On 31 July, the Thrikkakara police booked Malayalam rapper and songwriter Vedan, after a young doctor alleged that he had sexually abused her on multiple occasions.
Court directed that a case be registered against 5 persons for alleged kidnap & rape of 2 minor sisters. Police say the father's complaint was an attempt at falsely implicating some people.
Saying that 'any sexual intercourse or sexual act by husband cannot be termed as rape' if wife's an adult, bench noted that lack of consent 'loses its importance' in such circumstances.
As many as 29 cases are registered across four districts of Kerala in connection with sexual abuse that continued for past five years. Over 40 arrests have been made, so far.
France’s most shocking sexual assault case concludes with sentencing of Gisele Pelicot’s ex-husband & 50 other men. The case has sparked calls for rape law changes in the country.
It feels like Indian women are routinely made to believe that they are in the midst of a reckoning and are brought to the precipice of change, only to have their hopes dashed.
Administrative efficiency and targeted schemes can ease frictions, but they cannot offset the competitiveness loss from expensive imported intermediates.
Armenia has procured significant defence equipment from India, including artillery guns, multi-barrel rocket launchers, air defence system, sniper rifles, weapons locating radars, anti-drone weapons.
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.
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