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Tuesday, February 17, 2026
TopicChild abuse

Topic: child abuse

‘Swelling, scars, deprivation’: CRPF jawan, wife held for ‘assaulting’ 10-yr-old girl, now on ventilator

The jawan was deployed with 235th battalion, and worked as a first aid responder at the CRPF hospital in Noida. He has been suspended and an inquiry initiated, the force said.

4-yr-old boy ‘locked in dark room, tortured’. Delhi kindergarten horror in French embassy premises

Probe into cruelty allegations against school's directors & staff comes after several weeks of child's mother filing a police complaint, that too only after child rights authorities stepped in.

Bollywood legend Daisy Irani was starved, beaten, abused as a child star

In 'Behind the Big Screen', Sunanda Mehta and Suchitra Iyer chronicle the dizzying highs and crushing lows of Bollywood's child actors.

More and more POCSO cases are being settled by victim-accused marriages

Crimes against children are on the rise. And marriage is emerging as ‘compromise’.

‘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.

On Camera

‘Mohammad’ Deepak and Prabhavathi Amma are India’s heroes. They shake us out of our cynicism

Kumar and Amma's actions matter. In a country where collective complacency has calcified into a survival strategy, watching someone say 'no' feels radical.

Urban co-op banks doubled loan book in 5 yrs, but stuck at under 2% of credit market—Sahakar Trends

UCBs accounted for 1.8% of total industry credit in September 2025—down from 2.2% five yrs ago—showing that they are losing ground to faster PSU banks.

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.