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TopicCrime against SC/STs

Topic: crime against SC/STs

India’s Silicon Valley and Pink City lead in crimes against SCs & STs, shows NCRB data

: In Jaipur, crimes against Scheduled Castes rose 35% between 2021 and 2023, while offences against Scheduled Tribes increased 47% in the same period.

IndiGo trainee pilot says 3 seniors used casteist slurs against him, told him to ‘go stitch slippers’

Gurugram: "Go stitch slippers" is what an SC/ST Indigo trainee pilot alleges he was told by his seniors. Sharan A, a 35-year-old employee with...

Days after Unnao gangrape survivor’s house was torched, her lawyer faces ‘threat’ to withdraw case

'They asked why was I risking my life', lawyer Sanjeev Trivedi writes to Unnao SP, seeking security to pursue the case. Adds that some men had followed him to his chamber at district court.

Madhya Pradesh & Rajasthan have highest crime rate against Dalits. Here’s why

National Crime Records Bureau data shows that for every 1 lakh Dalit population, Rajasthan & MP reported over 60 crimes and UP reported 31 in 2021, against national average of 25.

Crimes against SC/STs saw rise of over 9% in 2020, but crimes against women decline: NCRB data

Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Bihar recorded the highest rate of crimes against SCs. Kerala, Rajasthan and Telangana recorded the highest rate of crimes against STs.

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Pam Bondi’s firing is good news. Now, US Senate must stand up for DOJ

Bondi’s missteps hastened her exit, but her departure offers a reset. The Senate must not rubber-stamp Trump’s pick and should demand an attorney general committed to DOJ independence.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.