The hits and misses of the week.
At a time when the country's medical infrastructure has become incapable of handling the pressure of Covid's deadly second wave, a parallel wave of conmen, black marketers and counterfeiters can be witnessed across the country. Geetanjali Krishna reports.
The brothers of the Delhi Braveheart are shocked at the three-year sentence for the juvenile convict, but say this is not the end of their fight for justice
The inquiry against the juvenile accused in the December 16gangrape and murder of a 23-year-old paramedic concluded on Friday before the Juvenile Justice Board which reserved its order for July 11. The Juvenile Justice Board, presided by Principal Magistrate Geetanjali Goel, concluded its inquiry that began in March against the juvenile.
'I realised that if we don't get relief from the government, I'll be faced with the prospect of either starving in Delhi, or starving in my village.'
'I worry that the suffering of these people might be as invisible as the people themselves,' observes Geetanjali Krishna.
A Juvenile Justice Board is likely to pronounce its verdict on Thursday against the juvenile accused for his alleged involvement in the December 16 gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old paramedic student.
The two National award-winning film is directed by Geetu Mohandas.
Oscar-winning Bosnian filmmaker Danis Tanovic's Tigers' screening stood out in a sea of acclaimed films being screened at the Canadian Film Festival.
Gang rape and murder charges were ordered to be framed on Thursday by a juvenile justice board against the minor accused of brutally raping along with five adults a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus in New Delhi on December 16.
The juvenile justice board will pronounce its order tomorrow on whether a juvenile involved in Delhi gangrape-cum-murder case be prosecuted along with other five accused in the fast-track court.
'We are patriots who love India and the secular ideals it has always upheld.'
The school principal of the juvenile accused in the December 16 gang rape case on Tuesday submitted before a Juvenile Justice Board that as per the school records, he is 17 years and six months old.
Gupta filed a 70-page petition with the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit yesterday seeking 'panel rehearing and rehearing en banc', saying in 'rejecting two of his challenges to the exclusion of critical evidence in his case, the panel misapprehended several points' about the insider trading case against him.
Social stigma associated with Covid-19 has led to people denying that they, or their family members, have it - and this will make the task of containing the pandemic much harder, notes Geetanjali Krishna.
'My father never saw any success for me. 'When I meet him in the next world, I will proudly say that I didn't buy houses and cars, but I made some art that will hopefully stand the test of time.'
Parents should enroll their children in coding classes only as a leisure time activity, that too with strict curbs on screen time.
'The only way to contain this is to see that a lesser number of people are affected.'
'Suffering has no religion,' an Uber driver tells Geetanjali Krishna.
The high-profile rape cases in Hathras, in Unnao (2018) and Kathua (2018) show that the infrastructure slated under the Nirbhaya Fund is either absent or inefficient, reports Geetanjali Krishna.
The pandemic has shown that whether any of us have the virus or not, what most of us don't have when confronted by it is simple humanity.
Although Kamini has only studied till class five, she quickly got the hang of sending audio messages before her life turned upside down.
It can touch Rs 32,500 per 10 gram.
'If I'm able to help even a few patients during this terrible time, I'll feel I've done my duty,' Ward boy Karan Solanki tells Geetanjali Krishna.
Invisible Scars wants to bring domestic abuse out of the bedroom and into public discourse.
What years of education, social messaging and reservations couldn't accomplish, water scarcity did in one summer, says Geetanjali Krishna.
'I'll survive for a month, but worry about what will happen if the lockdown isn't eased after that.'
'The COVID-19 pandemic is going to send an unprecedented number of low-income households deep into poverty,' says Geetanjali Krishna.
The hits and misses of the week.
'As for people like me, if the virus doesn't get us -- the measures being taken against it definitely will.'
In the past, and even to some extent today, silver jewellery used to be an accurate indicator of a family's creditworthiness, says Geetanjali Krishna.
'It is especially discouraging for young people in the development sector. I've noticed that many of them are actively considering other career options to escape this atmosphere.' Geetanjali Krishna reports.
A simple act of generosity has gone a long mile, women of the locality no longer have to battle over water.
Who'd have imagined that a bunch of poor, illiterate women in a slum would be able to achieve this?
As the country erupts over the CAA and NRC, all I can do is think of Daya Ram from Pakistan in Jodhpur and Tehmina from Afghanistan in Delhi, says Geetanjali Krishna.
There are almost 1 million people in India with a cleft palate or cleft lip who have not received any treatment to remedy their condition. Every year, almost 35,000 infants are born with cleft lip and palate, reports Geetanjali Krishna.
How did people with less education than me and my several degrees navigate the Internet with such ease, asks Geetanjali Krishna.
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