Owing to the pandemic, our country’s judicial system faces fresh challenges District courts have already been known for a backlog of cases and stagnation; people waiting for bail, their matter to be heard, evidence to be collected. On top of these chronic maladies, the Delhi High Court on 21 October came down heavily on the […]

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Incredibly enough, even during the pandemic, nursing staff is expected to work without pay. No wonder they are on strike Almost 600 nurses from four of North Delhi Municipal Corporation’s hospitals are on an indefinite strike to demand payment of three months pending salar. The strike is by the nursing staff of Municipal Corporation-run Kasturba, […]

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With the increasing popularity of cycling in the National Capital, the challenge of ensuring the safety of cyclists, especially women cyclists, is a major challenge  On 26 October, a 35-year-old Delhi Police sub-inspector was arrested for sexually harassing and stalking three women and a minor girl in Delhi’s Dwarka between 17 and 20 October. One […]

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Development at a standstill, five months without pay; Delhi’s municipalities reel under pressure as nursing staff at two government hospitals agitate for their dues Complaints about the purported non-disbursal of funds by the AAP-led Delhi government have been circulating for a few months now. It has been accused of giving a small fraction of approximately […]

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Mini-buses running full capacity, hours of wait for a bus, office-goers in the Capital find themselves struggling to reach their workplace with the ever-present fear of contagion during the pandemic Meenakshi waits for a bus around 9:30 in the morning, hoping one would stop soon and take her to Uttam Nagar, where she works as […]

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Among 19 metropolitan cities, Delhi has the worst record when it comes to crimes against children. The conviction rates are dismally low and even though POCSO cases have to be decided within a year, this rarely happens   In January this year, a 6-year-old child went up to her mother and said she did not […]

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Delhi, infamous as the ‘rape capital’, yet again tops as the city unsafe for women The National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) has released its 2019 ‘Crime in India’ report which again shines a light on just how unsafe women are in the country. Reports in the past couple of months have told us about ghastly […]

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Girls in the capital city still struggle to get education beyond 8th grade, yet less than 13% of the Centre’s scheme to promote education of the girl child was used When Maya saw the status of girls’ education in her neighbourhood in South Delhi’s Jasola, she decided to take matters into her own hands. She […]

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