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Nancy Mace drops bombshell in House speech: Accuses ex-fiancé and associates of rape, abuse, and cover-upNancy Mace accuses ex-fiancé and associates of rape and abuse in a shocking House speech, revealing graphic evidence of crimes against wome...- India's child marriage crackdown reaches nearly 5,000 arrestsOver 4,800 arrests have been made in Assam, India, as part of an ongoing crackdown on illegal child marriages. Police recently detained 416...
- Men marrying girls aged below 14 years in Assam to be booked under POCSO Act: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa SarmaPOCSO Act of 2012 defines a child as an individual under the age of 18 and it criminalises sex between an under-age child and an adult. Whi...
- 3 out of every 5 child brides went through teenage pregnancy: ReportTalking about the way forward, she said, "Strengthening village-level child protection mechanisms by the government and the civil society o...
- Government mulling revising legal age of marriage for girls, hints PM ModiAs of now, while the legal age of marriage in India is 18 years for girls, it is 21 for boys. Anaemia and malnutrition are common afflictio...
- Recent verdicts make SC supreme champion of individualsIn a string of recent verdicts, the SC has advanced individual liberty, dignity as well as gender equality.
- Union Cabinet set to clear amendments to Prohibition of Child Marriage ActSources in the ministry said while the existing law — Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 — recognises child marriage as valid but “voi...
- Supreme Court criminalises sex with minor wife aged between 15 and 18 yearsThe apex court said the exception in the rape law was contrary to the philosophy of other statutes and violates the bodily integrity of a g...
- Number of underage brides fell from 44 pc to 30 pc in 10 years: CensusHowever, 91 per cent of all women were married by the time they reached 25 years of age in 2011, indicating that delay is not yet acceptabl...
- Identity paradox: Wives below 18 years of age can have sex, not teensProhibition of Child Marriage Act does not invalidate marriage of women below 18, the age of consent does not apply to an underage wife, un...
- Movie Review: What's Your RaasheeIn school, most of us read Linda Goodman's Love Signs, a wooing-made-easy book, the astrological way.
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