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Wednesday, April 15, 2026
TopicNegligence

Topic: negligence

Surajkund swing fell despite ‘daily checks’. Visitors flag ‘loose bolts, lack of proper safety belts’

After tsunami swing collapse at Surajkund craft festival in Faridabad, police complaint & park visitors allege negligence regarding swings installed. SIT probes matter, 2 arrested.

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.

On Camera

Punjab’s anti-sacrilege law doesn’t guarantee justice. What more needs to be done

The AAP govt has extracted more political capital from sacrilege accountability than any of its predecessors. It now has the opportunity — and the obligation — to match that rhetoric with performance in court.

Oil supply fell by 10 million barrels per day in March. IEA raises alarm over largest disruption ever

IEA projects sharp reversal from its earlier expectations, with global demand for oil in 2026 turning negative. Hormuz disruptions have pushed crude prices to $130 per barrel.

Aerospace, defence overtake pharma to form chunk of Telangana’s exports. Next stop: aero-engine capital

At over Rs 32,000 crore in FY 26, defence and aerospace account for over a third of the state’s exports, beating pharma for the first time since 2014.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.