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Doctors’ protest over Kolkata rape and murder case intensifies. What are their demands?

The outrage over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital on August 9 has continued, with the protesters demanding death penalty for the accused and passing of the Central Protection Act, 2022, to provide protection to health workers and hospitals.

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कोलकाता रेप-मर्डर केस: डॉक्टरों का प्रदर्शन तेज, सरकार से कहां अटकी बात

कोलकाता के आर.जी. कर हॉस्पिटल में ट्रेनी डॉक्टर के साथ 8-9 अगस्त की दरम्यानी रात को हुए कथित रेप और हत्या के मामले के बाद पूरा देश गुस्से में है. डॉक्टरों का प्रदर्शन जारी है. शुक्रवार को भी दिल्ली समेत देशभर के अलग-अलग हिस्सों में डॉक्टरों ने प्रदर्शन किया. शुक्रवार…

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 333: Herbal firm fraud, Indian media’s Bangladesh coverage

This week, host Anmol Pritam is joined by Newslaundry’s Basant Kumar and Ishita Pradeep.

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Protesting Tamil Nadu doctors flag unsafe work environment in hospitals

Protesting the rape and murder of a post graduate doctor in Kolkata, Tamil Nadu doctors have voiced the need for safe, well-equipped, and sufficient on-call rooms for doctors to rest inside hospitals. Citing their long working hours, doctors are demanding that the state government and hospital administrations create secure rooms…

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Karnataka governor sanctions prosecution of CM Siddaramaiah in MUDA scam

Karnataka Governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot on Saturday, August 17, granted sanction to prosecute Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the MUDA land scam. The decision allows for an official investigation into the allocation of sites to Siddaramaiah's wife by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) in exchange for land acquired. Karnataka CMO…

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Hafta letters: NL app, Olympics, scam calls

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TV Newsance 263: Kolkata rape and murder case, Hindenburg meltdown

The big news of the week was an incident in Kolkata, in which a 31-year-old trainee doctor was brutally raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College. Subsequently, during a night protest, the doctors at the hospital were attacked by a mob of 150 people. In this episode, we take a…

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‘How will we help patients when we’re not safe?’: Delhi women doctors protest against rampant workplace dangers

“Don’t play the female card.”

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Monk accused of molestation flees Bengal village, locals allege police delay

There are allegations of “delayed police action” as a Buddhist monk named Bimal Lama, 55, allegedly “molested” a woman at his house-turned-monastery at Gorabari village in Darjeeling district of West Bengal and absconded days after an FIR was lodged.

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Indian mission’s Berlin project in limbo over faulty agreement: CAG cries foul

The Ministry of External Affairs had approved a proposal for nine homes for the Indian mission in Germany in 2011. But 13 years later, the project is in limbo, due to repeated changes in cost estimates and a failed agreement with a German firm, according to a Comptroller and Auditor…

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झांसी: विधायक ने पत्रकारों को थमाया 50-50 करोड़ का मानहानि नोटिस, पैसा जुटाने के लिए पत्रकारों ने मांगी ‘भीख’

उत्तर प्रदेश के झांसी जिले की गरौठा विधानसभा क्षेत्र से भारतीय जनता पार्टी के विधायक जवाहर लाल राजपूत ने पांच स्थानीय यूट्यूबर पत्रकारों को 50-50 करोड़ रुपये मानहानि का नोटिस भेजा है. नोटिस में विधायक की ओर से कहा गया है कि उनकी छवि खराब करने के मकसद से जिले…

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Guess who just won the Olympic Gold Medal for mindless questioning

Shooter Manu Bhaker’s two bronze medals in the Paris Olympics, ending India’s 12-year medal drought in shooting, should have piqued interest in her athletic journey. But during an interview for digital portal The New India, journalist Rohan Dua could not resist asking her “trivial and awkward” questions, attempting to link…

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‘They came like protesters…cops asked for shelter’: Inside the vandalism at Kolkata hospital

Two days after the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital was vandalised by a 150-strong group, the number of arrests has risen to 19 as protests continue over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the government facility in Kolkata.

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इतिहास में दफ़न, चंबल के भूले-बिसरे दलित क्रांतिकारी

इस स्वतंत्रता दिवस पर हम उन दलित क्रांतिकारियों के बारे में जानने के लिए चंबल के बीहड़ों की यात्रा पर निकले हैं, जिनका अंग्रेजों के विरुद्ध किया गया बेख़ौफ़ संघर्ष गुमनामी के रसातल में दफन कर दिया गया है.

