Women Safety
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PM Modi stresses on role of effective policing in ensuring that women feel safe, secure
India | Dec 08, 2019, 08:21 PM ISTA statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office said that PM Modi was of the view that technology provides an effective weapon to ensure proactive policing that factors in the feedback of the common man.
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Will launch projects for women safety in Gurgaon: CM Manohar Lal Khattar
India | Dec 07, 2019, 08:52 PM IST"Soon, women police stations and Durga Shakti squads will come to combat the crime against women. As many as 450 vehicles will be given to the Gurgaon police under the Dial 112 project," the CM said.
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Fact Check: Ladies, don't send your travel details on this number
India | Dec 06, 2019, 11:50 PM ISTAmid an outrage over rising rape cases in the country, there are widespread messages being circulated supposedly for women safety. But ladies, not all of them are true.
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Haryana to start special buses for women
India | Dec 06, 2019, 05:01 PM ISTWomen police constables would also be deputed in each such bus so as to keep a vigil on anti-social elements. Initially, educational institutions of higher education would be included for to and fro facility for the students.
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MHA grants Rs 100 crore for women help desks in police stations
India | Dec 06, 2019, 08:12 AM ISTIn the statement, the ministry said, "Women help desks would focus on making the police stations more women friendly and approachable, as they would be the first and single point of contact for any woman walking into a police station."
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Is India the most unsafe country for women? Here's what survey says
World | Dec 02, 2019, 07:37 PM ISTIndia is ranked the most dangerous country for women, according to a survey conducted by the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Even though the survey was published in 2018, not much has changed.
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Hyderabad vet rape-murder: Can stricter law alone make things better for girls?
India | Dec 02, 2019, 04:43 PM ISTIndia is outraged as shocking details of a brutal gangrape and murder of Hyderabad veterinary doctor emerges. India's defence minister Rajnath Singh today asserted that the government was ready to make strictest laws to stop such crimes in future.
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Between society's norms and morally corrupt mindsets, why am I not safe as a woman?
India | Dec 02, 2019, 03:28 PM ISTOften around us, we see girls say 'it is not safe to go out in the night' or 'let's get back inside at a decent time'. The question is who decides decent? Who decides when a girl should go out and when she should come back inside the house? Is it fair to let this 'self-retrospection' of safe surroundings become the new norm wherein this becomes something which every girl in this country learns to live with?
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Facebook's Privacy Settings: How to ensure women safety
Apps | Dec 03, 2019, 01:21 PM ISTFacebook Privacy Settings for Women: Facebook has a lot of privacy settings and they should be managed in the right manner to ensure safety. Here's how you can make your Facebook account safer.
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Gayatri Prajapati case: Rape survivor slams mother for taking money
India | Aug 29, 2019, 10:50 AM ISTThe girl and her mother were allegedly raped by the former minister and his aides. The accused were arrested on the directives of the Supreme Court in March 2017. The girl late on Wednesday uploaded her video statement on the social media. She appeared scared as she said she was not only a victim in the case but is also a witness and she feared for her life.
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Tamil Nadu rolls out Amma Patrol Vehicles for safety of women, kids
India | Aug 26, 2019, 05:38 PM ISTThe vehicles, purchased at a cost of Rs 7.50 crore, would be operated by All Women Police Stations which would ensure the safety of women and children in places like school and colleges, shopping malls, railway stations, bus stops, places of worship, IT companies and beaches.
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Delhi: High Court directs AAP government, police to prepare action to make Delhi crime free for women
India | Jul 31, 2019, 07:51 PM ISTThe bench also pointed out that over Rs 3,000 crore is lying unused in the Nirbhaya Fund, which was announced in 2013 after the gang rape and murder of a student in Delhi on December 16, 2012, and was not being used.
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Women safety issue: Supreme Court asks Centre to take appropriate steps for regulating Ola, Uber
India | Jul 31, 2019, 01:03 PM ISTThe Supreme Court on Wednesday asked Centre to take appropriate steps for regulating app-based taxi services like Ola and Uber, in view of women safety.
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Work in progress or non-starters: What women safety measures promised under Rs 1000 crore Nirbhaya Fund look like
India | Jul 26, 2019, 09:23 PM ISTA slew of women's safety measures that were promised under the Rs 1000 crore Nirbhaya Fund are either work in progress or have been non-starters.
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Tender process started for 1.5 lakh more CCTV cameras: Sisodia
India | Jun 23, 2019, 04:34 PM IST"I congratulate the people of Patparganj. It is a big dream realised today.. as it is related to women safety. Though (the job of ensuring) women safety (Delhi Police) does not directly come under the Delhi government, it is doing whatever it can, and installation of CCTVs is a step in that direction only," Sisodia said.
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Ensure 'safety' if women work after 7 pm: New Labour Bill proposes
India | Jun 21, 2019, 07:19 PM ISTAccording to the new labour bill, that Modi government is set to bring in parliament, women cannot be called to work on holidays or after 7 pm unless safety is ensured. This comes as great news to women across the country who are required to work after 7 pm. Employers will be bound to ensure their 'safety'.
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Man arrested for making lewd gestures at woman on Delhi Metro
Jun 08, 2019, 09:10 AM ISTA woman from south Delhi complained to the Gurgaon Police that a man-made objectionable gesture at her while she was traveling on the metro on Thursday.
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Moradabad: Students invent sandal-drone security system for women
India | Jun 04, 2019, 02:43 PM ISTThe invention works on electric shock and GPS technology to send a distress signal and trigger a drone movement.
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Women safety: Number one issue for first time voters
Apr 30, 2019, 06:17 PM ISTIn India’s most extensive Gen Z poll (25 cities, 65+ colleges, 1000+ students), Yuvaa, in partnership with InUth, decode what the first time voters want this elections
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What media portrays isn't always true: Sumitra Mahajan on women safety
India | Dec 07, 2018, 06:39 PM ISTAddressing the 51st convocation of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), she also rued that newspapers and TV channels give space only to protests inside Parliament but ignore debates on important issues.