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India’s anti-trafficking system is under strain. Frontline units are struggling to deliver: Report

Sanjog India report flags poor inter-state coordination and overstretched police machinery across 827 units. AHTU functionality remains asymmetrical across India, it adds.

At 17, Bengaluru reports most deaths due to civic negligence, Delhi recorded 4: NCRB 2024 data

No other city, including Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata, recorded a single death in this category.

Family problems leading cause of suicide in India, highest in 18-30 age bracket—NCRB

The NCRB report, 'Accidental Deaths & Suicides in India 2024', released Wednesday, said that the suicide rate had dropped marginally from 12.3 percent in 2023 to 12.2 percent in 2024.

NCRB report out: Crimes against women saw minor dip in 2024, maximum cases were cruelty by husband

Rajasthan had the highest number of rape cases in India, while UP saw the maximum number of sexual harassment cases among states in 2024.

Jharkhand is the honour killing capital of India now. Haryana is second

The latest NCRB report also shows that Jharkhand constantly features in the list of top ten states when it comes to murders, with over 1,400 such cases recorded between 2021 and 2023.

Civic negligence killed 20 in Bengaluru in 2023, highest 4th yr in row; Indore was 2nd with 2 deaths

Dy CM Shivakumar, who also holds Bengaluru Development portfolio, told reporters Wednesday, ‘Our team is working round the clock ... We have asked all our commissioners to be on the field.’

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.

POCSO vs teen romance: As SC reviews age of consent, NCRB data shows 9 out of 10 youth get acquitted

Experts suggest that rather than a blanket law, courts should be empowered to deal with age of consent on a case-to-case basis.

Khattar suggests naming & shaming corrupt officials in Haryana. Walk the talk, say detractors

On International Anti-Corruption Day (9 Dec), Khattar proposes that depts name corrupt officials after their retirement so that they serve as a warning to serving staff.

Daily wagers worst affected by suicide, numbers for housewives twice that of farmers — NCRB data

Self-employed & unemployed individuals and students also among groups with high numbers of suicide cases according to NCRB data for years 2018-2022.

On Camera

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.