The father of an Indian student whose brutal rape provoked a global outcry said he wanted her name made public so she could be an inspiration to victims of sexual assault.

An Indian woman who was gang-raped and beaten on a bus in New Delhi died at a Singapore hospital, after her ordeal galvanised Indians to demand greater protection for women from sexual violence that impacts thousands of them every day.

The Indian gang-rape victim whose assault in New Delhi triggered nationwide protests has died, the Singapore hospital treating her said last night.

Singapore surgeons have removed a tumour the size of a human head growing on the neck and over the chest of a grossly underweight Indonesian boy, following a 10-hour operation, hospital chiefs said today.