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Femicides at a twenty-year peak across globe | Data

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Femicides at a twenty-year peak across globe | Data

Women are more likely to be murdered by their partners or someone known to them | Photo Credit: ZUBADA About 88,900 women and girls were intentionally killed worldwide on the grounds of gender-related factors in 2022, a recent study from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and UN Women shows. This is … Read more

In favour of Uniform Civil Code, but it must be well thought out, says former Supreme Court Judge Deepak Gupta

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In favour of Uniform Civil Code, but it must be well thought out, says former Supreme Court Judge Deepak Gupta

On July 3, officials from the Law Ministry, informed a parliamentary standing committee headed by BJP MP Sushil Modi that they are awaiting the 22nd Law Commission report to proceed with their process on uniform civil code. Law Commission Member-Secretary Khetrabasi Biswal said on since June 14, the commission published a public notice inviting feedback … Read more