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Hindustan Times
02-06-2025
- Health
- Hindustan Times
Karnataka, Delhi, AP among 5 states with highest number of female sex workers, says study
Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Delhi and Telangana have the highest concentration of Female Sex Workers (FSW) in the country, according to a study. Karnataka is at the top of the list with 15.4 per cent, followed by Andhra Pradesh (12.0 per cent), Maharashtra (9.6 per cent), Delhi (8.9 per cent) and Telangana (7.6 per cent), the programmatic mapping and population size estimation (PMPSE) said. The five "were States with highest size of FSW contributing around 53.0 per cent of total FSW key population size in the country," it said. The number of FSW per 1000 adult women was highest in Arunachal Pradesh (17.24), followed by Delhi (15.46), Goa (11.67), Chandigarh (10.10) and Karnataka (8.34). Observing that India has the world's second-largest HIV burden, the study said key populations of female sex workers (FSW), men who have sex with men (MSM), hijra/transgender (H/TG) people, and people who inject drugs (PWID), are disproportionately affected by the HIV epidemic. The community-led PMPSE was carried out in 651 districts of 32 states and Union Territories of India. The goal was to identify the hotspots, network operators, and estimate the size of key population groups, said the study, published in PLOS Global Public Health. The PMPSE estimated a total of 9,95,499 FSWs, 3,51,020 MSM, 2,88,717 PWIDs, and 96,193 H/TG individuals. PMPSE for FSWs identified 43,579 hotspots and 10,718 network operators. FSWs were further reported in a total of 16,095 villages, it said. Slightly more than half (55.1 per cent) of the hotspots were home-based, followed by 16.1 per cent street-based locations and 5.9 per cent brothel-based. Highest number of hotspots in PMPSE were mapped in Karnataka (around 20.0 per cent of the total hotspots), followed by Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra (around 8.0 per cent each), Madhya Pradesh (around 7.0 per cent) and Tamil Nadu (around 6.0 per cent). In Telangana, there were around 38 FSWs per hotspot, highest in the country followed by 29 FSWs per hotspot in Andhra Pradesh and 26 FSWs per hotspot in Delhi, Meghalaya and West Bengal, it said. The PMPSE reported presence of FSWs in 642 districts of the country. With an estimated 2.54 million people living with HIV (PLHIV), India ranks as the country with the second largest population of PLHIV globally, the study said. The National AIDS and STD Control Programme (NACP) has successfully responded by restricting the epidemic. Through its comprehensive and pointed initiatives, nearly 44 per cent reduction in new HIV infections and a remarkable 79 per cent decline in AIDS-related deaths from 2010 to 2023 has been estimated in India. "Despite the significant success achieved so far, there is no place for complacency and the program implementation must continue with equal vigour and energy in the years to come," it said. HIV prevalence among key populations (KPs) remains significantly higher than the overall adult prevalence, said the study, part of the Surveillance and Epidemiological activities of the National AIDS and STD Control Programme of the central government. The study further said mapping and population size estimation are pivotal to an evidence-based response to HIV/AIDS in settings with concentrated epidemics.
Yahoo
06-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Fact Check: The facts behind resurfaced claim that Zelenskyy has multiple homes, planes, offshore accounts
Claim: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy owns 15 homes including a $35 million home in Florida, has $1.2 billion in an overseas bank account, owns 15 homes, three private planes and has a monthly income of $11 million. Rating: In March 2025, following a contentious meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump and the resulting pause in U.S. military aid to Ukraine, a years-old claim (archived) about Zelenskyy's alleged wealth began to recirculate. The claim, shared across Facebook (archived), Instagram (archived) and X (archived) in the form of an image, read: The President of Ukraine owns a 35 million dollar home in Florida and has $1.2 billion in a overseas bank account. Zelensky owns 15 homes, 3 private planes, and has a monthly income of 11 million dollars. Why is no one questioning where our AID is going? However, there was no proof of any of the claims shared within the image. The Ukrainian president submitted a 2024 asset declaration to the National Agency on Corruption Prevention covering 2023 that detailed his owned properties, income, bank accounts and vehicles. The NACP is a Ukrainian government unit that takes asset declarations from all politicians who receive a salary from the state. According to the