was set up to frame a constitution for the state. The nation is bound by a parliamentary resolution of taking back areas of the state that are ...
Fifth migrant child dies in custody after being detained at US-Mexico border
The United States on Monday (local time) said that a 16-year-old boy from Guatemala died at a Border Patrol station in southern Texas, becoming the fifth death of migrant child since December last year.In a statement, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said the Border Patrol apprehended the teenager in Rio Grande Valley on May 13. The CBP said the teenager was found unresponsive on Monday morning during a welfare check, Al Jazeera reported.The agency did not state why the teenager was detained for a week but said he was "due for placement" in a facility for youth operated by the US Department of Health and Human Services.The incident happened less than a week following the death of a two-year-old child after he and his mother were detained by the Border Patrol.According to the US and Guatemalan authorities, the small child died after several weeks in the hospital. Officials, at that time, were quoted as saying that the boy was suffering from very high fever and difficulty in ...
'Negative elements' trying to disrupt NRC update; create unrest in Assam: Sonowal
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Tuesday claimed that "negative elements" were trying to disrupt the ongoing process to update the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and his government was determined to thwart any such attempts. Sonowal also asked "genuine" Indian citizens not to panic as their concerns would be adequately addressed in the mega exercise aimed at identifying those illegal immigrants who had entered the state after 1971. "There are some negative elements. These negative elements are trying to disrupt the smooth proceedings of the NRC update. The state government is alive to the situation. "There are some groups which are trying to create unrest in Assam in the name of NRC. Our government is determined to thwart any such attempts," he told PTI here. Sonowal is in the national capital and he held a meeting with Home Minister Rajnath Singh and top officials of the Union Home Ministry to review the present security scenario in the state and preparation to deal with .
Kamala Harris announces plan to close gender pay gap
Democratic presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris, who is of Indian and Jamaican descent, has announced a plan to close the gender pay gap by requiring larger companies to certify that men and women were paid equally.
Cong complains against BJP worker for remarks on Gandhiji
Activists of the Youth Congress in Palghar district of Maharashtra have complained to police against a BJP worker for allegedly posting derogatory comments against Mahatma Gandhi on social media, police said Tuesday. The Congress workers alleged that local BJP activist Prakash Lodaya last week in a post on Facebook justified the assassination of the Father of the Nation and lauded his assassin Nathuram Godse, a police official said. They submitted a memorandum to the Vasai police here on Monday in this connection, he said. Vasai police's sub-inspector Sahebrao Kachre said they received the complaint which was forwarded to the Manickpur police here for further action.
Man commits suicide at park in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh
A man allegedly committed suicide at a public park in front of the collectorate in Hanumangarh of Rajasthan, police said Tuesday. Surjaram, aged 50, allegedly hanged himself from a tree, police said. Local resident spotted the body and informed police on Tuesday morning. The body was shifted to the mortuary of the local government hospital for a post-mortem examination, police added.
Australia election triggers refugee suicide attempts
At least four refugees in Australia's offshore Pacific camps have attempted suicide since the conservative government's shock re-election Saturday, according to refugees, advocates and police. Around 800 would-be refugees who tried reach Australia have been sent to live in severe conditions on the remote islands of Nauru and Papua New Guinea's Manus under a hardline policy from Canberra. Many had prayed for a more lenient policy from Labor, who had been strongly tipped to win. But an unexpected victory by Scott Morrison's centre-right coalition at dashed hopes and set off a wave of self-harm including several hospitalisations. Prominent Kurdish author and asylum-seeker Behrouz Boochani tweeted from Manus: "The situation in Manus is out of control, today two more people attempted suicide." Manus Provincial Police Commander David Yapu told AFP that he was aware of at least ten suicide attempts including four over the weekend. "It's an issue we are faced with right now," he said. "Over ..
N.Korean women sold into sex slavery in China: Report
Thousands of North Korean women and girls were being trafficked and sold into sexual slavery in China, where many are sold as wives to Chinese men while others forced into prostitution or to livestream acts against their will, a new report has claimed.
Lokayukta team raids three locations related to commercial tax official
A team of Lokayukta on Tuesday raided three properties of Assistant Commercial Tax Officer Komal Bali here and found two kg gold, Rs 49,000 cash and luxury cars.The raids are currently underway at Bali's two residences and a farmhouse. She works in Ushaganj Chhawani.The Lokayukta officials started the raids at around 5:30 am in the morning. Further details are currently awaited.
Court orders life-support to resume for vegetative Frenchman
A Paris appeals court has ordered the resumption of life-support for a longtime vegetative Frenchman from whom doctors had only hours earlier begun withdrawing treatment, in a wrenching case that has divided his family and country. The court on Monday ordered authorities "to take all measures" to keep alive Vincent Lambert, a 42-year-old quadraplegic with severe brain damage, pending a review by the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
5th migrant child dies after detention by US Border Patrol
The US government says a 16-year-old Guatemalan has died at a Border Patrol station in South Texas, the fifth death of a migrant child apprehended by border agents since December. US Customs and Border Protection identified the teenager as Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez. CBP said the Border Patrol apprehended the teenager in South Texas' Rio Grande Valley on May 13. He was found to be unresponsive during a welfare check Monday morning. Carlos was detained for six days at the Border Patrol's processing centre in McAllen, Texas, despite federal law and CBP's guidelines generally requiring the transfer of an unaccompanied youth within three days to a facility operated by the US Department of Health and Human Services. The agency said Carlos was "due for placement" in an HHS facility at the time of his death. CBP said Carlos reported early Sunday morning that he was not feeling well and diagnosed with the flu. He was prescribed the medicine Tamiflu, then transferred later Sunday to the
UNHCR chief Grandi on five-day visit to Myanmar
Geneva, May 21 (IANS/AKI) United Nations refugee agency chief Filippo Grandi began a five-day visit to Myanmar on Monday - his first since August 2017 when a deadly military crackdown drove some 741,000 minority Rohingya Muslims to flee the country's western Rakhine state for neighbouring Bangladesh.
Doctors start halting support for vegetative Frenchman
French doctors Monday began switching off the life support for a quadriplegic man who has been in a vegetative state for the last decade, in a hugely controversial case that has drawn in Pope Francis. The dispute over the fate of Vincent Lambert, 42, who was left with severe brain damage after a traffic accident in 2008, has split his own family and become a subject of political tension in France ahead of European Parliament elections this weekend. His parents, avowed Catholics, have repeatedly launched court action to keep him alive, putting them at odds with Lambert's wife and five siblings who believe the most humane course is to let him die. A last-minute request Monday to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, eastern France, to halt the decision pending a review by the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was rejected. The court had already refused a similar request in April and said Monday there was "no new evidence" that would justify a new ...
Jobs, economic issues and Rafale got little traction among voters
Unemployment, price rise, demonetisation and GST, the economic issues that the Congress party had raised in the course of the Lok Sabha campaign, fell in significance as the seven-phase elections progressed, a post poll survey by CSDS-Lokniti has revealed.
Facebook shares new disease prevention maps to tackle health emergencies
Facebook reaches more than a billion people across the world and that gives it the power to find out data such as location, population density, and more. Using machine vision, AI and satellite imagery, the company launched three new maps aimed at helping public health workers tackle diseases efficiently.The three maps include population density maps with demographic estimates, movement maps, and network coverage maps. These maps provide an insight into where people live, how they are moving, and whether they have connectivity, the official blog explained.When combined with information from public health systems, these maps are aimed at improving the response to epidemics and deliver medical supplies.