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Thursday, February 5, 2026
TopicNegligence

Topic: negligence

Rajkot gaming zone fire: Bodies being returned to kin as spotlight remains on negligence

FIR says proprietors never filed for fire NOC, AC wires not covered or insulated. Proprietor Dhawal Thakkar is currently absconding.

NHRC holds meeting on patients’ and doctors’ rights, discusses medical negligence

Other dignitaries present on the occasion included eminent doctors, senior health officials, representatives of various government departments, and members of the National Medical Commission.

‘Difficult to define gross negligence’ — IMA urges govt to clarify doctors’ prosecution under new laws

IMA has written to home ministry stating that jail term for doctors charged with causing death by negligence should be considered only when probe officer is ‘satisfied of recklessness’. 

IMA welcomes lower jail term for medical negligence, but it’s fighting for total ‘decriminalisation’

Before Parliament passed Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Indian Medical Association wrote to Home Minister asking for death by medical negligence to be treated as civil, not criminal, matter.

Srinagar govt office apathy killed my brother, says sister of teen with acute muscle condition

Sumaiya Khan said personnel at the Srinagar District Medical Board kept her brother Suhaib, who suffered from muscular dystrophy, waiting for hours over a certificate. 

UP child rights panel asks Agra DM to probe death of boy refused treatment by 6 hospitals

UP protection of child rights commission member Sakshi Baijal says he has taken note of ThePrint report on the 12-year-old’s death and asked the Agra DM to submit action taken report after probe.

Fortis made a 108% profit on the treatment of the child who died of dengue

Health minister Anil Vij says FIR will be lodged against the hospital administration and doctors under relevant sections of the IPC.

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Let me explain the K-drama addiction. I, too, am an addict

The three Ghaziabad sisters were lonely. None of them had gone to school after the Covid-19 pandemic. K-dramas offered them solace.

Late-stage startups in Karnataka feel funding winter as overall investments decline 28%

Tech startups raised $3.8 bn in 2025, down 28% y-o-y, driven by sharp contraction in late-stage funding even as early-stage investments showed resilience, according to Traxcn.

Tejas MK 1A to fly with IAF latest only by June-July this year. Here’s why

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is yet to deliver two of the remaining order of 8 Tejas trainer aircraft as well, an order that was placed in 2010.

Swiss report should now close Op Sindoor debate. Knowing when to stop the fight is key too

The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.