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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicAcid Attack

Topic: Acid Attack

Between courtrooms & hospitals, acid attack survivor Shaheen Malik’s 16-yr fight for justice nears end

Shaheen was 23 when she was attacked. At 39, as she supports other survivors in rebuilding their lives, she hopes a Delhi court’s verdict this week will bring her ordeal to a close.

Forced acid ingestion survivors’ fight for recognition as PwD before SC. ‘How do I show my insides?’

A PIL is seeking recognition for victims of forced acid ingestion under Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, with SC urging the government to consider amending it.

SubscriberWrites: Beyond the acid

The law exists more as a moral gesture than a protective shield. Reminding us that impunity, not ignorance, fuels crimes like these.

The acid attack that wasn’t: Toilet cleaner, ‘mastermind’ father & a plot fit for Bollywood

Akil Khan, the now arrested father of the college-going girl, sought to lodge false case for hushing up a woman who filed police complaint against him, says senior police officer.

21 yrs after attack, Aligarh Police arrest man accused of throwing acid on 14-yr-old girl

The survivor, now 35, says the accused Arif is her sister’s brother-in-law, wants him to get the ‘punishment he deserves for destroying her life’.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.