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TopicKolkata rape case

Topic: Kolkata rape case

SubscriberWrites: Rape victim should have unquestionable right to abort a child

Under India's Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971, abortion is permitted only up to 20 weeks, even for rape victims, who are denied abortion if the pregnancy exceeds this limit.

‘Extremely disturbing,’ SC slams Kolkata police’s delay in registering case on medic’s rape & murder

Chief Justice Chandrachud said it was very surprising the postmortem was conducted on 9 August between 6.10 pm and 7.10 pm, before the case of unnatural death was even entered.

SC asks docs protesting Kolkata medic’s rape & murder to join duty, assures no ‘adverse action’

Bench headed by Chief Justice told by counsel for resident doctors at AIIMS, Nagpur that they were being victimised for the protests.

Less than a week after appointment, Suhrita Paul removed as principal of Kolkata’s RG Kar

Prof Manas Kumar Bandopadhyay has been appointed in place of Paul, who replaced Sandip Ghosh as principal of RG Kar following his resignation in aftermath of rape-murder of trainee doctor.

RG Kar Hospital’s resident doctors have deserted the campus. Those left behind are living in fear

Rape & murder of junior doctor & mob attack that followed have led vast majority of doctors to leave over safety concerns. As SC orders deployment of CISF & CRPF, only few remain on campus.

Kolkata rape, murder: Health ministry tells central govt hospitals to step up security

CBI is probing the trainee medics murder in R.G. Hospital; a case of corruption has been registered against the institute’s former principal Sandip Ghosh.

SC sets up doctors’ panel on workplace safety after rape, murder in Kolkata’s R.G. Kar Hospital

The trainee medic's murder has seen nationwide outrage with doctors across the country refusing to see non-emergency patients.

When ‘good men’ are silent on rape, every Indian woman suffers. So we say ‘yes all men’

In India, victims or survivors of rape have to be truly exceptional to first, get men's attention; and second, be worthy of their outrage.

Kolkata doctor’s autopsy report says she was ‘strangulated’, finds ‘evidence of forceful penetration’

Postmortem was conducted by team of three doctors at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on 9 August. Their report identifies all injuries as ante-mortem (before death).

India must ‘capitalise on its labour force’ & how resident doctors face ‘constant threat of violence’

Global media also explores why India’s monetary policies need restructuring & why the consumer price index must be updated.

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How Nitish Kumar turned all rules of voter behaviour on their head

The conventional wisdom is that if a govt fails to improve the lot of the voters, it is punished. Kumar presided over an economic disaster for 20 years and was re-elected by a landslide.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.