Sub-Collector inquires into alleged sexual harassment, leak of profiles of minor girls in CWC

Sub-Collector inquires into alleged sexual harassment, leak of profiles of minor girls in CWC

NTR District Sub-Collector Aditi Singh conducted an inquiry into the alleged sexual harassment at a child care institution under Krishna district Child Welfare Committee (CWC) by its member. Ms. Singh also probed into the alleged leak of profiles of the rescued minor girls from a girls’ shelter home. A book in which the data of … Read more

Anganwadi workers demand scrapping of apps introduced for them, allege harassment

Anganwadi workers demand scrapping of apps introduced for them, allege harassment

AITUC and IFTU leaders at a State-level meeting of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Union in Vijayawada on Sunday. | Photo Credit: G.N. Rao Andhra Pradesh Anganwadi Workers and Helpers’ Association working president K. Prema has demanded that the government scrap the different apps introduced by the government for supplying nutritional diet to women and children. The association leaders demanded that the government … Read more

Kalakshetra sexual harassment case | Arrested faculty member, Hari Padman, granted bail

Kalakshetra sexual harassment case | Arrested faculty member, Hari Padman, granted bail

Hari Padman. File | Photo Credit: R. Ragu Hari Padman, a suspended faculty member of the Rukmini Devi College of Fine Arts under Kalakshetra Foundation, who was arrested on charges of sexual harassment, has been granted bail by the IX Metropolitan Magistrate Court at the Saidapet court complex. To get today’s top stories from the … Read more

Migrant workers in A.P. lodged over 100 complaints of harassment in 5 years, says Odisha official

Migrant workers in A.P. lodged over 100 complaints of harassment in 5 years, says Odisha official

No safety net: Migrant labourers moving to worksites in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. GIRI Migrant labour from Odisha working in different industries in Andhra Pradesh have lodged more than 100 complaints with the Labour Department officials in the past five years alleging harassment and seeking help to come out of the clutches … Read more

Inter-faith couples face harassment, threats and violence: Madhya Pradesh High Court

Inter-faith couples face harassment, threats and violence: Madhya Pradesh High Court

A view of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. File photo Holding that “the societal opposition to interreligion marriage often makes it difficult for couples to exercise their legal rights”, the Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on April 18 quashed a three-year-old case of cheating against a married couple from Ujjain and the … Read more

Activists allege police harassment during ‘fact-finding mission’ in Bastar

Activists allege police harassment during ‘fact-finding mission’ in Bastar

Sixteen human rights activists from Bastar and other parts of the country have alleged that they had to abort a fact-finding mission “on human rights violations in Sukma and Bijapur districts” of south Chhattisgarh after security forces harassed them. The activists had left Sukma on February 1 to visit the interior villages of the district, … Read more

Sexual Harassment, Assault Tied to High Blood Pressure in Women

Sexual Harassment, Assault Tied to High Blood Pressure in Women

TUESDAY, Feb. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Sexual assault and workplace sexual harassment may increase women’s long-term risk of high blood pressure and heart disease, a new study suggests. High blood pressure is a major risk factor for heart disease, which is the leading killer of U.S. women, accounting for one in three deaths. Sexual … Read more