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Time of India
5 days ago
- General
- Time of India
Three child marriages foiled in a month in Jind; officials step in to protect minors
. JIND: The district administration along with a NGO stopped three stopped three marriages in a month, in which all three couples were minors. In a fresh case, the district administration successfully intervened a child marriage at the local Vishwakarma Chowk area in Jind in which the bride and groom both were minors. The boy was 18 years old while the girl was 16-years old. This is the third child marriage prevented in a month in the Jind district. The first child marriage was stopped at Brahmanwas village on April 30, in which the groom's age was 20 and bride was 17. In this case, the boy had been selected in a government job in postal department, and the bride's father was poor, and following his financial condition, he fixed the marriage of his younger girl along with his elder daughter on the same day to save marriage expenses. The second marriage was prevented at Kharak Gadia village of this district on May 12, in which the groom's age was 18 and the bride was 13, said officials. In the fresh case, it came to light that preparations were underway and the groom's procession was ready to proceed to complete further marriage rituals at the bride's house at Narnaund town of Hisar district. The team members apprised the groom's mother, a widow, and guests of the strict provisions of the Child Marriage Act 2006. For some time, she tried to mislead in showing birth certificates of her son, but after strict warning from the team members, she produced the certificates in which it came to light that the he was 3 years shorter than marriageable age. After this, the birth certificates of the brides were also demanded on WhatsApp, and after verifying the documents, the bride was also found to be just 16 years old. Later, the groom's mother recorded her statement before the police that she was illiterate and unaware of the provisions of The Child Marriage Act 2006, said Surender Singh Mann, head of MDD, an NGO which was involved with district administration in all three marriages. Maan said that under the aegis of Just Rights for Children (JRC), a national platform of 250 civil societies working in 416 districts in the country, his organization was working against child marriage in 14 districts of Haryana , including Jind. He further said though different social reasons forced parents to tie the knot of their minor children but independent choices of brides and grooms totally ignored, as parents treat them as their private property, which is an injustice to them.
Yahoo
29-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Tiny home project in Jackson delayed
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – A project dedicated to addressing the influx of homelessness in Jackson has been delayed. In 2023, the city issued a proposal requested for the development of a 30-unit tiny home village on Capers Avenue in West Jackson. The Jackson Resource Center (JRC) needed funding to build the homes and for other resources. The center requested $950,000 to develop the original community, and the development budget totaled a little more than $1 million. The City Council voted in favor of the project. Neighbor saves Mississippi man's life after tree pins him on tractor Since approval, the City and JRC have worked with HUD to draft a compliant Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). However, JRC repeatedly altered its plans—doubling costs, expanding to 80 units, purchasing modular homes from China at significantly larger sizes, and proposing rental use—changes far beyond the scope of the original RFP, and created additional HUD compliance issues. City of Jackson In May 2025, the city offered JRCA an MOU with $1,086,440 in funding and access to additional grants, if needed. 'We have not yet signed that contract. We did get a preliminary MOU about two weeks ago. That is for little less than half of the money that was allocated or approved by the City Council. We do have $2 million that is basically sitting in the bank from Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas that we've signed contract on. Time is running out on that money, and we're just waiting, honestly, to see where the other $2.8 is going to come from,' said Putalamus White, executive director of the JRC. She hopes the newly elected city government understands the importance of the project to help homeless individuals get back on their feet. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Agriland
27-05-2025
- Science
- Agriland
Study: EU livestock density limits would mostly affect pig sector
Implementing livestock density limits results in reduced EU livestock numbers, particularly affecting the pig sector, with subsequent decreases in production of animal products and increases in market prices. That's according to a study published by the European Joint Research Centre (JRC), authored by researchers Maria Bielza, Franz Weiss, Jordan Hristov, and Thomas Fellman. The study found that livestock density limits reduce nitrogen surplus, especially in hotspot regions. The European Green Deal (EGD) and Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reforms aim to achieve substantial environmental and climate objectives, requiring changes in agricultural practices. The researchers explained that livestock density limits could be one of the measures to reduce adverse environmental impacts associated with intensive livestock production, particularly nitrogen pollution and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Their study examined the effects of imposing maximum limits on livestock units (LSU) per hectare of