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Three Major Takeaways of NCRB Report 2022

Crimes against women rise again, as do crimes against children, and UAPA net widens.

ON December 4, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) released its annual report, ‘Crime in India’, which explains the crime rate, state-wise data on crimes, the conviction rate, and the rate of charge-sheeting, etc.

Here are a few charts discussing three of the most significant takeaways from the report.

Act Immediately on Sexual Harassment Complaint

THE Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) and its women’s sub-committee, the All India Coordination Committee of Working Women (AICCWW-CITU), in a statement issued on December 15, express deep concern and anguish over the distressing revelation made by a civil judge in Banda, Uttar Pradesh. The judge has disclosed incidents of sexual harassment and torture she endured, to the extent that she contemplated seeking permission to end her life.

Slums, Poor Localities Struggle to Resume Normal Life in Michaung-hit Tamil Nadu

A WEEK has passed since floods were triggered by Cyclone Michaung, yet specific localities in Chennai and its neighbouring districts are struggling to return to normalcy. Most people living in apartments and middle-class localities returned to work a day or two after the floods. But slum-dwellers and those living in slum resettlement colonies are worst affected.

WB:Thousand Days of Deprivation and the Fight for Justice

ON December 9, 2023, the dharna movement at the foot of the Gandhi statue in Esplanade, Kolkata marked its 1000th day. This protest is held by the deserving candidates who had successfully cleared the West Bengal State Level Selection Test (SLST) for secondary and higher secondary school teaching positions. Nearly three years have transpired since the inception of this movement.

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