The challenge of childcare during the pandemic
The Hindu
Working parents are in a fix as daycare centres and crèches are yet to be allowed to reopen
Sameer Sharma and his wife Anjali, who stay on the IIT-Madras campus, have rejigged their work schedules so that their work hours do not overlap. By doing so, they ensure at least one of them is around their four-and-a-half-year-old son at any given time. A scientist, Anjali has opted for the night shift. Sameer works during the day, sometimes from home, and at other times, out of office. “Ideally, I need to go to the office, but it is flexible. So, whenever I have to, I go to office,” says Sameer, who works for a United States-based start-up.
Naam Tamilar Katchi cadre on Monday submitted a petition to the Dindigul Collector urging the authorities to shift a dump yard located in Muruga Bhavan area. The 16.5-acre land could be used for some other public purposes, the NTK functionaries said. They also staged a protest in front of the Collectorate, pressing for the same demand.

The High Court of Karnataka has said that it expects the State government to take steps at the earliest to frame rules for the police to handle complaints of non-cognisable offences under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) to overcome instances like the police conducting investigation of non-cognisable offences sans permission from the jurisdictional magistrate.