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In an exclusive interview with NDTV, Melissa Alvarado, Regional Programme Manager for Ending Violence Against Women at UN Women, emphasised the importance of a survivor-centric approach when drafting laws and regulations to combat violence against women. Ms Alvarado stressed that the voices of survivors must be central in the formulation of policies aimed at curbing gender-based violence. “Survivors may not be experts on the broader legalities of violence, but they are experts in their own experiences,” Ms Alvarado said. “We must listen carefully to them and shape our laws and practices based on their lived experiences.” She also highlighted the need for a robust feedback loop to evaluate the effectiveness of laws and policies. According… Read More »NDTV Exclusive: UN Official Calls For Survivor-Centred Anti-Violence Laws

Orry aka Orhan Awatramani’s friendship with Janhvi and Khushi Kapoor is no secret. He is a close member of Boney Kapoor’s family. But do you know how he became a regular invitee to the Kapoor birthday parties? Well, Orry revealed it himself in a hilarious video he posted on Instagram. The clip showcases someone scrolling through his Instagram Stories on a cellphone featuring Boney Kapoor and Sridevi’s daughters Khushi and Janhvi, alongside Arjun and Anshula Kapoor — from Boney Kapoor’s first marriage to Mona Shourie Kapoor. The first photo captures Orry posing with Khushi. “SIS-stars” read the text on top. Orry called his equation with Arjun “Brothers for life”. Another snap proved that Janhvi was… Read More »Do You Know How Orry Got Into “Boney Kapoor’s Birthdays”? Read Below

Yakub Mansuri was sleeping on the pavement outside the children’s ward of the medical college in Jhansi Friday night when a fire broke out in the neonatal intensive care unit. He broke through a window and managed to rescue some newborns but not his two daughters. Charred bodies of some babies were shown to him by the authorities for identification but in vain. “I couldn’t recognise them,” said the grief-stricken father, still desperate to find his daughters. A fire on Friday night at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) claimed the lives of 10 newborns, many of them born prematurely. The fire though doused, the air still hung heavy with sorrow. Parents, mostly young mothers,… Read More »Jhansi Hero Who Saved Many Babies From Hospital Fire Lost His Twin Daughters

With two days to go before Maharashtra votes, the ruling coalition Mahayuti and its challenger Maha Vikas Aghadi have put out newspaper ads targeting each other. A BJP advertisement collated news headlines on terror attacks during Congress rule and appealed to people to “say no to Congress”. The Maha Vikas Aghadi, on the other hand, put out ads with cartoons of BJP leaders and termed the Mahayuti “Maha Abhadra Yuti”, meaning “Grand Cruel Alliance”. The ads appeared back to back in most major newspapers. The ad by BJP Maharashtra mentioned headlines of 1993 serial bomb blasts, 2006 Mumbai train blast, 26/11 terror attacks and 2010 Pune German Bakery bomb blast. It also mentioned alleged irregularities… Read More »2 Days Before Maharashtra Votes, Ad War Between Maha Vikas Aghadi, Mahayuti

Beneath the blazing Egyptian sun, crowds at the Giza Pyramids gazed up at the ancient wonders, but some had their eyes peeled for a new attraction. “There he is,” one Polish tourist told his wife as they spotted a scrappy dog perched on one of the stones. They were talking about Apollo, a stray who became an overnight sensation last month after being filmed scaling the Great Pyramid of Khafre, one of the seven wonders of the world. The viral footage, captured by American paragliding enthusiast Alex Lang and shared online by his friend Marshall Mosher, showed Apollo fearlessly climbing the 136-metre monument, barking at birds from the summit.  “He was acting like a king,”… Read More »“This Is Anubis”: Apollo The Dog Is Viral After Climbing Giza Pyramid