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TopicChild abuse

Topic: child abuse

CBI arrests ‘sexual predator’ circulating child abuse material in Haryana

CBI arrests 'sexual predator' circulating child abuse material in Haryana

‘Want a normal life’, UK child rape scandal victim urges govt to act, demands end of ‘grooming gangs’

The so-called 'grooming gangs' scandal, was a series of criminal cases in multiple English towns and cities where organised groups sexually exploited vulnerable young girls for decades.

Elon Musk backs MP Priyanka Chaturvedi’s terming of UK grooming gangs as ‘Pakistani’ & not ‘Asian’

Shiv Sena (UBT) MP's post came after British PM Keir Starmer generalised the term 'Asian' in reference to a series of child abuse cases involving suspects of alleged Pakistani origin.

SubscriberWrites: World needs to look at paedophiles from the lens of crime urgently

The tension between seeing paedophilia as a disorder requiring treatment and as a crime that demands severe consequences is not just academic.

Malaysia charges man linked to Islamic firm in alleged child abuse scandal

State news agency reported that Mohamad Riza was released on bail of $2,360. If convicted of criminal intimidation charge, he could face jail time of up to 2 years, a fine or both.

Make social media platforms liable to report users uploading child abuse clips under POCSO — NCPCR to SC

Child rights body noted that the platforms seemed to have ‘failed’ in obligation under Section 19 of POCSO Act that makes it mandatory for any person/body to report offences under Act.

Delhi 14-yr-old who killed abuser was lured with food, ‘sexually assaulted & blackmailed’, say police

The class 8 student who worked as a scrap collector slit the throat of 28-yr-old man who, he says, recorded a video of assault & used it to blackmail him. The abuse continued for 2 months.

4 staff members of UP juvenile home booked for ‘harassing inmates’, girls allege ‘sexual abuse, beatings’

Action follows a hunger strike by the inmates of the government-run juvenile home for girls in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur district, Thursday.

2 Indian teens who ‘abused kids, supplied videos’ to UK paedophile yet to be identified. No FIR lodged

School teacher Matthew Smith was arrested in November 2022 for exploiting kids in India for years. No case yet but CBI working with Interpol to identify those involved, it is learnt.

Former teacher at school attended by King Charles’ grandkids paid Indian teens for child abuse

Matthew Smith, the accused, has confessed to paying over Rs 67,000 lakhs to two teenagers in India for a period of five years in exchange for sexually explicit images.

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What a Tamil town tells us about votes, caste, and fraud in medieval India

Nepotism seems to have been a concern in Uttaramerur elections. That's why the drawing of ballots was done by a child and executives' relatives were banned from being elected.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?