India
# india - Friday 14 June, 2013
Not such a small world after all with population to reach 9.6 billion by 2050
Growth will be mainly in developing countries, with more than half in Africa.
# india - Thursday 13 June, 2013
Inadequate care and monitoring were factors in Savita’s death – HSE report
The review also calls for greater clarity on options available to doctors in cases of “inevitable miscarriage”.
# india - Sunday 26 May, 2013
27 killed as guerrillas ambush convoy of Indian political leaders
At least 27 people, including three leaders of the Indian ruling Congress party, have been killed in an attack by Maoist rebels in central India.
# india - Thursday 16 May, 2013
Successful life-saving surgery on baby’s rare, swollen head disorder
Doctors say the surgery was a success although it’s too early to say what the quality of her life will be like.
# india - Tuesday 7 May, 2013
Ireland is the 20th safest country for newborns and mothers – report
The report by the charity Save the Children used stats from 186 countries.
# india - Tuesday 30 April, 2013
Four-year-old Indian girl dies two weeks after brutal rape attack
The girl was found unconscious by her parents on 18 April after being dumped at a farm.
# india - Monday 29 April, 2013
Man arrested after uploading video of his 9-year-old son driving a Ferrari
Indian businessman Mohammed Nisham let his son loose in his Ferrari F430 with his five-year-old brother as co-passenger.
# india - Monday 22 April, 2013
Second suspect arrested over Indian girl’s rape
Police in New Dehli have arrested a second suspect in their investigation into the abduction and rape of a five-year-old girl in the city last week.
# india - Thursday 18 April, 2013
India’s most elaborate theme park opens today
The park features angry Hindu dieties and Bollywood-themes rides, aimed at attracting the country’s growing middle-class.
# india - Sunday 14 April, 2013
Weird Wide Web: 3D photos, hearts on your sleeve and some shocking underwear
All of your essential tech and social media news for the week in one byte-sized portion.
# india - Thursday 11 April, 2013
Column: Can India be called a democracy when society’s most vulnerable are ignored?
India has been touted as the poster-child for a developing economy – but is the impression of a progressive society all a smoke screen? Brian O’Connor shares his experience.
# india - Tuesday 9 April, 2013
Nepalese man burns pregnant wife alive by stuffing her in a hay bale
The woman who was four-months pregnant suffered burns on more than 50 per cent of her body
# india - Saturday 6 April, 2013
British woman stabbed to death on Kashmir houseboat: police
A Dutch national has been arrested after a 24-year-old British woman was found on a houseboat on the picturesque Dal Lake in the Indian Kashmir city of Srinagar.
How Sesame Street tones down for Afghanistan
In a country where only half of all children go to school, the programme treads a fine line to help bring the 3 Rs – and a little lesson in gender equity – to its audience.
# india - Friday 5 April, 2013
Death toll reaches 45 in India building collapse
The seven-storey building collapsed yesterday evening into a mangled heap of steel and concrete about eight metres high.
High-profile rapes threaten India tourism business
As media spotlight hovers over sexual crime in India, its multi-billion euro visitor industry is feeling the pinch.
# india - Thursday 4 April, 2013
Indian villager kills four women and five girls with axe
The five girls were aged between two and nine.
# india - Monday 1 April, 2013
India’s top court backs generics in key drug patent ruling
A bid by Swiss drug giant Novartis was rejected in a landmark ruling following a seven-year legal battle.
# india - Saturday 30 March, 2013
New Delhi police note surge in number of reported sex crimes
Police say more women are “shedding their inhibitions” in a conservative society and registering complaints about sex crimes following the fatal gang-rape of a young woman in the city.
# india - Tuesday 26 March, 2013
The Evening Fix… now with added citizen’s arrest and kids dishing out relationship advice
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# india - Monday 25 March, 2013
Ford India apologises for ad image of women gagged in car
The ads were uploaded to the Internet without the carmaker’s approval.
# india - Sunday 24 March, 2013
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.
# india - Tuesday 19 March, 2013
British tourist jumps from hotel balcony in India to escape harassment
The UK’s foreign office has amended its travel advice for women visiting India as reports of sexual attacks increase.
Indian parliament to debate bill allowing death penalty for rapists
The new laws follow the worldwide condemnation of the fatal gang rape of a student in Delhi last year.
# india - Sunday 17 March, 2013
Five confess to gang-raping Swiss tourist in India, say police
The woman was on a cycling holiday with her husband when six men attacked them on Friday night.
# india - Saturday 16 March, 2013
Swiss woman gang-raped in central India
The woman was on a cycling trip with her husband in impoverished Madhya Pradesh state, when seven to eight men attacked the couple on Friday night, police said.
# india - Monday 11 March, 2013
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Suspect in Delhi gang-rape trial found dead in prison
Ram Singh’s family and lawyers allege that he was killed, though police believe the suspect took his own life.
# india - Friday 8 March, 2013
Indian malnutrition fund used to fix buses
‘Child Nutrition Surcharge’ was set up in Maharashtra state 16 years ago where thousands of children die from malnutrition every year.
# india - Wednesday 6 March, 2013
Chocolate giant Cadbury accused of tax evasion
Cadbury India is alleged to have looked for tax exemptions for plants that didn’t exist.
# india - Sunday 3 March, 2013
Indian women use smartphones to ‘pin the creeps’
A new website allows victims of harassment to report it publicly and pinpoint the incident on a map to warn others.
# india - Friday 1 March, 2013
Death toll in Bangladesh war crimes clashes rises to 53
Violence erupted during protests yesterday with 23 people shot dead after police opened fire in clashes with demonstrators.
# india - Thursday 21 February, 2013
20 killed as bomb blasts hit India’s Hyderabad
Twin bombings have killed at least 20 people in the Indian city of Hyderabad and provoked safety fears among Australia’s touring cricket team.
# india - Monday 11 February, 2013
Stampede kills 36 people at India’s Kumbh Mela festival
The stampede at a railway station in Allahabad marred the main day of the religious festival in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, considered the largest gathering of humanity.
# india - Saturday 9 February, 2013
India parliament attack plotter hanged
The attack on the parliament in 2001 almost sparked a war between India and Pakistan.
# india - Friday 8 February, 2013
Riot police fire water cannon at India rape protest
Demonstrators have been camped outside the Kerala state assembly for the last five days to demand the resignation of a lawmaker over rape allegations.
# india - Tuesday 5 February, 2013
India gang-rape victim’s companion to testify today
The 28-year-old arrived in court in a wheelchair and is expected to be the first prosecution witness to testify.
# india - Sunday 3 February, 2013
Indian President approves death penalty in some rape cases
Harsher punishments for rapists have been approved in India after a brutal gang-rape in New Delhi sparked national outrage and triggered demands for tougher laws.
# india - Saturday 2 February, 2013
Updated: Five men plead not guilty in India gang rape trial
The plea comes as India looks set to introduce death penalty in some rape cases.
# india - Thursday 24 January, 2013
Amid rape fears, Indian party gives knives to women
A far-right political party is distributing thousands of knives to women in a western Indian state to help them protect themselves, in the wake of a fatal gang-rape which horrified the country.
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