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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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TN: Six Dalit students allegedly made to clean toilet in govt school by headmistress
It was only after one of the students contracted dengue, that he revealed to his mother that he was bitten by mosquitoes while cleaning the toilet
Six Govt Law college teachers taken off duty after ABVP complaint: MP
A state government run law college in Indore, MP responded promptly to the RSS-affiliated ABVP’s complaints allegedly accusing the teachers of radical views
Stop drama or die: Threats to Tipu Sultan play in Mysuru
Death threats were received by the director, of a play based on Tipu Sultan, C Cariappa, being staged in Mysuru; the threat letters from Shivamogga
Seeking agreed demands execution, Dalit farm workers’ rally lathicharged in Punjab
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I feel ashamed of this reaction of an Israeli diplomat on Kashmir Files: Nadav Lapid, IFFI head of jury
Not taking anything back, I stand totally behind every word I said; it was my duty, my obligation to speak: Nadav Lapid to Karan Thapar for The Wire on his comments on the Kashmir Files and the furore they've created.
Kashmir Files is an attempt to sell Pandit pain for commercial & political gain: KPSS
Pain loses its meaning and becomes valueless when it is sold for commercial and political beliefs and benefits, says Kashmir Pandit Sangarsh Samiti, Srinagar
Students cut hair in protest against moral policing in Kerala
Students stated that the protest was held to express solidarity with the students who suffered the moral policing attack
Karnataka: Controversy over decision to build colleges for Muslim girls
Sri Rama Sena founder Pramod Muthalik has challenged the ruling state government against building the colleges, saying it won't be allowed in the state.
Bilkis Bano approaches Supreme Court to contest premature release of rape convicts
Survivor of Gujarat Riots Gang Rape Demands Justice, files petition against remission granted on August 15
‘Not so serious’, says Karnataka education minister on teacher referring a student ‘Kasab’
None less than Karnataka’s Minister of School Education and Literacy B C Nagesh has shrugged off objectionable remarks by a teacher in Manipal while reacting to the recent controversy following an assistant professor allegedly referring to a student as "Kasab", felt that it is "not so serious".
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