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Dalit and Tribal girls brutalised in Andhra Pradesh: Twin crimes lay bare caste violence and systemic collapse
From the two-year gang-rape of a 15-year-old Dalit girl to the public torture of a 10-year-old Adivasi child, Andhra Pradesh reels under the weight of caste atrocities, bureaucratic silence, and political blame games
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A 2020 Report of 10 Worst Victims of apathy: Dalits, Adivasis
How this year saw amplified instances of attacks on historically oppressed & marginalised communities facing both discrimination and violence
Centre to fund 60% of scholarship for Scheduled Caste students
The revised scheme is to benefit four crore SC students directly as the money will now be transferred to their bank accounts
Delay in scholarships leave Dalit students in hot water
The underprivileged students often end up deferring their admission in universities abroad because of delay in award letter from the Government
AIFRTE slams Centre for suggesting scrapping reservation in IIT faculty recruitment
The move was also condemned by IIT Bombay’s Ambedkar Periyar Phule Study Circle for its casteist ignorance
Hathras case: UP State & DM deny accepting house and job requests of the victim’s family
The victim’s family submitted before the High Court that they were promised compensation, employment and a house by the DM which was being refused
Tribal man dies under mysterious circumstances in UP
Family rejects police theory of drunken brawl, demands justice
Gumla lynching case accused moves Jharkhand HC for bail
One Adivasi man was killed and three injured in the April 2019 mob attack
Why not call ‘lower castes’ by their name wonders BJP MP Pragya Thakur
While calling oppressed castes ‘ignorant’ the BJP politician encourages the audience to stick to their caste profession
Tribal leader V.K Geetha leads struggle against destructive development
She is the first woman Tribal rights activist to lead the forest dwelling Kadar community to resist the Kerala Hydel Power Project
Manual Scavengers Act: Karnataka HC issues directions over implementation
The court noted that manual scavenging is most inhuman and that it infringes the fundamental rights guaranteed under Article 21
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