In recent times, a deeply troubling trend of physical assaults against medical professionals has been on the rise. Medical professionals, who have committed their lives to the noble cause of healing and saving lives, are now themselves becoming victims of violence. Social media posts are filled with the frustration of medical professionals, regretting their decision to stay at home.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke more than two months of public silence over deadly ethnic clashes in India’s northeast, saying Thursday that the assaults of two women as they were being paraded naked by a mob in Manipur state were unforgivable.

SINGAPORE/NEW DELHI, Dec 15: When a 17-year-old Bollywood actress took to social media this week alleging she was sexually assaulted on an airplane, she appeared to catch the airline industry off-guard.

UNITED NATIONS, March 14: Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Monday that women are suffering "new assaults on their safety and dignity" around the world, pointing to extremists subjugating women and governments curtailing women's freedoms and rolling back laws against domestic violence.

KATHMANDU, Sept 28: Photojournalist Club, Nepal has condemned physical assaults on two journalists on duty during a rally taken out by taxi drivers in the capital Tuesday.