Tanya GoelOutreach Manager, Rightantra Many children, especially adolescents spend large amounts of time with video gamers collectively spending 3 billion hours per week playing them, something which has increased manifold in the pandemic with people turning to video games to compensate for outdoor physical activities. However, like any other thing, video gaming has its own set of positives and negatives.
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Tvisha VarmaContributing Author, Rightantra Ameesha TripathiEditor In-Chief, Rightantra
Did you know that since 2016, over 340 million children and adolescents aged 5 to 19 were reported to be overweight or obese? Obesity in children is a complicated medical problem. Let’s learn more!
Anushka MehtaCo-Founder, Rightantra As most students and lovers of history would know, most fundamental rights, especially Article 21 of the Indian Constitution have been liberally interpreted since the post-emergency period. The main objective behind this broad interpretation is to make the exercise of the right more meaningful, especially for the benefit of the downtrodden and voiceless strata in society.
One such instance of including smaller rights under the umbrella of a fundamental right was recently brought forward by the Madras High Court. In a matter that is presently being heard, a bench comprising Justices BV Nagaratha and J Khazi held that providing sanitary napkins to girl children and ensuring separate toilets for different genders would not only be an act of empowerment but also a step towards realising Article 21A, right to education. |
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