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Monday, January 5, 2026
TopicWomen's safety

Topic: women's safety

Mamata govt’s new programme to ensure women’s safety includes SOS app, request to ‘avoid night duty’

Following the rape & murder of a Kolkata trainee doctor, West Bengal govt has introduced 'Rattirer Shathi' programme to enhance safety of women working night shifts. What it says.

Bengaluru women have a PG problem—unsafe rooms, intrusive landlords, useless CCTVs

Following the brutal murder of a 24-year-old in her PG in Koramangala, civic officials have increased their attention. But many PGs remain unguarded and unsafe for women.

I’m an Indian woman, I’m tired of outraging. Jharkhand tourist gangrape won’t change a thing

No one is defaming India more than Indian men. The burden of India’s culture of sexual violence lies with Indian men alone.

Is brand India dimming? Pollution panic, dire warnings for women, big dip in foreign tourists

India’s rising global stature hasn’t solved its image issues. Pollution, travel advisories about women’s safety, and negative press are dragging down its standing as a tourist destination.

Rape culture enters metaverse. Are women safe in Mark Zuckerberg’s game?

It’s alarming to think that guidelines for user safety are afterthoughts: minuscule bugs that can be fixed.

Delhi college student, 20, raped by man posing as police officer

The accused, Ravi Solanki, threatened to post online a video he had shot of her and her boyfriend before attacking her.

On Camera

Trump is tying his legacy to whatever happens in Venezuela

A bad turn in Venezuela would raise the same questions that have dogged the unlawful US strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean: Why now, and why at all?

Trump threatens India with fresh tariffs on Russian oil, calls PM Modi a ‘good guy’

The latest comment comes as New Delhi and Washington have yet to sign a trade agreement. India’s purchase of Russian oil has reduced, but Moscow remains top source for crude.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.