Kolkata doctor rape-murder case, Hindenburg allegations, Mpox, and more: The week in 5 charts

Here are five charts that will help you understand some of the key stories from last week

The body of a woman doctor was found inside a seminar hall of the RG Kar Government Hospital in north Kolkata on August 9, 2024. Preliminary autopsy reports indicated that she was sexually abused before being murdered. A civic volunteer of Kolkata Police was arrested in connection with the crime the next day.

Doctors and other medical staff have been protesting in different parts of the country affecting the functioning of health facilities. They are pressing for a Central law to check violence against healthcare personnel, declaring hospitals safe zones with mandatory security entitlements among other demands.

The Union Home Ministry has asked all State police forces to provide it situation reports every two hours in the wake of the protests by doctors, nursing staff and others.

The Supreme Court on Sunday (August 18, 2024) took suo motu cognisance of the rape and murder case. A three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud is scheduled to hear the case, instituted on the court’s own motion, on Tuesday (August 20, 2024).

The apex court’s suo motu intervention follows an August 13 order of the Calcutta High Court transferring the investigation to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from the Kolkata Police.

SEBI chief Madhabi Buch was linked to Adani Group-related offshore funds in a conflict of interest, American short-selling firm Hindenburg Research said on Tuesday (August 13). This comes after the firm’s earlier claim that the Adani Group was “siphoning” money by manipulating stock prices. Since SEBI is the investigating agency involved in the case, the firm said it was an “obvious conflict of interest.”

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