Melbourne: A 20-year-old Indian student, who suffered serious head injuries after being brutally attacked and robbed in Australia, is now out of induced coma and responding well to the treatment.
Manrajwinder Singh, who was beaten up by gang of eight people perceived to be of African appearance on December 29, is out of induced coma and is responding well to the treatment, his eldest brother Yadwinder Singh said.
"Doctors have been really working hard to save my brother and he is now out of induced coma. There is a long road of recovery for him but the silver lining is that he is responding well," Yadwinder said. However, Singh's condition was still serious, he added.
Singh, in Australia to study accounts, was bashed up by thugs in Birrarung Marr near Princess Bridge, as he and two other friends waited for a train. He was admitted to the Alfred Hospital with serious head injuries.
According to a police statement earlier, he was sitting with two other friends near the footpath when the gang approached them. The gang robbed and assaulted them.
The offenders assaulted Singh by kicking him on the head and hitting him with a stick. Police has already arrested three teenagers in the case.
Trust, of late, has lost its meaning. The only mistake of the 23-year-old software engineer, who was kidnapped and raped in Hyderabad, was that she trusted the cab drivers to take her to her hostel. There is no answer to why India is increasingly becoming a rape capital and why women in metro cities don't feel safe-- whether in cabs, buses, autos or malls. 
The techie, who had moved to Hyderabad recently, was so terrified to report the gang-rape that she filed a police complaint saying she had escaped the rape bid when she was returning from a mall around 8.30 pm on Oct 18. But the incident came to light after the police arrested the cab drivers. Read full story here The drivers drove her for nearly four hours in Hyderabad on several stretches, including the Outer Ring Road, and raped her at an isolated area near the Open Mind Birla School, Tellapur. They later dropped her near her hostel at around 2.30am. Read full story here In another shocking incident in Hyderabad in September, a 20-year-old polytechnic student was allegedly kidnapped and raped by the college canteen owner for almost 17 months in Hyderabad. Accused Satya Prakash Singh, 34, a native of Bihar, runs the canteen at TRR College of Technology at Meerpet, allegedly drugged and raped the victim in his flat. Read full story hereAfter the horrendous Delhi bus gang-rape on Dec 16, 2012, and the consequent death penalty to culprits, it was felt that the city would be safer for women. It is only far from it. Over 1,121 rape cases were registered in Delhi alone from Jan-Aug this year, the highest in the last 13 years.A 14-year-old girl was raped by a minor boy at knife-point at Gokalpuri in Delhi in October. The boy took her to an isolated place near the Wazirabad flyover and raped her. Based on the complaint, the juvenile was arrested.A 25-year-old woman was drugged and then raped by four persons in the Welcome area of North-East Delhi in May. The victim, who had separated from her husband and living alone, came across one Yashdev while looking for a job. He, on the pretext of introducing her to prospective employers, took advantage of her along with his friends.In Sept, the sexual abuse of a 9-year-old girl at Sholavaram near Chennai shocked the state. Four youths entered the house at 4am, took the girl who was sleeping. They raped the girl in a hut and fled. Police arrested two people Mohan and Ram in this connection. A 22-year-old engineering student in Chennai committed suicide at Chengam, 180km from Chennai, after her cousin E Ezhilarasan, also a student, posted photos of her sexual abuse on the internet. He along with his friends had raped her intimidating her with threats to circulate the clip. A 22-year-old engineering student in Chennai committed suicide at Chengam, 180km from Chennai, after her cousin E Ezhilarasan, also a student, posted photos of her sexual abuse on the internet. He along with his friends had raped her intimidating her with threats to circulate the clip. In September, a court in Bangalore sentenced six persons to life term for gang-raping a law student on October 13 last year on Bangalore University's Jnanabharathi campus. The girl and her friend were sitting in a car when they were attacked by the eight-member gang.There is a concern that Bangalore, the IT capital, is turning into rape capital. On Oct 19, three bar girls were allegedly gang-raped by a group of eight men. In Mumbai, the gang-rape of a 22-year-old photo-journalist when she was on an assignment shocked the nation in September. The culprits raped her after bashing up her male friend at an abandoned mill close to the railway tracks in the Mahalaxmi area. The same month, Santacruz police in Mumbai registered three rape cases in three days. That included the arrest of a 37-year-old man for allegedly raping his four-year-old neighbour. The four-year-old victim was allegedly raped by her neighbour when her mother stepped out of her house to buy milk.On September 23, a woman, who was asleep while travelling in an autorickshaw in Mumbai, was allegedly abducted and taken to Sanjay Gandhi National Park and sexually assaulted by a group of unidentified men. 
