SC issues pan-India directions for road safety, says expressways should not become corridor of perilThe Supreme Court has mandated new nationwide road safety rules. Heavy vehicles are now banned from parking on expressways, except at desig...
19 Apr, 2026, 01.32 PM IST
Delhi ‘a mandi for child trafficking’, says HCDelhi High Court has expressed grave concern over child trafficking in the capital. The court described Delhi as a 'mandi' for such activit...
02 Apr, 2026, 06.24 PM IST
IT rules could get tougher; Rubrik’s big India playHappy Wednesday! Experts have raised concerns over the proposed amendments to the IT rules. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatc...
01 Apr, 2026, 01.44 PM IST
Centre seeks localised, humane SOPs for taming human-animal conflictsState forest departments across India have raised concerns about human-wildlife conflicts, prompting the Centre to consider measures such a...
11 Jan, 2025, 11.17 PM IST
Centre issues first-ever guidelines on transporting organsIndia's Union Health Ministry has introduced its first Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the seamless transport of human organs. The...
04 Aug, 2024, 10.12 AM IST
SC refuses to entertain plea seeking SOP for ensuring safety of Indians travelling to foreign countriesThe bench said that if a person is detained illegally, they can seek consular access and an SOP will not serve the purpose, the bench said....
02 Jan, 2023, 07.36 PM IST
NHRC issues SOP on collection, processing of forensic evidence in sexual assault cases"The National Human Rights Commission, in order to ensure effective prosecution leading to conviction in cases of sexual assault on women, ...
16 Dec, 2020, 02.27 PM IST
CRPF turns down query on use of pellet guns in KashmirHuman rights activist Venkatesh Nayak had sought to know the SOP for using pellet guns which led to large-scale injuries and blindings duri...
13 Jul, 2018, 11.27 PM IST
Human shield tactic is not our standard operating procedure, Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat saysThe Army chief said security forces were working day and night to bring normalcy in Kashmir and asserted the situation was "not deteriorati...
13 Jul, 2018, 01.17 PM IST
Aircraft carrying organs to now get top prioritySOPs prepared by the aviation ministry in collaboration with the NOTTO is the first attempt to standardise practices for transportation of ...
12 Dec, 2016, 11.45 AM IST
Ranthambore 'man-eater' sentenced to life in zooExtending the principle of crime and punishment to the animal world, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said Ranthambore tiger T-24 aka 'Ustad' d...
30 Mar, 2016, 12.43 PM IST
Ranthambore 'man-eater' sentenced to life in zooExtending the principle of crime and punishment to the animal world, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said Ranthambhore tiger T-24 aka 'Ustad' ...
30 Mar, 2016, 08.12 AM IST
'Human error' behind Air India plane's fuselage panel falling off in 2013The Boeing 787-800 aircraft, bearing registration no VT-ANK, was carrying 146 passengers and seven crew members from Delhi at the time of i...
12 Nov, 2015, 08.12 PM IST
Human error behind AI plane's fuselage panel falling off in 2013According to the investigation report, prior to flying to Bengaluru, the aircraft had operated Frankfurt-Delhi flight and was scheduled to ...
12 Nov, 2015, 03.46 PM IST
Panel to find ways to gauge pollution levelThe Central Pollution Control Board — country’s main pollution watchdog — has set up a panel to develop easy to understand "standard operat...
25 Jan, 2015, 04.15 AM IST
National Tiger Conservation Authority's scientific procedure on man eaters dumped in HP huntThe SOP issued in January 2013 by the NTCA's DIG, SP Yadav, states that shooting the "tiger/leopard" is the last resort. That, too, not by ...
28 Aug, 2013, 04.35 AM IST
- Tiger authority forms guidelines to deal with man-animal conflicts
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has developed a standard operating procedure (SOP) to deal with emergency arising due to s...
23 Feb, 2013, 03.40 PM IST