
Kolkata rape: Modi condemns violence against women
India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, has condemned violence against women after a night of protests across the country following the rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata.
India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, has condemned violence against women after a night of protests across the country following the rape and murder last week of a young doctor in Kolkata. How bad is the situation for women in India?
Also in the programme: the woman jailed in Russia for donating $51 to Ukraine; Meta owner Mark Zuckerberg's statue of his wife.
(Picture: A woman holds a candle during a vigil condemning the rape and murder of a trainee medic at a government-run hospital in Kolkata, on a street in Mumbai, India. Credit: Reuters)
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