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January 27, 2018
No ‘ultimate deal’?
January 26, 2018
Autonomous vehicles are getting there
January 25, 2018
Doubts in Davos
January 24, 2018
Erdogan’s risky Syrian incursion
January 23, 2018
US democracy’s latest failure
Right now the focus is on Haryana due to a recent series of gruesome rapes and murders, but concerns over the safety of women in India are not confined to this northern state. Delhi has long been considered one of the most unsafe cities for women.However, even going by Haryana’s abysmal record, what has happened in the last few days has been horrifying. One more case of rape was reported on Friday, taking the total number in the last one week to nine. Rape, by gangs or single individual, is only one part of a growing problem of sexual violence against women.All parts of India, especially in the north, are affected. Each day, the Delhi police register 50 crimes against women on average, including at least four cases of rape.In December 2012, the brutal rape and murder of a 21-year-old...
January 22, 2018
Women’s safety: India’s poor record
Britain has a new minister, the minister for loneliness, perhaps the first position of its kind in the world. While the ministry might be unique, the problems of loneliness are not. Studies have shown that living alone - or feeling lonely - raises the likelihood of premature death. For example, isolated people may take insufficient exercise, have poor diets or be less willing to visit a doctor. This can increase stress levels, driving up blood pressure and inflammation that could lead to heart disease. Those who lived alone, the study found, were more likely to die from heart attacks, strokes, or other heart complications over a four-year period than people living with family or friends, or in some other communal arrangement. Loneliness has proven to be worse for health than smoking 15...
January 21, 2018
Minister for loneliness
January 20, 2018
Palestine front and center
January 18, 2018
A highly taxing question
January 17, 2018
The Libyan capital’s déjà vu
