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"World's biggest concerns are global
warming and terrorism... the holier
than thou attitude apparently is be­
hind them," Modi said addressing the
valedictory session of the three­day
international conference on "Living the
Right Way" on the sidelines of
Simhastha­Kumbh mela.
25 railway stations to have
food for children
Railways will now provide baby food at
stations and items popular with chil­
dren, like burgers, during train rides.
Under the scheme named Janani
Sewa, the transporter will ensure the
availability of essential items like hot decriminalised defamation, which
milk, water and baby food items at
railway stations.
Railways minister Suresh Prabhu said
the initiative was taken up after he
received a complaint from a woman
regarding the unavailability of milk and freedom of expression. In fact, there
baby food for her child at the railway
premises.
The facility is being introduced at over used to stifle legitimate criticism. In
25 stations, including New Delhi,
Mumbai Central, Howrah, Chennai,
Nagpur, Pune, and Lucknow.
Policy focuses on women's
rights
The women and child development
ministry (WCD) has reset the narrative
on women's rights in India by focusing
on women's reproductive rights, redis­
tribution of gender roles and the rec­
ognition of the rights of single women
in its draft National Policy for Women,
2016.
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The draft policy, which comes 15 years
since the National Policy for the Em­
powerment of Women was formulated
in 2001, focuses on reproductive rights
of women by regulating surrogacy and
shifting the onus of family planning
from female to male sterilisation.
Criminal defamation
doesn't affect the freedom
of expression
The Supreme Court verdict upholding
the provisions of the Indian Penal Code
that make defamation a criminal of­
fence is retrograde and out of tune
with the times. Many countries, includ­
ing neighbouring Sri Lanka, have
should be a civil offence alone.
The court has unfortunately accepted
the self­serving argument by the Cen­
tre that criminal defamation does not
have a chilling, inhibiting effect on the
is enough anecdotal evidence that its
existence on the statute book leads to
self­censorship, and that it is often
the Indian context, criminal defama­
tion is not generally a dispute between
two individuals. It is invariably a shield According to the 'Good Country' 2015
for public servants, political leaders,
corporations, and institutions against
critical scrutiny as well as questions
from the media and citizens.
In =Bus GPS, panic button
to be must: Gadkari
Soon it will be mandatory for all bus
manufacturers to fit CCTV cameras,
GPS and emergency buttons in their
vehicles for the safety of women. Panic
buttons will have to be installed on
seats reserved for women.
"In light of the unfortunate Nirbhaya
incident, we have decided to make it
mandatory for public transport buses
to install these devices. The final noti­
fication will be out on June 2. These
should be fitted in the buses at facto­
ries itself," road transport minister
Nitin Gadkari said. Women and child
welfare minister Maneka Gandhi wel­
comed the initiative.
These devices have been fixed in 10
luxury buses and another 10 ordinary
ones as part of the scheme. The trans­
port ministry has provided Rs 12 crore
for installation of these items in 2,400
RSRTC buses.
India ranks 70th on 'Good
Country' index, Sweden
first
Sweden has been voted as the best
country in the world when it comes to
serving the interests of its people and
contributing to the common good of
humanity while India figured low at
70th position on a list of 163 nations.
index which seeks to measure how
countries contribute to the global
good, Sweden, relative to the size of
its economy, does more "good" and
less harm than any other country.
The top 10 best countries included
Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands,
the UK, Germany, Finland, Canada,
France, Austria, and New Zealand,
whereas Libya was ranked as the least
"good" country in the world. India fig­