Indiatimes

Peak Apathy: Woman Delivers Baby On Road After Being Turned Away From Andhra Govt Hospital

India is reeling under healthcare crisis and the death of infants in Rajkot and Kota, the crisis is only growing deeper and far from redemption.  A pregnant woman delivered a baby on the side of a road in Andhra Pradesh’s Krishna district after she was allegedly turned away from a local government hospital in the …

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JNU Violence Update, Iran Admits To Have Shot Down Ukraine Plane + More Top News

Jump To JNU Violence: Delhi Police Identifies 37 Members Of WhatsApp Group That Had Organised Attack Iran says it unintentionally shot down Ukraine passenger jet 4 Tiger Deaths In 4 Days: Goa Govt Asks Locals To Leave Sanctuary Where Tigers Were Poisoned India On High Alert Ahead Of Republic Day, Inputs Of 300 Terrorists In PoK Trying To Infiltrate Dalit …

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Here's How Asia's First LGBT-Focused Streaming Service Is Tackling Taboos

A rom-com about a lesbian flight attendant and a romance in a gay spa are among the shows featured on Asia’s first LGBT-focused streaming service, which is pushing boundaries in an often highly conservative region. GagaOOLala brings more than 1,000 feature films, shorts, web series, and documentaries to people across Asia, where censorship and traditional attitudes mean there has been …

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Tourists, Firefighters Flee As New Heatwave Fans Australia Blazes, No Signs Of Relief Yet

Tourists and firefighters were forced to flee vast fires burning in southeastern Australia on Monday, as a heatwave rekindled devastating bush blazes across the country. Authorities said “quite a number” of the 30,000 tourists visiting the usually picturesque southeast tip of the continent had heeded calls to evacuate. According to news agency AFP, more than a dozen blazes are raging …

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Feel It! Delhi Is Colder Than Hill Stations. Stay Back And Plan A New Year Party Here

Delhiites are finally living a dream of owning a house in Hill Stations. No, the government is not allotting free plots uphills. The mercury has dramatically dipped in the plains making it colder than Shimla and Mussoorie. Reports suggest that the winters are breaking records in the national capital and people around the fire and room heaters are making it …

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Cold Wave In North India, Anti-CAA Protests Continue + More Top News

The intense spell of cold that has gripped most of northern India is showing no signs of improving. In fact, it is only getting colder and Sunday and Monday will be particularly harsh. Read more Here’s more top news of the day: 1) Amid Confusion Over CAA, NRC, And NPR, Union Minister Adds One More Condition To Stay In India, Say …

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Seven Years After Nirbhaya Case, Rape Conviction Rate In India is Still Low At 32%

It has been seven years after the brutal Nirbhaya gang rape that shook the entire nation, but the conviction rate in rape cases in the country is still as low as 32.2 per cent despite laws dealing with sexual assault being made stringent in the aftermath of the incident. According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data available for …

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Tea Growers Feel The Pinch Of Anti-Citizenship Law Protests. Fear Less Production And Sales

Just as the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill was passed by both houses of the Indian parliament and became a law, violent protests in several parts of the country, particularly the northeastern states, have called for its immediate withdrawal. As a result now, tea growers in Assam have started feeling the pinch of the ongoing protests with partial disruption in production …

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18-YO Girl Raped & Set Ablaze In UP, Rape Conviction In India is Low At 32% + More Top News

In a chilling reminder of the recent Unnao case, an 18-year-old girl was allegedly raped and set ablaze at a village in Fatehpur district here on Saturday. Her condition is critical and she is battling for her life at a Kanpur hospital with 90 per cent burns. The 22-year-old accused is her distant relative, who allegedly raped and set the …

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Protests In Northeast Over CAB, Economic Slowdown + More Top News

Even as the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, that has been called ‘divisive’ and ‘unconstitutional’ by members of civil society and the intelligentsia, is being hotly debated and argued upon in the Upper House of the parliament, its ripples have sent the people on the streets in the northeastern flank of the country, where several reports of violence in protest against the bill have …

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