#InternationalWomensDay: Numbers speak louder than hashtags

Despite the Modi government's slogans for women's empowerment, the reality is far from ideal. Budget cuts and inadequate allocation hinder education, healthcare and safety, lead to increase in crimes against women and decline in labour force participation [ad_2] Crime Today...

Uttar Pradesh: Body of teenage rape victim’s father found hanging from a tree in Hamirpur

[ad_1] Days after two teenaged girls allegedly died by suicide after being allegedly gangraped in Kanpur district, the body of the father of one of them was found hanging from a tree near his home in Uttar Pradesh’s Hamirpur district...

Has rape become normalised in India?

[ad_1] The true figure is likely to be much higher, as many such crimes go unreported due to fear of reprisal, prevailing stigmas around victims and a lack of faith in police investigations. "We are seeing the worst phase of...

National Commission for Women’s chair asks US journalist to remove post critical of it

[ad_1] National Commission for Women chairperson Rekha Sharma on Monday asked a United States journalist to remove his post on social media platform X that was critical of it. Sharma said that United States-based journalist David Josef Volodzko was vilifying...