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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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Were only 1,064 Tribal families displaced in Odisha for mining in the last 10 years?
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs answer in the Parliament’s Budget Session offers unlikely statistics that do not reveal the actual state of tribals in Odisha
Can the government explain craters and remnants of explosives in Sukma and Bijapur forests?
Rights groups call upon all citizens groups including women, farmers, Dalits, tribals to question the discovery of the what could be the shells and remnants of explosives in Bastar
Karnataka: Hindu Janajagruti focuses on ‘Bible in classrooms’, after hijab controversy
Bengaluru’s Clarence High School reportedly took an undertaking from parents that they would not object to students carrying Bibles to school
A fair media can defang intolerance
There is a strong voice of moderates from within Muslim ranks that can be properly channelised by the media to give a rounded assessment of Islamic issues
Lovely Professional University professor allegedly sacked over opinion on Hindu deity
Professor Gursang Preet Kaur was accused of using derogatory words against Lord Ram; right-wing demanded sacking, LPU obliged
Telangana Muslim family offers home for Hindu girl’s wedding
The Muslim family came to the aid of the Hindu girl who had lost her father to Covid-19
How is the Assam gov’t allowing Pravin Togadia’s trishul distribution?
Togadia team are openly distributing weapons, administering anti-Muslim oaths, telling people this makes them “brave” and “protectors of the Hindu faith”
Jahangirpuri: Hindu, Muslim citizens take out peace march holding Tricolour
Days after Jahangirpuri violence, bulldozer attack, Hindus and Muslims take out 'Tiranga Yatra' for peace
Delhi HC demands updates on separate toilets for Delhi’s trans community
Separate toilets are a basic human right, says petitioner appealing to the Delhi High Court
UP priest booked for playing Hanuman Chalisa outside mosque
The priest from Jalaun, UP responded to MNS Chief Raj Thackeray’s call for playing Hanuman Chalisa outside masjids
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