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Translated by Sandhya Raju அக்டோபர் 2017 ஆம் ஆண்டு, 22 வயதான நரேன் பரத்வாஜ் கேளம்பாக்கத்தில் உள்ள இந்துஸ்தான் கல்லூரி அருகே இரவு 8 மணியளவில் நடந்து சென்று கொண்டிருந்தபோது, ​​பைக்கில் வந்த இருவர் அவரது போனை பறித்துச் சென்றனர். கொள்ளையடிக்கும் முன்பே அந்த இடத்தில், காவல்துறை இருந்து, அவர்களை பிடிப்பதை கற்பனை செய்து பாருங்கள். இது ஒன்றும் திரைக்கதை அமைப்பு அல்ல, உண்மையிலேயே இது சாத்தியப்படக்கூடும் என சமீபத்தில் வெளிவந்த கிரிமினாலஜி ஆய்வு தெரிவிக்கிறது. சென்னையில் நடக்கும் குற்றங்கள் மற்றும் வழிப்பறி சம்பவங்கள் குறித்து ஆய்வு செய்து வரும் ஆய்வாளர்கள், அடுத்த குற்றத்தின் இடத்தை கணிக்க முடிந்தால், குற்றவாளிகளை அந்த இடத்திலேயே கைது செய்ய முடியும் என கூறுகின்றனர் - அதிர்ஷ்டத்தாலோ ஜோதிட கணிப்பாலோ அல்ல, குற்ற செயல் வடிவமைப்பு வைத்து இது சாத்தியம். மே 2021 இல், சென்னையில் நடந்த குற்றவியல் முறைகளை ஆராய்ந்த பின்னர், ‘சென்னை…

In October 2017, 22-year-old Naren Baratwaj was walking near Hindustan College in Kelambakkam at around 8 pm when his phone was snatched by a couple of men on a bike. But imagine, for a second, a situation where police are present at the site of snatching even before the thugs arrive and are in fact poised and prepared to catch them in the act. No, this scene is not part of a far-fetched movie plot, but could well be possible according to recent criminology research. Researchers, including those who have been studying crime in Chennai and the incidence of snatching cases,…

Families of six workers who worked in a shoe factory in Delhi’s Udyog Vihar, had to wait two days in front of the factory for the charred remains of victims of an industrial fire in the factory on June 23rd this year to be found. The fire broke out in a three-story building trapping 12 workers inside. It took 140 firefighters over six hours to control the fire, rescuing six while the other six died inside the building. On November 13, another fire broke out in a jacket manufacturing factory in Seelampur, Delhi. Five workers were rescued from inside the…

The new set of Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Amendment Rules, 2021 released by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has raised a storm of protest from other ministries, e-commerce platforms and IT industry trade body Nasscom. Given the huge spurt in e-commerce transactions since the pandemic, especially in the supply of essential goods and services, the new rules aim to protect the interests of consumers using the various e-commerce platforms. India registered a growth in e-com transactions of 36% in 2020, amounting to approximately 80 billion dollars and still counting. The main issue is that e-commerce does not have…

Within weeks of the terror attack on a Jammu air force base using drones, the Ministry of Civil Aviation, on July 15th, released a new set of Draft Drone Rules, 2021. While inviting public comments on the draft rules, the ministry said that the new rules are built on a premise of trust, self-certification and non-intrusive monitoring and will replace the existing Unmanned Aircraft Existing Rules, 2021, which had been released in March 2021. The ministry has been working towards developing a world class drone ecosystem in India. But formulating the rules took time as drone technologies have constantly been…

After years of preparation and drafting, the union government has finally given the green light to a Model Tenancy Act (MTA) 2021, which aims to make rent laws more equitable for landlord and tenant, and smoothen the processing of renting a home. Such an act had become necessary to achieve the target of constructing 20 million houses for the urban poor by 2022 under the Pradhan Mantri Aawas Yojana. The 2011 census had recorded a total of 246.69 million households, of which 68% were rural and 32% urban, leaving 63.67 million urban and rural families without adequate housing. In India,…

The recent exposé in the social media on sexual harassment of students by some school teachers in Chennai has shocked the city. But while there is outrage across the city, and rightfully so, there is perhaps not enough awareness about how to prevent or even seek redress against crimes of child sexual abuse. In the backdrop of the incidents that have come to light recently, it becomes even more important for parents, teachers, caregivers and society as a whole to know more about the legislations, law & order framework as well as institutions that work for protection of children. Here…

Recently, the Delhi government reduced the legal age for alcohol consumption from 25 to 21. The government also approved a new excise policy allowing the opening of more liquor stores in the national capital.  In India, the business of manufacture, sale and consumption of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) remains one of the most regulated domains with rules varying from state to state. In this article, we try to explain the laws and rules that govern the sale and consumption of alcohol . The business of liquor  As per the Indian Constitution, Item number 51 in the state list, which…

Smart, enthusiastic and brave -- that’s how those who loved Pavithra (name changed) will always remember her. Pavithra had an army of friends. Always curious, she used to ask questions about everything under the sun. Bright, vivacious, energetic. Until a traumatic incident changed her life.  Four years ago, Pavithra was sexually assaulted by her neighbour -- a college-going student. The 13-year-old girl withdrew herself from the world. ‘Why did it happen to me?’ is the only question she asks her mother these days. “She used to be brave even as a child. The incident has shaken her so much that…

10 years ago, Meenakshi Kumaran, a resident of Madurai, got married in a grand ceremony. Her parents not only bore the cost of the wedding but also gifted her 100 sovereigns ( 1 sovereign = 8 grams) of jewellery. That was only about 1/10th of the property of her father, though. Today, Meenakshi is penniless. Her extravagant and alcoholic husband who recently died had long sold off her jewels. After her father passed away a few years ago, her brother took over his property and refuses to give Meenakshi her legitimate share. And on her part, having grown up in a…