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Topic: Nirbhaya fund

Delhi University to receive Rs 272 crore from Nirbhaya Fund for women’s residential accommodation

Of the total amount, Rs 72 crore will be used for the deployment of CCTV surveillance systems across the campus.

Nirbhaya Fund underused, slotted for services that don’t help women directly — Oxfam report

Former FM P. Chidambaram had announced the Nirbhaya fund in the aftermath of the 2012 Delhi gang rape case. But it has not been used effectively, says new NGO report.

This Nirbhaya Fund-Safe City project is at the root of the IPS officers’ spat in Karnataka

IPS officers D. Roopa and Hemant Nimbalkar have both been transferred to other departments after accusing each other of bias, interference and corruption.

Far from being the solution, Haryana One Stop Centres seem to be adding to women’s problems

From lack of funds, amenities and services to alleged police interference, women in Haryana say One Stop Centres are only compounding their problems.

Gender Budget Statement 2018: Small step for fund allocation, giant leap for lip service

While ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ will get more money than last year, the budget for all other major schemes including Ujjwala has been reduced.

Over 90% of Nirbhaya Fund for women’s safety remains unused since 2015

Affidavit filed in Supreme Court says the Centre has sanctioned only Rs 264 crore out of total Rs 3,100 crore till August this year

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Arvind Kejriwal is paying the price for the politics he created

What Modi govt is doing to Arvind Kejriwal is wrong. But would there ever have been a Modi govt if Kejriwal and his India Against Corruption movement had not destroyed the UPA?

Lesson for India from the West: AI is hollowing out white-collar jobs & birthing a new middle-class elite

Post-2022 as AI has spread in developed economies, it is leading to another round of polarisation—the middle class jobs are being lost in offices rather than in factories.

Fourth S-400 sets sail for India, to arrive by mid-May; likely to be deployed along Pakistan border

The fifth S-400 air defence system is undergoing various stages of production trials, and will be delivered by November-December this year, it is learnt.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.