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Wednesday, January 28, 2026
TopicSex worker

Topic: Sex worker

What happens to sex workers after police raid? New book breaks shelter home myths

Scholars Anuja Agarwal, Shruti Pandey, Mahuya Bandyopadhyay and others came together to launch Vibhuti Ramachandran’s book Immoral Traffic in Delhi.

A day at RSS-linked NGO’s Delhi clinic for sex workers — tackling issues from STDs to drug abuse

NGO Sewa Bharti opened Delhi’s first clinic for sex workers in ‘red light area’ GB Road this month to provide stigma-free healthcare at no cost.

She Season 2’s edgy vulgarity will keep you watching. But it doesn’t take the series forward

She's dialogues are wonderfully crass but also unimaginative. From the police to gangsters to the prostitutes, stereotypes play out.

Sex workers welcome SC order against abuse, but fear of police runs deep

A Supreme Court order has legally empowered India's sex workers, but decades of police and societal abuse means ingrained cynicism and fear aren't going go away overnight.

‘Sex work not illegal? Should sex workers be arrested?’ 4 questions SC has asked Modi govt

In 2011, the SC dismissed the appeal of a man who was accused of murdering a sex worker. The case led to the court’s decade-long monitoring of efforts to rehabilitate sex workers.  

Sex workers can now get Aadhaar cards without address proof, UIDAI informs SC

UIDAI has decided not to seek residential proof and instead accept a certificate that can be issued to the sex worker by a gazetted officer of NACO, or of the state health department.

Covid divides Delhi’s sex workers — for some nothing’s off limits, others turn down offers

The red-light area at Delhi’s GB Road is slowly getting back to business, after suffering an unprecedented hit on account of the novel coronavirus. 

99% of sex workers in Pune’s major red-light area want alternative livelihood, study finds

Study by Asha Care Trust included 300 respondents in Budhwar Peth, India’s third-largest red-light area housing nearly 3,000 sex workers in around 700 brothels.

Anti-trafficking Bill has scope for confusion. Here’s what will work: BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi

The proposed legislation includes punishment for trafficking for forced labour and marriage but neglects trafficking for sexual exploitation and organ trade.

Struggling transgenders, HIV patients, sex workers approach govt for shelter & livelihoods

Top official of NACO, under health ministry, writes to social justice ministry, asking for these people to be included in social protection schemes.

On Camera

Ursula von der Leyen’s Indian clothes vs Trudeaus? It’s cultural appreciation not performance

In the Trudeaus’ case, the spectacle distracted from the diplomatic agenda, whereas von der Leyen’s look enhanced the moment.

India’s looking at 14 million metric tonnes of e-waste by 2030, recycling can’t keep up—NITI Aayog

Country's used lithium-ion battery problem is also set to grow sharply in next decade. India 3rd largest e-waste producer with 7% global share but currently recycles only about 10% of it.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.