1912: A selection meeting between the Australian board and players went horribly wrong as Clem Hill, the captain and player Peter McAlister had a go at each other which ended in Hill punching McAlister.
1932-33: The famous body-line series which evoked a huge controversy in the world. England bowled at the body, not to restrict but to intimidate and probably the only way to stop Don Bradman. 1946: Bradman batted uncertainly at Brisbane during the first Test, edging a ball to Jack Ikin at slip on just 28. However, he stood his ground and the umpire was forced to give him the benefit of the doubt. There's plenty to suggest that had he been given out he might well have retired; instead, he went on to make 187. Australians famously don't walk, and it was Bradman who set the tone. 1958-59: Ian Meckiff took six wickets in the second Test at Melbourne to win the game when England were convinced he was throwing the ball with his action. It's a terrible insult to be labelled a chucker, a reputation that stuck for many years. 1975: The teams coming in to play on the final day of the test found the Headingley stadium vandalised overnight by protesters campaigning for the release of convicted robber George Davis. Captains Tony Grieg and Ian Chappell both reluctantly agreed the game could not continue. 1979: During the 1979 Ashes, Dennis Lillee came out to bat sporting an aluminium bat and was adamant that he would play on despite the umpires insisting he change his chosen blade. It was not until his captain Greg Chappell intervened that Lillee conceded—by tossing his old bat to the floor in disgust.1981: The situation was so dire that Ladbrokes, the bookmakers, offered 500-1 against an England victory.Dennis Lillee and Rodney Marsh had plunged Pounds 15 with Ladbrokes for their team to lose. Their team coach driver, Peter Anonymous, had spotted the bet and collected the Pounds 7,500 winnings, from which Lillee and Marsh bought him a set of golf clubs, return air tickets to Australia and paid for his hotel accommodation. 1982: At Perth, an early incarnation of the Barmy Army jumped the hoardings, ran past Terry Alderman and slapped him on the head. Alderman, who was a feisty character, promptly gave chase and wrestled the offender to the ground, only to dislocate his own shoulder in the process. 1985: Wayne Phillips was batting on 59 trying to squeeze in a draw with just over an hour left of the last day's play when he hit one ball that crunched into the foot of Allan Lamb and popped up in the air for David Gower to take a simple catch. Phillips was given out with no clear evidence that the ball had not touched the ground.1990-91: David Gower and John Morris's attempt to lighten the mood by buzzing the team in a pair of Tiger Moths during a practice match backfired badly. Gower couldn't believe the fuss made over a bit of high jinks. 2005: Ricky Ponting’s frustration at England’s bowlers continually taking breaks from the field of play during the 2005 series boiled over at Nottingham when he was run out by substitute fielder Gary Pratt. Ponting, stormed from the pitch pointing and mouthing at the England balcony and ended up being fined 75per cent of his match fee as a result. 2007: After losing the Ashes in the year 2005 Australia were determined to get it back and Ricky Ponting's men went on to inflict the first whitewash in the Ashes since the 1920-21 series. 2009: With Jimmy Anderson and Monty Panesar fighting to get to a draw, England were accused of deliberate time-wasting by Australian captain Ricky Ponting when England skipper Andrew Strauss sent the 12th man Bilal Shafayat twice into the field of play.2013: DRS has come under the scanner after Jonathan Trott was wrongly declared out. England coach Andy Flower demanded clarification from the ICC of the rules after Jonathan Trott was given out first ball by the third umpire when it was discovered one of the HotSpot cameras was not working for the replays.2013: Australia was left fuming as England's Stuart Broad enjoyed a massive slice of luck on the third day of the first Ashes Test at Trent Bridge.Despite knowing he nicked the ball, Broad continued batting. This has angered the cricketing community worldwide.