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Indian Health Service Effort to Protect Patients From Abuse Needs Work, Report Says
The U.S. Indian Health Service’s latest effort to protect patients from abuse falls short, federal inspectors said in a report to be released Friday, despite a rush to overhaul policies this year following a sex-abuse scandal. The new policies are too narrow and haven’t been implemented at some facilities, according to the Office of Inspector …
Wabtec opens Indian engineering and technology centre | News
INDIA: The Wabtec India Engineering & Technology Centre was inaugurated on December 12. The company is investing US$5m in the facility, which will occupy five floors of a building on the ITC Green Campus in Bangalore. This will house engineering teams from across the company’s digital electronics portfolio, with the current staff of 600 expected …
Unnao rape case: Indian woman set on fire on way to hearing dies
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Sexual violence against women has been a focus in India in recent years An Indian woman who was set on fire on her way to testify against her alleged rapists has died of her injuries. The 23-year-old died late on Friday after suffering cardiac arrest at a Delhi hospital. …
NASA satellite finds crashed Indian Moon lander Vikram | News
A NASA satellite orbiting the Moon has found India’s Vikram lander which crashed on the lunar surface in September, the United States space agency said on Monday. NASA released an image taken by its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) that showed the site of the spacecraft’s impact (September 6 in India and September 7 in the …
India vs Pakistan: Indian army accuses Pakistan of breaking ceasefire after ‘shots fired’ | World | News
Pakistani troops were accused of breaking the terms of the increasingly fragile ceasefire in the trouble-torn region by opening shelling civilian areas of Shahpur Kerni in Poonch district. The claims follow allegations of Indian ceasefire violations by Pakistani foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. Mr Qureshi said he condemned India’s aggression at the Line of Control …
Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health Opens in Duluth
Research Institute has over 100 field staff, most of which are native. DULUTH, Minn.- The City of Duluth is now home to the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health. The Center opened its first office in the Midwest last Monday right in Duluth on South Street near London Road. They partner with 11 different …
Man burying daughter finds newborn alive in Indian grave | World news
A man digging a grave in northern India found a newborn girl buried alive, police have said, in the latest case to shine a spotlight on female infanticide in the country. Hitesh Sirohi had gone to bury his own daughter, who died a few minutes after birth on Wednesday, when his spade hit an earthen …
Missoula Indian Health Center Wins Major Human Trafficking Grant
The Missoula Indian Health Center found out late last week that they were awarded a highly sought-after federal grant to help fight human trafficking. Azure Sky McGinty, Development and Communications Coordinator provided details of the announcement. “We received notice that we were awarded a Department of Justice grant for about $450,000 to combat sex trafficking …
Indian telecom industry leader lauds Huawei’s technology – Xinhua
NEW DELHI, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) — Chinese telecom company Huawei’s products have a “leading edge” over its competitors, an Indian telecom industry leader said here Thursday. “Huawei has actually surprised me on how fast they have been able to take the technology curve to the level where it is leading-edge,” Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman of …
Judge orders removal of #MeToo posts accusing Indian artist | World news
The high court in Delhi has ordered Google and Facebook to remove all anonymous social media posts accusing the artist Subodh Gupta of sexual harassment and ordered Facebook, which owns Instagram, to reveal the identity of the person behind the account that first made the allegations. Last year, many well-known Indian men, mostly in the …
