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Telangana registered the highest number of human trafficking cases in the country in 2024, according to NCRB data. While police rescued 812 persons during anti-trafficking operations, the conviction rate remained poor, with only two convictions recorded in cases that reached courts
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NCRB 2024 data shows Delhi recorded the highest metro murders linked to love affairs and illicit relationships among major Indian cities. Disputes, vendetta, and financial motives dominated killings nationwide, with a slight overall decline in murder cases
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The fact that nearly 88 per cent of the acid attack cases are still pending trial is a grim reminder of the serious flaws in India's criminal justice system
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Telangana police booked 336 human trafficking cases in 2023, standing second in India. They rescued 626 persons, including 604 women. Anti-Human Trafficking Units continue raids against gangs, aiming to make the State free from human trafficking, says Women’s Wing official
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Telangana recorded 23,679 crimes against women in 2023, up from 22,065 in 2022, with a high rate of abetment to suicide. NCRB data highlights persistent high crime rates, urging stricter law enforcement and social support for vulnerable women
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With rising unnatural deaths and increasingly complex crimes, a systemic overhaul, including modernised morgues, standardised autopsy practices, and policy support, is needed in India’s forensic medicine system
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Indian Heart and Stroke Association analysis points to many factors that make Indians vulnerable to heart disease
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The report pointed out that every year about 74 medical students tragically take their own lives due to overwhelming anxiety, depression, and stress
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The BRS working president said the Telangana region was earlier one of the most drought-prone and arid areas where lack of irrigation sources and willful neglect by previous governments had resulted in agricultural distress and the massive number of farmers committing suicides before 2014.
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The sharp decline in suicides among farmers was attributed to proactive measures initiated by the BRS government following the formation of the State
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Advanced tools fail to bring numbers down Despite the police boasting about latest tools including facial recognition to trace missing persons, the number of persons who have gone missing remains high.
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The competitive trajectory for students begins even before admission and persists through campus placement, detracting them from the holistic experience of higher education
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Telangana is one among eight States where the prevalence of child marriage is high
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Growing atrocities against women prove that the changes made to criminal law after the Nirbhaya case have not yielded the desired results
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A total of 12 States and union Territories, including Telangana, have recorded crime rates higher than the national average of 66.4 per cent
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NCRB Legal Service Beneficiaries Report (2016-2019) shows that only 7.91% of under-trials utilised their entitled legal aid services, raising concerns about the system’s effectiveness
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In the race towards profiteering, HEIs are forgetting that education is a movement and not labour force-generating factories
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Here’s all you need to know about the types of offenders and how to report them
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HEIs must re-assess the systems and processes that don’t allow for sound mental health of students
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Palla Rajeshwar Reddy lashed out at a section of media for distorting facts and publishing false reports over farmers’ suicide in the State and defaming Telangana