Polity News

Home Ministry pitches for Budapest Convention on cyber security

Making a strong pitch to sign the Budapest Convention on cyber crime, the Ministry of Home Affairs flagged the need for international cooperation to check cyber crime, radicalisation and boost data security.

posted by Jawwad Kazi 18th Jan 2018

MPs panel proposes proxy voting for migrant workers

If proxy voting is meant to make it easier for NRIs to exercise their franchise and save up on travel costs, then why shouldn’t the same facility be extended to a migrant worker within India?

posted by Jawwad Kazi 18th Jan 2018

SC condemns conduct of caste panchayats

Any collective attack by a khap panchayat on an adult for choosing to marry the person of their choice is absolutely illegal and condemned, the Supreme Court said .

posted by Jawwad Kazi 17th Jan 2018

36% rural youth can’t name India’s capital, finds survey

Fourteen per cent of rural youth in the age group of 14-18 failed to identify the map of India, says the 2017 Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), brought out by Pratham.

posted by Jawwad Kazi 17th Jan 2018

Government to revisit Malimath report on criminal justice system

A 2003 report of a Committee on reforms in the criminal justice system that recommended admissibility of confessions made before a police officer as evidence in a court of law is being revisited by the Centre.

posted by Jawwad Kazi 17th Jan 2018