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Beyond mere Recognition: The Jane Kaushik judgment and the next frontier of transgender equality
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court acknowledged the dignity and rights of employment of transgender individuals, ordered monetary compensation for a transwoman teacher who had been terminated from her position, and ordered that a model Equal Opportunity Policy be made mandatory in all institutions, going further than the Constitution's promise of equality in private employment
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K’taka: Bajrang Dal allegedly demonstrated outside a mosque
They were apparently protesting the arrest of one of its members, Nitesh, in connection with harassing a minor Muslim girl in Karnataka’s Chikkamagaluru
Moral policing: Mob assaults a young man for talking to a girl in MP
FIR has been filed by the victim, reportedly a Muslim, claiming he was beaten for talking to a girl
Mohan Bhagwat: Distorted History-Sectarian Agenda
In a series of lectures in Vigyan Bhavan in...
Maharashtra: At Shaurya Path Sanchalan event, Shankar Gaikar makes anti-Muslim statements
Gaikar uses the histories of Chhtrapati Shivaji and Aurangzeb to enthrall the audience and create disharmony
Non veg food ‘ban’: Student group plans protest at Delhi’s Hansraj College
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New Delhi: A group of students affiliated to the Students’...
Student groups clash in Lucknow University on Rohith Vemula’s death anniversary
Rohith Vemula, a Dalit PhD scholar, hanged himself in his hostel room on January 17, 2016
MP: Promises CM Made in 2016 Still Unfulfilled, Alleges SC/ST Employee Association
The organisation has threatened a massive protest on February 26 in Bhopal.
REPLUG: Rohith Vemula, Your Sacrifice was Not in Vain
The HCU scholar showed us why it is crucial to fight the subtle atrocities and discriminations that exist in academic institutions in the name of excellence and autonomy.
A unique Yatra, Swaraj March by Adivasi communities that asserts yearning for key policy changes
In a recent 21 day march from Banswara to...
Anti-Muslim targeting continues in UP, another historical Mosque is demolished
According to the Imam (priest) a litigation against the impending demolition was still pending in the lower court
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