In June, police arrested the mother and stepfather of the victim for taking her to private fertility centres to sell her oocytes.

Education is accorded a high priority in development policy in most countries, including India.

The Madras High Court has invoked the "parens patriae jurisdiction" to declare Mother Nature as a Living Being with all corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a living person, in order to preserve and conserve them.

One of the important determinants of poverty in both absolute and relative terms is the level and growth of wages in an economy.