Google Doodle Celebrates Hindu Woman Who Fought Child Marriage

Google on Wednesday dedicated a special doodle to mark the 153rd birth anniversary of medico Rukhmabai Raut, who proved instrumental in getting the obnoxious practice of child marriages banned not only in colonial India but the entire British Empire.....

 

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Sex With Wife Below 18 Is Rape: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said sex with wife below 18 years of age is rape, striking down the provision of criminal law that permitted sex with wife aged between 15 and 18. ....

 

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Decline In Child Marriages In India As More Cases Reported: NCPCR

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has come out with a comprehensive annual report for 2023-24 on prohibition of child marriage in India.....

 

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26 Child Marriages Halted In Jharkhand

A child rights' group said on Friday that it prevented 26 child marriages in Jharkhand in just one week.....

 

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Afghan Baby Girls As Young As 20 Days Are Being Offered Up For Marriage In Return For Dowry: UNICEF

UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore has said that there is deep concern over reports that child marriages in Afghanistan are on the rise. ....

 

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