Simdega (Jharkhand) [India], August 24 (ANI): A Special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court has sentenced two persons to life imprisonment for raping a 10-year-old girl and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 each on both of them.
Washington DC [US], August 23 (ANI): An Afghan woman on Saturday gave birth to a "baby girl" onboard a US evacuation flight upon landing at a US airbase in Germany.
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir), August 22 (ANI): On the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, the local girls turned up in the battalions of the Srinagar Sector of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to celebrate the festival with CRPF troopers on Sunday.
New Delhi [India], August 22 (ANI): Among the evacuees from Afghanistan who landed at the Hindon airbase in Ghaziabad on Sunday were at least two infants and several children.
Thane (Maharastra) [India], August 22 (ANI): A police constable has been arrested for allegedly molesting a 17-year-old girl in the Dombivli area of Thane district in Maharastra on August 19.
Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) [India], August 21 (ANI): Two lovers attempted suicide by consuming poison in Guntur's Dachepalli on Saturday after the girl's family did not approve of their marriage.
Vizianagaram (Andhra Pradesh) [India], August 21 (ANI): Police have arrested a youth for pouring petrol on a girl and "setting her ablaze" on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday at Chauduwada in Poosapatirega mandal of Vizianagaram district.
Washington [US], August 20 (ANI): The US is deeply worried about Afghan women and girls, their rights to education, work and freedom of movement post-Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): Social media sites Instagram and Facebook have removed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's post that revealed the identity of the parents of a minor girl who was raped and murdered in Delhi, official sources revealed on Friday.
Rawalpindi (Pakistan), August 20 (ANI): The safety and security of women has become a big question in Pakistan as everyday incidents of rape, sexual assaults are being reported from different parts of the country.
Paris [France], August 20 (ANI): Amid the rapidly evolving events in Afghanistan, UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay has declared that "the fundamental right to education for all, in particular for girls and women, must continue unhindered".
Washington [US], August 19 (ANI): Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has expressed fear for women and girls in Afghanistan as the Taliban has once again taken control of the war-torn country after 20 years of US military operations.