declaration, Zelenskyy owned fewer than 15 properties, none of them in the U.S., owned no planes and had an annual income of around $300,000, equivalent to about $25,000 per month. Records searches in Florida's 67 counties revealed no properties in Zelenskyy's name. The declaration listed just one overseas bank account holding 350,272 euros (around $377,000). Given the above, we rate this claim false. The Florida mansion part of the claim dated to at least February 2022. A media report, republished in English from Russian tabloid newspaper reported the mansion claim the day before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In March 2022, the claim was credited to a Ukrainian politician who was stripped of his lawmaking status for parroting Russian propaganda talking points, according to Snopes reporting. Politifact reported on a version of the image claim from April 2022, indicating it started circulating shortly after the reports mentioned above. Upon closer inspection, the claims from the image shared in March 2025 were largely unsubstantiated. To start, there was no trace of a $35 million Florida mansion in Zelenskyy's name. Searches of public records from Florida's 67 counties found no deeds or mortgages in his name. Previous fact checks of this claim by AFP and PolitiFact also found no properties in Florida belonging to Zelenskyy. In his 2024 asset declaration, Zelenskyy declared whole or part ownership of 14 properties, a number that included several parking spaces. The declaration included one property in the United Kingdom but none in the U.S. Given the number of properties declared, it followed that Zelenskyy did not own 15 homes. The declaration categorized seven of the registered real estate assets as apartments. In terms of other assets, Zelenskyy declared two cars with a combined value of about $158,000. No planes were listed in the declaration. As for the claimed $11 million monthly income, in 2023, Zelenskyy received two sources of income classed as "Salary received at main place of work": $8,136.07 (336,000 Ukrainian hryvni) for "state affairs management" and $5,593.55 (231,000 Ukrainian hryvni) from Kvartal 95, a TV-production company founded by Zelenskyy and other business partners. Zelenskyy's total reported income for 2023 was 12,423,008 Ukrainian hryvni or $300,816.93 — $25,068 per month. In terms of offshore accounts, Zelenskyy declared that he had access to one account at Union Bancaire Privée, a Swiss bank and wealth management firm, as well as accounts at several Ukrainian banks. The Union Bancaire Privée account held 350,272 euros (around $377,000). In 2021, following the release of the Pandora Papers, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, a global network of investigative journalists, reported that Zelenskyy and several business partners had owned a "network of offshore companies." Zelenskyy largely removed himself from the network in connection with becoming president in 2019, according to the report, gifting shares in offshore companies to his wife or business partners. It was unclear from the report how much money was held in the offshore companies. Regardless, according to Forbes' Real-Time Billionaire list, there were seven billionaires in Ukraine on March 5, 2025. None of these were Zelenskyy, indicating that he did not hold $1.2 billion offshore accounts. Brown. "Zelensky Found a Billion Dollars and a Villa in Miami." E Prime Feed, 23 Feb. 2022, colinnew. "Zelensky Found a Billion Dollars and a Villa in Miami." SHTF, Mar. 2022, @cwarren2000. "Please. Shut up! You're Just Lying as Always. ." X, 28 Feb. 2025, Funke, Daniel. "Unproven Claims about Volodymyr Zelensky's Wealth Resurface Online." AFP, 9 Mar. 2023, Healey, Thomas. "Everything Is Being Exposed. Everything." Facebook, 1 Mar. 2025, LICON, ADRIANA GOMEZ. "What They Said: Trump, Zelenskyy and Vance's Heated Argument in the Oval Office." AP News, 28 Feb. 2025, Loginova, Elena. "Pandora Papers Reveal Offshore Holdings of Ukrainian President and His Inner Circle." OCCRP, Accessed 5 Mar. 2025. @ "And Now They're Making up Information about Zelenskyy, Probably to Help Diffuse the Whole Abusive Bullying Fiasco That Took Place." Instagram, 3 Mar. 2025, Nguyen, Andy. "No Proof That Zelenskyy Owns a $35 Million Home in Florida." @politifact, Accessed 5 Mar. 2025. Offshore Havens and Hidden Riches of World Leaders and Billionaires Exposed in Unprecedented Leak - ICIJ. 3 Oct. 2021, "Trump Orders a 'Pause' of US Military Aid for Ukraine." AP News, Accessed 5 Mar. 2025. @TRUMP_ARMY_. "LET'S THAT SINK IN !!" X, 28 Feb. 2025, "Verkhona Rada Strips Kiva from Lawmaker Mandate." The Kyiv Independent, 15 Mar. 2022, Декларування. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025. Перегляд документа #d8f5e4ed-0d3f-4781-8988-158d6aa0ae83 | ЄДИНИЙ ДЕРЖАВНИЙ РЕЄСТР ДЕКЛАРАЦІЙ. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
