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  Getty Images Doctors are protesting against the rape and murder of a colleague in a government hospital in Kolkata Early on Friday morning, a 31-year-old female trainee doctor retired to sleep in a seminar hall after a gruelling day at one of India’s oldest hospitals. It was the last time she was seen alive. The next morning, her colleagues discovered her half-naked body on the podium, bearing extensive injuries. Police later arrested a hospital volunteer worker in connection with what they say is a case of rape and murder at Kolkata’s 138-year-old RG Kar Medical College. Enraged doctors went on strike both in the city and across India, demanding a strict federal law to protect healthcare workers. The tragic incident has again cast a spotlight on the violence against healthcare workers in the country. https://www.highratecpm.com/xtfuewd8?key=808ba3fff2ec6ef16956acb4db80b070 Women make up  nearly 30% of India’s doctors  and 80% of the nursing staff. They are also more vu...

  Business owner Louis Ho remembers how so many of Hong Kong's taxi drivers refused to take him and his mother - who was a wheelchair user - to hospital for routine check-ups. “I didn’t even need the driver to carry my mum or the wheelchair. I did everything myself,” says the 64-year-old whose mother passed away in 2018. He is one of many Hong Kongers who have a story to tell about their city's infamous cabbies. Ask them what they like least about Hong Kong, and taxi drivers will likely be high on the list. https://www.highratecpm.com/xtfuewd8?key=808ba3fff2ec6ef16956acb4db80b070 The most common complaints: drivers are rude, refuse to accept rides and often take longer routes so customers have to pay more. But now the Hong Kong Taxi Council is on a mission to transform this image. They will despatch “courtesy ambassadors” armed with "best-practice" pamphlets to taxi stands. Will that really help? That depends on who you ask. A single campaign cannot school rude or mis...