utilised agricultural area across the EU. The analysis focuses on both the economic and environmental impacts of livestock density restrictions, with particular emphasis on their influence on production, nitrogen surplus, ammonia emissions, nitrate leaching, and GHG emissions. Study on livestock density limits Using the Common Agricultural Policy Regional Impact Analysis (CAPRI) model, a detailed agricultural sector model, the study simulates impacts of different livestock density thresholds (2 LSU/ha and 1.4 LSU/ha) at regional and grid levels. The model facilitated an evaluation of the potential changes in production, market prices, trade dynamics, and environmental indicators, providing a comprehensive view of the policy's potential outcomes. The study stated: 'The need to maintain the livestock sector intensity within certain limits was already acknowledged in the 1992 MacSharry reform of the CAP, where compliance with stocking density thresholds was necessary to receive beef support.' A maximum threshold of 1.4 LSU/ha of forage or grassland areas has been proposed for grazing animals to define extensive livestock farming, and is one of the values used in various CAP Strategic Plans (e.g., coupled income support in France, eco-schemes in Germany and Ireland, Agri-Environment and Climate Measures in Belgium-Wallonia). A 2 LSU/ha threshold has been used to approximate the value of 170kg N/ha from manure in the organic farming regulation and the CAP. This threshold was first introduced in the 1992 CAP reform for the special premium for male bovines and the suckler cow premium, together with the 1.4 LSU/ha limit for the additional extensification premium. Additional requirements as part of cross-compliance were introduced in the 2003 CAP reform, following the legislative standards of 2 LSU/ha in the Agenda 2000 and a maximum of 170kg N/ha from manure in the Nitrates Directive. The study outlines that despite continued support and efforts to limit livestock density across the EU, several member states and regions considerably exceed recommended nitrogen limits. Findings According to the findings, implementing livestock density limits results in reduced EU livestock numbers, particularly affecting the pig sector, followed by beef with dairy least affected. Lower supply of animal products leads to a general increase in producer and consumer prices. Producer price increases (see graph below) are highest for pigmeat, eggs and beef according to the research. Source: 'Impacts of reduced livestock density on European agriculture and the environment' published by JRC Farming practices shift toward extensification, with environmental benefits including reductions in ammonia emissions, nitrates leaching, and nitrogen surplus. However, a considerable amount of GHG emissions reduction in the EU could be offset by emission leakage to non-EU regions, diminishing the net global environmental benefits, according to the researchers. The study's findings offer insights for EU policymakers and agricultural stakeholders into the complexities associated with enforcing livestock density limits. The authors explained that the results underscore the importance of balancing agricultural production with environmental sustainability and highlight the need for comprehensive strategies that account for both local and global environmental impacts. The study suggests that integrated measures are essential to achieving the EGD's ambitious environmental objectives.
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
JRC considers sales of property acquired after Joplin tornado
Members of the Joplin Redevelopment Corp. on Tuesday discussed the sale of remaining properties the corporation bought after the 2011 tornado for the purpose of spurring redevelopment after the tornado destroyed about a third of the city. Nine tracts are available. One has frontage on 20th Street. It is more than half an acre at 1921 E. 20th St. There are five lots north of 19th Street and Delaware Avenue. Three are quarter-acre tracts at 1820, 1830 and 1840 Delaware Ave., and two are about a third of an acre at 1907 and 1930 E. 19th St. Across the street are three large tracts: over 2 acres at 1811 Delaware Ave.; more than 1.5 acres at 1811 1/2 S. Delaware Ave., and more than 1.6 acres at 1801 Delaware Ave. Commission chairman Stephen Fuller suggested speaking to a real estate agent about the highest and best use of the properties for marketing because some of them could be combined into a larger parcel or sold individually. "This is good property; it's in a great part of town," Fuller said. The properties currently are all zoned as commercial because developers have had an interest in the past in acquiring the properties for commercial use but those prospects fell through, the JRC members were told. Other members of the board discussed the city selling the properties by advertising it for bids. The properties have been held by the JRC for 12 years. City officials were asked if they wanted to sell just to get the lots off the JRC's balance sheet. City Attorney Peter Edwards said, "It's not so much to get it off the balance sheet, but to get it back onto the tax rolls." The commission also voted to go into closed session. The agenda cited reasons for the closed meeting. One was for causes of action or litigation involving a public governmental body and any confidential or privileged communications between a public governmental body or its representatives. Another was the leasing, purchasing or sale of real estate by a public governmental body where public knowledge of the transaction might adversely affect the legal consideration. The Missouri Open Records Law allows votes regarding those items of business to take place in closed meetings.
