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Oral sex with minor not 'aggravated sexual assault' under POCSO Act, says
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 24 (ANI): Observing that 'oral sex' with a minor does not come under the 'aggravated sexual assault' category in the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the Allahabad High Court has reduced the jail term of a man convicted of s
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UN Assistant Secretary-General says border walls not solving migration cri
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Erecting walls to restrict the flow of migrants from Belarus will not solve the border crisis, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Assistant High Commissioner for Protection with UNHCR, Gillian Triggs, told Sputnik on Tuesday.
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Pakistan cuts 'sorry figure' as Islamabad fails to enforce minorities prot
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 23 (ANI): With Pakistan failing to enforce laws to protect minorities, the country has cut a sorry figure in the international community.
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Study finds housework can lead to sharper memory, better leg strength
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 23 (ANI): A new study has found that older adults who do housework may have a sharper memory, attention span, better leg strength and greater protection against falls.
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Manish Tewari submits dissent note to JPC, says Data Protection Bill has '
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 23 (ANI): Congress MP Manish Tewari on Monday submitted a dissent note on the Data Protection Bill in the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) meeting and said that there is an "inherent design flaw in its very construction".
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5 e-commerce entities under Central Consumer Protection Authority's lens f
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 23 (ANI): The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has issued notice to five e-commerce entities offering for sale pressure cookers in violation of compulsory Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Standards, informed Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Pub
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Param Bir Singh claims 'not absconding', SC grants interim protection from
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 22 (ANI): As the former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh told the Supreme Court on Monday that he is very much in the country and he is not absconding, the top court granted him interim protection from arrest and directed him to join the investigation.
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Joint Parliamentary Committee on Personal Data Protection Bill to meet tod
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New Delhi [India], November 22 (ANI): The Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 is meeting here on Monday.
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New DuckDuckGo tool might prevent apps from tracking Android users
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 22 (ANI): Privacy-focused browser maker DuckDuckGo's new tool aims to prevent apps from tracking Android users. The tool, called App Tracking Protection, hopes to
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Pakistan Journalist body objects to some clauses of journalists protection
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Islamabad [Pakistan], November 21 (ANI): The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) on Saturday said some clauses of the Protection of Journalists and Media Professionals Act 2021 could be used to frame a media person in a false case and that should have been avoided, local media repor
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NCW welcomes SC order setting aside Bombay HC's skin-to-skin judgment
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 18 (ANI): The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court's order setting aside the Bombay High Court's Nagpur bench's judgment that held skin-to-skin contact necessary for the offence of sexual assault under the Protection of Childr
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No protection from arrest: SC asks ex-Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 18 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday asked former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh to disclose his whereabouts while making it clear that no protection can be granted to him against arrest until his location is known.
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