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Decade after gruesome Delhi gang rape, India faces ‘epidemic’ of crime against women

Decade after gruesome Delhi gang rape, India faces ‘epidemic’ of crime against women

  • Delhi Commission for Women says rate of sexual assault reaching ‘epidemic proportion’
  • 2012 gang rape and murder in Delhi drew global attention to shocking rates of sexual assault in India
By Sanjay Kumar ·
Light illuminates a street between the cluster of residential buildings in Kathmandu, Nepal November 8, 2022. (REUTERS)

Six dead after powerful earthquake shakes Nepal

By Reuters ·
New Delhi to shut schools as toxic smog chokes India’s capital

New Delhi to shut schools as toxic smog chokes India’s capital

By AFP ·
Delhi to enforce mask mandate again after spurt in COVID cases

Delhi to enforce mask mandate again after spurt in COVID cases

By Reuters ·
Indian capital reports first monkeypox case as WHO declares global emergency

Indian capital reports first monkeypox case as WHO declares global emergency

By Sanjay Kumar ·
Indian writers celebrate first International Booker Prize for Hindi novel video

Indian writers celebrate first International Booker Prize for Hindi novel

By Sanjay Kumar ·
Shops demolished in Indian capital after communal violence

Shops demolished in Indian capital after communal violence

By AP ·
A health worker performs a Covid-19 coronavirus screening along a partially deserted street at a market area in New Delhi on January 8, 2022. (AFP)

India’s capital imposes weekend curfew as COVID-19 cases surge

By Sanjay Kumar ·
New Delhi imposes weekend curfew to curb COVID-19 spread

New Delhi imposes weekend curfew to curb COVID-19 spread

By Reuters ·
India started reporting cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant earlier this month. (Reuters/File Photo)

Indian capital reports new COVID-19 surge amid omicron spread  

By Sanjay Kumar ·
Special Air in Indian capital turns toxic after Diwali fireworks

Air in Indian capital turns toxic after Diwali fireworks

By Sanjay Kumar ·
A breath of fresh air: First smog tower installed in Delhi to fight pollution

A breath of fresh air: First smog tower installed in Delhi to fight pollution

By Sanjay Kumar ·
India to ease lockdown rules as coronavirus case numbers decline

India to ease lockdown rules as coronavirus case numbers decline

By Reuters ·

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