Time of India
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
From courtroom litigator to global child rights crusader
New Delhi: In 2005, Bhuwan Ribhu , who was just 25 then, was another young lawyer walking into Delhi High Court. Unlike many of his peers, he wasn't chasing corporate clients or courtroom glory. He went there to challenge society's acceptance of child labour as a norm. He spoke before no media cameras, no packed benches — just with a firm belief that children deserved better having noticed a lack of enforcement ethics during a rescue operation that very morning."My journey started in 2005 after I saw a rescue operation where the law enforcement agencies were not enforcing the law properly. That evening, I filed my first big PIL and since then there has been no turning back."Two decades later, Ribhu has become the first Indian lawyer to receive the Medal of Honour from the World Jurist Association at the World Law Congress. The award, presented in the Dominican Republic, recognised his work on children's rights and the reforms made in the sector over the years. With more than 60 public interest cases filed in the Supreme Court and various high courts, Ribhu helped bring India's child protection approach from the margins to the centre of the legal justice said, "I would say that justice is a journey. It is not a goal. We are only as good as our last decision as a society. Therefore, we have to build and strengthen this wall of protection brick by brick."At the heart of this shift is Just Rights for Children (JRC), the legal intervention network the lawyer co-founded, now a coalition of over 250 organisations across the country. Between April 2023 and March this year, JRC's coordinated efforts led to the rescue of 85,465 trafficked children, foiled 3,30,496 child marriages and provided legal aid to over 34,000 survivors of sexual work is guided by a clear strategy, encapsulated in his PICKET strategy: Policy, Institutions, Capacity-building, Knowledge, Economics and Technology. It includes a plan to end child marriage in India by 2030. First introduced in his book When Children Have Children, PICKET was adopted by both the central govt and 416 districts as part of the Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat campaign launched in Nov 2011, through a case filed and argued by Ribhu, the Supreme Court defined the trafficking of persons, aligning it with the UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children. This landmark case led to the inclusion of a specific offence against trafficking in the Indian Penal Code. The Justice Verma Committee, established to recommend legal reforms following the Nirbhaya gangrape case in 2012, included Ribhu's proposals to add new offences such as the accountability of public servants, stalking, voyeurism, trafficking and exploitation of a trafficked individual, among others, in its recommendations to in 2013, Ribhu's work, grounded in evidence and experience, brought the issue of missing children to the forefront, leading to a landmark judgment by the Supreme Court mandating compulsory registration of all missing children cases. It also applied the Doctrine of Presumption of Crime in trafficking or kidnapping cases and directed the creation of standard operating procedures for investigating missing children cases. Similarly, his work in 2015 led to the Juvenile Justice Act being also assisted the Indian govt in defending the fundamental right to education in the Supreme Court. His cases led to the development of the National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction, 2016, and the inclusion of child right to education in the National Education Policy, a year back, Ribhu was the petitioner when the Supreme Court introduced the term 'Child Sexual Exploitative and Abuse Material (CSEAM)' on Sept 23 to replace 'child pornography'. In another judgment on child marriage in Nov 2024, the Supreme Court gave a structured and comprehensive guide on combating child marriage in the country."My child is just 10 years old. When anyone asks him about his father's profession, he says my father protects children," the 45-year-old lawyer smiled. "So, yes, if a child knows the difference between good and evil, my role now is to make the country and the world learn the same." Ribhu said the award was a recognition of India's leadership and contribution in child protection. But, he added, it "has added more responsibility for us to end child marriage and impunity against child sexual abuse".
