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In early August, a doctor was raped and murdered in a Kolkata public hospital by a “civic volunteer” who was neither a patient nor a staff member. The crime has enraged and rattled the medical ...

A knife attack on a doctor in India has renewed an impassioned debate about whether enough is being done to protect medical staff in the world’s most populous nation’s often crowded and overstretched ...

A warning to listeners that this next story deals with the subject of gender-based violence and sexual assault. Doctors across India are leading protests for safer working conditions. That's after a ...

New Delhi — More than three months after the rape and murder of a 31-year-old female doctor in India sparked wide-scale protests across the country, the trial of the only person accused of the brutal ...

Indian doctors in government hospitals across several states halted elective services "indefinitely" on Monday to protest the rape and murder of a young medic. The 31-year-old woman's brutalized body ...

The death and apparent rape of a physician trainee reignited rage over violence against women and prompted nationwide protests by colleagues. By Hari Kumar and Sameer Yasir Reporting from New Delhi ...

Six were subsisting only on water and were admitted into the hospital after a multiday fast to demand justice for the brutal rape and killing of a medical resident. By Suhasini Raj Reporting from New ...

India's Supreme Court has set up a national task force to ensure the safety of medical workers after days of protests by junior doctors following the rape and murder of a medical student in a hospital ...

Holding candles, hundreds of thousands of women marched through the night in cities across India, to protest the brutal rape and murder of a young female doctor in a hospital that has fueled anger ...

India faces a worrying rise in cancer cases. Doctors Gopal Sharma and Rakesh Kumar Agarwal explain pollution, diet, obesity, and delayed diagnosis are key drivers. They emphasize early detection and ...

MUMBAI, India — Thousands of women marched across several Indian cities overnight and Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for strict punishment for crimes against women, as outrage and protests ...