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The Dalit revolutionaries from Chambal’s ravine

“Beehad mein baaghi hote hain, dakait milte hain parliament mein (The ravines have rebels; the bandits are in parliament).”

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BJP MLA slams Rs 50 crore defamation suit against 4 journos, hundreds ‘beg’ to crowdfund, protest

On August 11, locals of Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh met with a peculiar sight: about 200 journalists, with their shirts unbuttoned and torn, stood at traffic signals and roamed crowded markets holding out steel bowls, begging for money – and sloganeering “patrakaron ko dabana band karo” or “stop muzzling journalists”.

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गाजियाबाद: बांग्लादेशी बताकर पीटे गए पीड़ित मुस्लिम परिवार की कहानी

बांग्लादेश में तख्तापलट के बाद नई अंतरिम सरकार अस्तित्व में आ गई है. इस तख्तापलट के बाद से ही वहां हिंसा जारी है. लगातार खबरें आ रही हैं कि बांग्लादेश में अल्पसंख्यक हिंदुओं और उनके मंदिरों को निशाना बनाया जा रहा है. बांग्लादेश में हिंदुओं पर हो रहे अत्याचार का…

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Muslim families in Ghaziabad slum labelled ‘Bangladeshi’, assaulted, homes set ablaze

Amid reports of violence against Hindu minorities in Bangladesh, volunteers of the Hindu Raksha Dal purportedly assaulted Muslim families and set their huts ablaze at a slum in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad on August 9. The attackers labelled the Muslim residents as “Bangladeshi”.

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The ‘cover-up’ in Kolkata: Unanswered questions, a police diary, and suspect’s murky past

It could’ve been an ordinary Thursday night for her after a 36-hour shift.

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In Hindenburg fallout, serious questions cordoned off by the media’s noise

The Modi government is lucky. The latest bombshell from Hindenburg Research landed in India a day after the budget session of parliament had concluded. Had it come a couple of days earlier, one can just imagine the scenes in both houses of parliament, given that the name “Adani”, mentioned by…

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Assam govt ‘illegally’ cut reserved forest to ‘protect’ it from Nagaland, Mizoram ‘encroachers’

The Assam government has defended its “illegal” infrastructure of two joint battalions within two reserve forests, saying the decision – taken without central government approval – was necessary to protect these forests from encroachers from Nagaland and Mizoram, as well as undocumented Rohingya migrants from Myanmar.

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हिंडनबर्ग जिन्न की चपेट में सेबी प्रमुख माधवी बुच और विनेश फोगाट को सलामी

यह टिप्पणी का दो सौवां एपिसोड है. यहां तक पहुंचाने के लिए आप सभी दर्शकों का बहुत सारा शुक्रिया, प्यार और आभार. आपके लाइक, शेयर और सब्सक्रिप्शन के बिना यह संभव नहीं था. हमें आपके समर्थन की जरूरत है ताकि विज्ञापन मुक्त पत्रकारिता का यह सफर जारी रहे.विनेश फोगाट ओलिंपिक…

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कोलकाता हॉरर: सुरक्षा की चिंता और उचित जांच की मांग के साथ डाक्टरों की देशव्यापी हड़ताल

कोलकाता के राधा गोविंद कर मेडिकल कॉलेज में ट्रेनी डॉक्टर की जघन्य हत्या और रेप के खिलाफ रेजिडेंस डॉक्टरों का देशव्यापी आंदोलन दूसरे दिन भी जारी रहा. दिल्ली के राम मनोहर लोहिया, सफदरजंग, लेडी हार्डिंग, एम्स सहित 10 अस्पतालों में आपातकालीन सेवाओं को छोड़कर बाकी सारी सेवाएं बंद रही. जिससे…

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‘Unable to sleep’: After Kolkata horror, doctors feel unsafe', demand justice

Health services have been hit in several parts of India as hundreds of doctors continue their strike over the heinous rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College. Doctors have been demanding an impartial probe, compensation for the victim’s family, and provisions to ensure the…

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‘Unfair, will lead to more backlog’: Disquiet over SC, ST sub-classification order

The 6:1 landmark judgement of the Supreme Court allowing states to create sub-classifications within the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe categories has evoked a mixed response among outfits that work to protect the rights of these marginalised groups.

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