Prevention

Centre invites suggestions on draft anti-trafficking bill; provisions include fine upto Rs 5 lakh

According to the draft bill, a person found guilty of trafficking can be imprisoned for not less than seven years that may extend to 10 years

Delhi govt to tackle vector-borne disease with #10Hafte10Baje10Din anti-dengue campaign from 1 September

According to a municipal report released on Monday, At least 48 cases of malaria and 41 of dengue have been reported till 15 August.

Amit Shah heads government panel dealing with sexual harassment at workplace

Other than Home Minister Amit Shah, the reconstituted panel will also comprise of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Minister of Human Resource Development Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani.

What ignited many of California’s deadliest wildfires remains a mystery: Report

Human activity — from campfires to vehicle sparks — caused over 80% of wildfires in US: estimates.

Sexual harassment data begins to come out of top Indian corporate closets

Top Indian companies have started making public some data on sexual harassment at the workplace, and the disclosed numbers show a disturbing uptick

World Cancer Day: Experts urge focus on prevention, say disease is not an inescapable fate

While prevention of Cancer can save millions of lives much more cheaply than treatment, it remains an underfunded, much-neglected weapon, experts say.

Security Strategies To Curtail Data Breaches

Vishal Salvi, CISO, HDFC Bank talks about new age security threats, APTs and how to prevent them.

Mobile Malware: Threats And Prevention

This paper discusses vulnerabilities in smart phones based on Windows Mobile. Based on detection data and threat modelling, McAfee Avert Labs expects rapid growth in mobile malware for some time.

Supreme Court orders cinemas to play national anthem | Reuters

By Tommy Wilkes and Suchitra Mohanty | NEW DELHI NEW DELHI Cinemas must play the national anthem before screening a film and the audience must stand and listen, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday in a ruling echoing growing nationalist sentiment under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The court ordered that an image of India's national flag also be displayed on screens during the anthem, and it gave cinemas 10 days to comply, saying its decision would help "instil a sense of committed patriotism and nationalism"."People must feel this is my country and this is my motherland," the New Delhi court said in an interim order issued in response to a petition from a local retiree."The time has come for people to realise that the national anthem is a symbol of constitutional patriotism."Nationalist fervour surged when Modi's government said in September it had sent troops into territory controlled by bitter rival and neighbour Pakistan to strike at Islamist militants suspected of preparing to attack. India's wildly popular Bollywood film industry found itself caught up in the aftermath when a filmmakers' body banned the hiring of Pakistani actors and some regional politicians said that those prepared to work with their neighbours were unpatriotic.Playing the national anthem in Indian cinemas was common in the 1960s, but the practise fell out of favour as fewer and fewer people paid attention

Indian police arrest orphanage owner forcing children to beg | Reuters