Rashme Sehgal

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90% rape victims get no medical aid or counselling

Rape victims are known to suffer from Rape Trauma Syndrome (RTS) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) but in 90 per cent of the cases, they receive no counselling or medical assistance.

Delhi, NCR water project lands in a row

A public interest project to mitigate NCR’s increasing water shortages initiated from the PMO in 2009 has seen another letter being fired to the PMO wanting to know why it is stalled.

Emphasis on R&D in science policy

India is set to position itself amongst the top five scientific powers in the world by the end of this decade according to the new science policy which lays greater emphasis on innovation and research and development.

Activists demand changes in law

Women groups have demanded sweeping changes in the definition of consent in rape cases which fall under the Criminal Law (Amend-ment) Bill, 2012.

Anti-pollution body wants green tax on cars

In an effort to curb the rapid dieselisation, the Environment Pollution Prevention and Control Authority (EPCA) has called for a proposal to impose both a one time green tax on new cars and also reintroduce the system of owners paying an annual tax on diesel cars.

Turning point: India Against Rape

A 23-year old girl, a trainee physiotherapist, and her 27-year old male friend, a B.Tech graduate, watch a movie at a plush multiplex in Delhi’s Saket area and then take a scooter rickshaw to Munirka

‘India should use biomass jet fuel’

Can non-fossil fuel meet future requirements of the transportation industry?

Protests held across city, Delhi police HQ besieged

The boiling anger among Delhi’s citizens against the brutal assault and gangrape of a 23-year-old para-medical student, battling for her life in Safdarjung Hospital, saw spontaneous protests break out in the city.

Bus ridership key to better city living

The ministry of urban transport is giving a major push to improve ridership in bus transport services across all major Indian cities by 2020.

Can IIT plans save our rivers?

Can the IITs prepare a blueprint to save our polluted rivers? Water experts believe the contrary.

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