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Saturday, January 10, 2026
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Topic: Kolkata

‘She saved lives, who saved hers?’ Women hit the streets in midnight protest over doctor’s rape-murder

In Delhi, protest marches were held outside AIIMS & in CR Park; in Bengaluru, hundreds gathered in front of Town Hall; and in Kolkata, outside RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Crime scene fine, says Kolkata Police after vandalism in R.G. Kar where medic was raped, murdered

On Wednesday night, a mob entered the hospital and wrecked the site of the protest, attacking vehicles and public property.

Punish without delay perpetrators of crimes against women, says Modi as protests rock Kolkata

In his I-Day speech, the PM said society and governments will have to take atrocities against women seriously. Last week, a junior doctor was raped and murdered in Kolkata’s R.G. Kar hospital.

RG Kar hospital vandalised amid Kolkata rape-murder protests. ‘Mob came with swords, pulled out wires’

Miscreants broke through barricades, damaged gates & overturned a Kolkata Police post and several vehicles, say Kolkata Police, who have blamed incident on a 'malicious media campaign.'

‘Attempt to save accused,’ Rahul Gandhi hits out at INDIA ally Mamata over junior doc’s rape & murder

Gandhi has called for serious punishment and said the horrific crime had enraged the whole country.

Kolkata doctor’s postmortem report hints at ‘gangrape’, say parents. HC transfers probe to CBI

Citing no progress in the investigation, Calcutta HC has said that it will monitor the investigation and directed the CBI to file periodical reports on its progress.

Kolkata medic rape & murder: FORDA ends stir, AIIMS, other doctors’ bodies won’t relent

Doctors will continue the stir until a central law to curb attacks on medical personnel is implemented and a concrete solution found.

Protests continue in Delhi over Kolkata rape-murder. ‘Hospital should be safest place for doctors’

Protesters demand implementation of law to protect doctors; probe into rape-murder of junior doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital has been transferred to CBI.

Calcutta HC orders CBI probe into Bengal junior doctor’s rape & murder at R.G. Kar Medical College

Earlier in the day, court asked RG Kar's former principal Sandip Ghosh to go on leave. This comes after Ghosh's transfer after his resignation from RG Kar College triggered protests.

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Toxic air is driving people out of India’s cities, threatening urban growth

As toxic air drives families out of metropolises, India faces health, economic and demographic shifts in its urban landscape.

Global economic growth to slow in 2026 as Trump’s tariffs bite, UN says

The global economy is forecast to expand 2.7% this year, down from an estimated 2.8% in 2025. Growth is expected to go back up to 2.9% by 2027.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

Thank you Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of free trade and spur reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, almost every member of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.