Doctors strike across India

Doctors across India strike in protest over the rape and murder of a female colleague at a hospital in Kolkata last week. The Indian Medical Association says all hospital services in the country except emergency care will be shut down.

Also on the programme: The Taliban’s three year anniversary since taking over Afghanistan; and, Janice Joplin’s story is played out on stage in London.

Presenter Paul Henley is joined by Paula Erizanu, a journalist and writer in Moldova’s capital Chisinau, and Christopher Sabatini, a Senior Research Fellow for Latin America, the US and the Americas Programme at Chatham House.

(Photo: Doctors in India holding signs at a protest condemning the rape and murder of a trainee doctor. August 16, 2024. REUTERS/Sahiba Chawdhary)