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Dalit Class XI student dies by suicide after alleged casteist harassment in Coimbatore School
Family had reportedly complained to school management about caste-based taunts over food choices; headmaster, teacher and two students booked
Vigilante attacks on minorities continue in Karnataka, MP, and UP
From knife attacks in rural Karnataka, to a mob beating at a book fair, minorities find no respite.
Hate surges across Uttarkhand, Karnataka, Delhi, and UP
Sabrang India brings to you a breakdown of the recent hate incidents across the nation
Indian Institutes of Savarnas: Graveyards for Marginalised Students
Data collected by the APPSC IIT Bombay shows that in 2023 IIT Bombay has denied 80 seats, rightfully for the SC/ST/OBC communities and, despite claims by government, in fact, admitted more savarna[1] students.
Hundreds of women safai karmacharis take part in #StopKillingUs campaign in Delhi
Hundreds of women safai karmacharis gathered at the Jantar...
Communally charged speeches continue across North India this week
Hate-laced speeches filled with fake news and exaggerated claims by Hindutva leaders continue across Rajasthan, Haryana, and Chhattisgarh
Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan under the Taliban
Under Taliban rule, women's rights have been systematically suppressed, suffocating every aspect of their lives.
Why Adivasis Didn’t Celebrate World Tribal Day This Year in Poll-Bound Madhya Pradesh
Tribal groups instead took out protests to express their anger with the Forests Act, growing atrocities in the BJP-ruled state and Manipur violence.
Dalit academic alleges assault, molestation; FIR names 2 faculty, 2 students: BHU
The complainant is a senior faculty member, reportedly alleged that the accused, including the two colleagues from her department, “regularly talked about stripping her and making her do rounds of the university”.
Who is responsible for the death of Mohit Yadav?
The bus conductor took his own life a month and a half after the simple act of stopping the UP roads bus to allow fellow passengers to pray, offer namaz
Anti-caste discrimination bill, with some changes, passed by California Assembly
The anti-caste discrimination bill, #SB403 was finally passed in the California Assembly
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