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BETWEEN CHILDHOOD AND CRIMINALITY: India’s Juvenile Justice System in Crisis
India’s juvenile justice system promises reform but delivers delay, detention and lost childhoods for the very children it was meant to protect.
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India’s juvenile justice system promises reform but delivers delay, detention and lost childhoods for the very children it was meant to protect.
Even before its pre-feasibility report is public, the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project has triggered protests, political caution, and narrative battles, exposing a high-stakes struggle over public consent and control of the story.
Republic Day in Nepal, traditionally a day of reflection on democratic gains, is expected to take a sharply different tone this year.
Israel bombed a school in eastern Gaza City that was sheltering thousands of displaced individuals, sparking a fire that quickly swept through the building where many were asleep.Many, mostly children, were burned alive.
While thousands of teachers in Kerala have been working without pay for over a decade, one teacher from Odisha applied for leave to work as a laborer because he hadn't been paid for three months. His leave was granted.
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