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TopicSexual Assault

Topic: Sexual Assault

Prajwal Revanna produced in court after medical examination in sexual assault case

Probe team to request court for the suspended JD(S) leader’s custody.

Prajwal Revanna taken into SIT custody upon arrival in Bengaluru after over a month-long absence

The Hassan MP, accused of sexually assaulting multiple women, had fled India hrs after end of polling on 26 April. In a video statement, he had said he'll appear in-person before SIT today.

Harvey Weinstein may face fresh sexual assault charges as more women come forward

Assistant District Attorney Nicole highlighted the need for a July 9 hearing to facilitate discovery and compliance in light of these potential developments.

‘Come back, face probe,’ Kumaraswamy tells MP nephew Prajwal Revanna over sexual assault charges

Karnataka’s Congress government has sought central help to bring back the absconding Hassan MP from abroad.

AAP MP Swati Maliwal says colleagues ‘spreading lies’ about her assault by Kejriwal aide

Maliwal has threatened to take Delhi ministers to court for suggesting that her complaint against Bibhav Kumar was on behalf of the BJP.

Memes, videos mock ‘mass sexual assault’ in Karnataka’s Hassan; police urged to act amid Revanna probe

Student and farmer organisations have lodged a police complaint demanding the removal of videos making fun of mass sexual assault allegedly perpetrated by Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna.

Prajwal Revanna case shows why and how sexual crimes by men in politics can go unchecked for years

It would be a disservice to the women of Hassan to look at Prajwal Revanna’s alleged abuse of power as a ‘sex scandal’. Allegations against him show what ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ actually means.

Karnataka sets up SIT to probe ‘obscene videos’ case involving Deve Gowda’s grandson Prajwal Revanna

Congress has questioned BJP's decision to field Prajwal Revanna from Hassan as joint JD(S)-BJP candidate. His leaked videos come at a time Modi is set to address 4 rallies in state.

CBI registers 1st case against 5 TMC ‘strongmen’ in Sandeshkhali after receiving 50 emails from women

CBI had created dedicated email ID for women to send their complaints to without fear. Individuals named in FIR are accused of grabbing land & sexually abusing women, it is learnt.

Who is disgraced US doctor Larry Nassar, at centre of landmark sexual harassment case in sports

60 yr-old-Nassar, born in US to parents of Lebanese descent, sexually abused hundreds of female athletes. The US govt agreed to pay his victims $139 million Tuesday.

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A new Indian foreign policy consensus is emerging. That India isn’t a great power yet

After exuberance, India must now not only take difficult and costly steps toward industrialisation, but also convert growth into geo-economic leverage and military modernisation.

Geoeconomic confrontation top trigger for global crisis, cyber insecurity biggest risk for India—WEF

WEF report flags growing erosion of multilateralism, long considered stabilising force. 'Declining trust, heightened protectionism are threatening trade, investment.'

The curious case of Pakistan’s JF-17 ‘orders’

Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines. 

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.