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Jauhar & the Politics of Distraction: How the Right and so-called liberals often complement each other
The selectiveness of medieval Muslim or medieval Rajput history in contestation is not just deliberate effort to alienate these two communities but is also a Brahmanical viewpoint that refuses to subject Peshwa or Maratha history to a similar brand of selectivity
Scrap the move to raise the age of marriage of girls to 21: AIDWA
According to the group of activists, this move is a diversionary tactic from a government which hasn’t given adequate resources towards nutritional programs
No more teenage girls to be forced into marriage in India?
The Union Cabinet’s clearance to raise the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years has set social media abuzz
Madras HC expresses “dismay and anguish” as NCERT removes report on gender non-conforming, transgender children
Titled 'Inclusion of Transgender Children in School Education: Concerns and Roadmap', the report was taken down from website within hours of its publishing, allegedly owing to ‘external pressure’
Muzaffarnagar horror: Two school principals drug and molest 17 girl students!
Under the pretense of practical exams, two principals kept 17 girls overnight in a private school
SC Collegium recommends elevation of first openly gay judge to Delhi HC
Saurabh Kirpal has been recommended and deferred four time prior to this, purportedly on the flimsy grounds that his partner is a foreign national
Hyderabad-based techie arrested for threating Virat Kohli’s infant with rape
Ramnagesh Srinivas Akubathinihad reportedly changed his Twitter handle and pretended to be a Pakistani user
Afghanistan: Bullet riddled bodies of women activists found in Mazar-e-Sharif
Frozan Safi (30), who had taught at a private university in Balkh the northern Afghan province, was one of the victims identified
Hate Watch: Twitter user threatens Virat Kohli’s infant with rape, deletes accounts after outrage
Many try to divert attention elsewhere, suggesting saying handle operated from Pakistan, fact checks prove otherwise
Dabur uses LGBTQI storyline to sell skin bleach, gets trolled for ‘insulting’ Karva Chauth
Company backs down, pulls out racist advertisement after MP minister’s ‘warning’, however the advertisement is problematic on other levels
Bombay court convicts man for sexual harassment in one of the shortest trials!
The case was registered on September 28 and the court delivered its verdict on October 5
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