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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

Rights groups seek Pragya Thakur’s disqualification from Parliament

The letter has been addressed to the Speaker of Lok Sabha seeking her disqualification for her recent hate speech in Shivamogga where she incited Hindus against Muslim community

Was the murder of Abdul Jaleel a hate crime driven by ‘moral policing’ by Hindutva outfits?

Another incident added to the increasing number of communal crimes being reported from the Dakshina Kannada district

Kabul University Prof Protests Taliban ban on Women’s Education, Tears Up Diplomas on TV

A viral clip shows the professor saying that if his mother and sister can’t study, he doesn’t accept the education system.

‘Forcible Conversions’ in Narayanpur and Kondagaon districts in Chhattisgarh – Part II

In the previous article, we saw that forcible conversions...

Behind one of UP’s biggest ‘anti-conversion’ case; 54 persons booked

While UP Police continues to investigate the case of a church in Fatehpur accused of alleged ‘forceful conversions’, an on ground report shows a different side to the story.

Church vandalised in Karnataka’s Mysuru, statue of Baby Jesus damaged

Mysuru Police claim to have organised several teams to locate and apprehend the attackers

PCI censures ‘Star of Mysore’ newspaper for anti-Muslim editorial

The evening newspaper had in its editorial blamed the community for spread of the corona pandemic

Gujarat: Four people detained for beating up Dalit youth in Vadodara

In a video that has now gone viral, seven “upper caste” men can be seen physically assaulting a Dalit man in a public space

Same sex marriage is not an elitist concern: Akkai Padmashali

She wrote a letter to MP Sushil Modi after he opposed same sex marriages in his Parliament speech

‘Forcible Conversions’ in Narayanpur and Chhattisgarh – Part 1

The first part of a special report after a fact-finding team’s visit to the Congress-ruled state in central India  

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