Supreme Court spares jail term for convict in POCSO case, cites systemic failures

Supreme Court spares jail term for convict in POCSO case, cites systemic failures

The Supreme Court on Friday (May 23, 2025) spared a convict, who married the victim, from undergoing a jail term under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, citing systemic failures and the need to ensure justice for the adolescent girl and her child. A bench comprising Justices Abhay S. Oka and Ujjal … Read more

R.G. Kar hospital rape-murder case: voices of disquiet as systemic issues vie with justice at Kolkata stir

R.G. Kar hospital rape-murder case: voices of disquiet as systemic issues vie with justice at Kolkata stir

Gauri Seth, a resident doctor, on the sidelines of a protest.  | Photo Credit: REUTERSRY The rape and murder of a 31-year-old female trainee doctor at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital (RGKMCH) has, for the past 40 days, incited protests from doctors and several other sections of society, all of whom have been staunch … Read more

AI can help build solutions to systemic challenges faced by healthcare systems: WEF study – ET HealthWorld

AI can help build solutions to systemic challenges faced by healthcare systems: WEF study – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help fight systemic challenges straining global healthcare systems with AI-driven diagnosis, infectious disease intelligence and clinical trial optimisation showing the highest potential, a new study said on Monday. The report published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) cited several case studies, including one from India, to highlight the transformative … Read more

Question papers leakage in TSPSC not a systemic failure, says State government

Question papers leakage in TSPSC not a systemic failure, says State government

The Telangana government has said the TSPSC question paper leak is “not a systemic or institutional failure” but a wrongdoing by two individual employees | Photo Credit: G. Ramakrishna After a meeting of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao with the chairman of Telangana State Public Service Commission which is in the eye of a storm … Read more

Lead Poisoning, Systemic Racism Are Harming Black Kids’ Test Scores

Lead Poisoning, Systemic Racism Are Harming Black Kids’ Test Scores

By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Aug. 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — It’s well known that exposure to lead can harm young children’s brain development. Now a new study suggests that racial segregation may be compounding the detrimental effects of lead on Black children. The study, of close to 26,000 … Read more