NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Authorities in New Delhi said on Monday they would ban doctors from conducting an archaic and degrading test during the forensic examinations of rape victims, ...

Delhi’s government has said that a controversial test used by some doctors in India to determine whether a woman has been raped can be performed in some cases but isn't advised for sexual assault ...

The India Supreme Court Monday declared that performing the “two-finger” or “three-finger” vaginal test on victims of rape or sexual assault will be classed as misconduct. Also dubbed the “virginity” ...

While India has promised swift justice in the case of the woman who died Saturday after a brutal gang rape, human-rights groups say the problem is much thornier than punishing the six men accused in ...