The State government will not make deductions from the salaries of government employees who have not given their consent for contributions to the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund, Additional Chief Secretary (Finance) A. Jayathilak said on Saturday. The government had urged employees to contribute five days’ salary to the CMDRF in connection with a salary … Read more
Under the Digi Yatra initiative, passengers have to scan their boarding passes and faces at the first entry point, following which a single biometric face token is created that should allow them to complete the rest of the journey with just a face scan at the remaining check-points. Photo: newdelhiairport.in Next time you visit an … Read more
Tony Stowell says his mother’s care home took two days to tell the family they had put her on end-of-life care. Source link
File photo of Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud. | Photo Credit: PTI Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on December 10, 2022 appealed to Parliament to have a relook at the issue of age of consent under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 as it posed difficulties for judges examining … Read more
A Danish investigation will look at a historic scandal in Greenland, but women tell the BBC of recent involuntary contraception. Source link
March 22, 2022 A federal judge has temporarily prevented a District of Columbia law from going into effect that would have allowed children to get vaccinated – including with the COVID-19 vaccine – without parental consent. The Minor Consent for Vaccinations Amendment Act said children as young as 11 could be vaccinated so long as … Read more
There was a jump in complaints about such orders in the first wave of the pandemic, the care watchdog says. Source link
Children younger than 16 are unlikely to be able to give informed consent, three judges rule. Source link
Children are not able to properly understand the lifelong consequences of taking puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones, the High Court has been told. The case has been brought by Keira Bell, who began taking puberty blockers when she was 16, and the mother of a 16-year-old awaiting treatment. They are taking action against the UK’s … Read more