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TopicChild abduction

Topic: child abduction

Madeleine McCann disappearance: Portuguese police to launch new search operation

Reuters -
The operation will focus on finding traces of the presumed dead McCann who disappeared while on vacation in 2007 when she was 3-years old.

Quashing bail in UP child trafficking case, why SC issued a firm reminder to all states & high courts

Ruchi Bhattar -
The court has issued guidelines to all states & HCs for stricter law enforcement mechanisms and speedy trials in human trafficking cases.

Mass kidnappings back in Nigeria, 500 women and children snatched in 1 week

Shivani Mago -
Nigeria is notorious for abductions — considered the easiest way to earn money — but with Boko Haram not in sight this time, speculation remains about who is responsible.

‘Pressured by family for a boy,’ woman abandons 40-day-old daughter, calls it kidnap

Ananya Bhardwaj -
The woman made a call to the police control room from Jhandewalan Tuesday, saying her newborn was kidnapped by two bikers, a claim which was found to be false during investigation.

Infant, her parents among 4 Indian-origin people abducted in California on Monday

ANI -
Authorities have said the four were taken against their will and have described the suspect as 'armed' and 'dangerous'.

Stolen, illegitimate babies at heart of UP trafficking racket that nets BJP leader, 2 doctors

Gaurvi Narang -
A seven-month-old boy was abducted from Mathura railway station last week, ‘bought’ by a woman BJP corporator who wanted a male child.

Delhi boy ‘found 5 yrs after abduction’ awaits DNA answers as ‘mom’ says he’s not her missing son

Bismee Taskin -
When he was 8, Suraj was allegedly abducted by his mother’s ex-partner. Delhi Police claim to have ‘found’ the child in Rajasthan this June, but questions have been raised about his identity.

10 years after they were lost, Delhi cops help two families in Nepal & UP reunite with sons

Bismee Taskin -
Shahrukh, 17, was kidnapped by traffickers in 2010. Kailash, a labourer in Ludhiana in 2011, ran away after being beaten up.

Child lifting fears not ‘unfounded’, 30% increase in child kidnapping in 2016

PTI -
Home ministry says 54,723 children were kidnapped in 2016 but charge sheets were filed in only 40% of the cases.

After warning WhatsApp, Modi govt asks states to be alert & prevent lynchings

Ananya Bhardwaj -
Fake news propagated through social media has taken a bloody turn in India, with one such rumour leading to at least 29 deaths. New Delhi:...
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Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

Phiroze J Shroff -
If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Dharali floods a wake-up call for IMD, NDMA to buck up—the Himalayan region is vulnerable

Buying Russian oil, misreading Trump—3 points will define India’s next energy strategy

Economy

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

Neelam Pandey -
New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Defence

Secret to Pakistan aircraft losses in Op Sindoor could lie in Martin-Baker’s ejection seats records

Snehesh Alex Philip -
New Delhi: On 7 May this year, as India and Pakistan entered into what was to be an 88-hour conflict, British firm Martin-Baker, which...

National Interest

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Shekhar Gupta -
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.

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