The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 was introduced in Lok Sabha on August 8, 2024. It amends the Waqf Act, of 1995. The Act regulates waqf property in India.
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Proposed Amendments to IT Rules 2021: Strengthening Digital Accountability and Media Ethics
The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, introduced by the Indian government, aimed to regulate the expanding digital ecosystem, specifically targeting social media intermediaries and online news platforms.
Kerala’s Mirror of Misogyny: The Hema Committee’s Revelations
Kerala's communists and the culture they championed educated women and ended gross discrimination against them, but this fell far short of realised gender parity
Bridging the Gap: The Challenges and Reforms for Lateral Entry in Indian Bureaucracy
How does lateral entry, in news recently, in GOI pan out? A former Niti Aayog officer argues the system needs to be much more welcoming of outside experts.
Women, Climate Change, and Adaptation: Bridging Gender Gaps in Environmental Policy
As women bear a disproportionate burden of climate change consequences, women’s groups working with rural and tribal organizations are lobbying for gender mainstreaming of women’s concerns in discourse on climate change.
Gendered Impacts of Climate Change: Ownership, Inequality, and Adaptation Strategies
Women possess a unique capacity and knowledge to promote, and to provide for adaptation to, and mitigation of climate change, but often have insufficient resources to undertake such initiatives.