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Industrial pollutant exposure stunts adolescents’ lung growth

In India’s expanding industrial towns where development is often measured by the rising number of factories and manufacturing units, a silent health crisis is developing, one that particularly threatens the lungs of adolescents growing up in this polluted environment.

Daughter entitled to equal share in Hindu Undivided Family: Kerala HC

In a landmark verdict strengthening women’s rights in ancestral property, the Kerala High Court has recently ruled that a daughter of a Hindu father who died after December 20, 2004, is entitled to an equal share in Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) property, under the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005.