A man was beaten by some villagers for allegedly cutting off trees illegally and selling them. The man was burned alive in front of police, for violating the 'Khuntkatti' law practised in Jharkhand.
Defence Research Development Organization has selected Paras Defence & Space Technologies Ltd as one of the companies for handing over the technology of border surveillance systems developed by Instruments Research & Development Establishment (IRDE) and DRDO.
Child marriage became illegal in the Philippines as a law banning the practice took effect in a country where one in six girls enters wedlock before the age of 18.