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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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Viral WhatsApp message targets Congress and Gandhi family, distorts history
The message has many dangerous claims, which are attempts at communalising history, here is a point-by-point factcheck
West Bengal: Muslim mason allegedly lynched by Hindutva mob
Sekh Poltu was allegedly choked by stuffing sand into his mouth
Maharashtra: Hindu man offers terrace to Muslims for namaz in Amravati
Rejecting all communal hate spread by the right-wing elements, a Hindu man from Melghat region offers his home to a Tablighi Jamaat group without hesitation
Kashmiri Pandit organisation files curative petition in SC
Roots in Kashmir seeks probe into the killings of Kashmiri Pandits in 1989-90
Kashmir Files hate project: Radicalising people, one show at a time?
Anti-Muslim hate has manifested itself offline, across the country and is most visible as boycott, hate speech, slogans, before, and after screenings of the film The Kashmir Files
UP: Jaunpur police allegedly flog Dalit women
Visual show women bearing reddened welts on their bodies but police say medical reports does not show any trauma
UP: Goons carve trishul on a man’s face!
In a fit of rage, four to five men use casteist slurs and physically assault the man for accidentally tipping over a glass of alcohol
All faiths are intertwined: TM Krishna
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TM Krishna explains why music has an even bigger role to play now, amidst communal tension, and when open calls are given for genocide
Jharkhand: Youths attack Class 9 student for not chanting Jai Shri Ram!
More youths appear to be developing violent sentiments following the right-wing groups’ calls for arms since last year
Karnataka: Why is the BJP gov’t endorsing “Congress time rule” prohibiting non-Hindu vendors on temple land?
The state’s CM, law and education ministers back the ban now in place at more temples, BJP-Led govt says rule was passed by Cong
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