View of deserted market during COVID-induced lockdown, in Palampur
Private buses parked at a depot during an indefinite strike by the operators’ union to protest against alleged lack of support by the state government in COVID-19 times, in Palam...
Health workers take a swab sample of residents, in Palampur.
Private and state government-run buses parked in a bus station as the market remained shut on the weekend due to an upsurge in COVID 19 cases, in Palampur, Himachal Pradesh.
Apple orchards under snow. The snow and hail damaged plants, ruined crop and wrecked havoc on anti-hail nets covering the plants.
Workers sort green peas at Bhuntar Sabzi Mandi in Kullu District.
Smoke billows from a forest fire at Ketli area in Shimla.
Security personnel march during a rehearsal for Himachal Day Parade, at Ridge in Shimla.
Forest fire in Solan, Himachal Pradesh
Forest fire in Solan, Himachal Pradesh,
Tibetan PM in exile Lobsang Sangay cast his vote for Tibetan general elections of Sikyong/President of Central Tibetan administration and 45 members of Tibetan parliament in exile ...
Polling begins for the final phase of Tibetan general elections of Sikyong/President of Central Tibetan administration and 45 members of Tibetan parliament in exile in Dharamshala.
Buses parked outside a hotel after a fresh snowfall, in Keylong.
A fire broke that out in the forest at Junga ,35 km from Shimla in Himachal Pradesh.
A fire broke that out in the forest at Junga ,35 km from Shimla in Himachal Pradesh.
Smoke billows from a forest fire at Kasauli in Solan district.
Tourists visit Solan amid fresh snowfall, in Manali district.
Taxi operators stage a protest rally in Shimla
Relatives and supporters of late BJP MP Ram Swaroop Sharma participate in his funeral procession, at Jalpehar village in Mandi district. Sharma was found dead at his Delhi residenc...
Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) activists participate in a rally towards Vidhan Sabha, in Shimla.
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One more medical student, 19-year-old Aman Kachroo, has been brutally killed in the name of "ragging". Who is to blame? What can be done? Shivam Vij cuts to the chase in kafila.org:
This was in an interim order of the [Supreme] Court in May 2007, nearly 2 years ago. That has not been able to prevent Kachroo’s murder. I have no doubt that more ragging deaths will take place. You can read here a critique of the interim order by me.
If only Aman Kachroo had been able to call a helpline number or email somebody, anonymously, and write that this kind of ragging was going on, and a fact-finding team had immediately visited his college, not only could the death have been prevented but also possibly Kachroo could have enjoyed his college life without even the mandatory ostracisation that freshers who speak up against ragging have to face in their college and hostel. The setting up of such a helpine on the model of Childline was one of the recommendations of the Raghavan committee. But can the Supreme Court set up something like that? Surely, that is the domain of the executive and not the judiciary. An HRD Joint Secretary is Member Secretary of the Raghavan Committee, but the HRD won’t do anything because, well, the SC is looking into it.
To model the helpline around Childline was suggested by HRD Joint Secretary Sunil Kumar himself, but that would need identifying and funding NGO’s to do that. The Coalition to Uproot Ragging from Education is ready, but the HRD forgot about this and the SC had no comment.So two things needed to prevent ragging: a law and a helpline. Simple.
Read the full article here: Why Aman Kachroo’s Won’t Be The Last Ragging Death And What His Parents Should Do
