India
‘It violates right to self-identity and constitutional rights’. Why Transpersons criticise the new Bill?
Transgender, intersex and gender non confirming community from across the country and allies have together opposed this amended Bill, which apart from an improved definition of the term transgender, continues to be unacceptable and needs to be redrafted or withdrawn.
India
I will fight for justice till my last breath: Jagdish Kaur who lost 5 family members in ’84 riots
"It is important to assure the victims that despite the challenges truth will prevail. The aftershock of those atrocities is still being felt," the High Court said in its verdict.
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Hyderabad TISS students and their hunger strike supported by Vemula’s family
Rohith Vemula's family extended their support towards the students of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad for their indefinite hunger strike which began on December 17. The students are protesting against the administration's decision to discontinue the BA in Social Sciences course at the Hyderabad campus and make the campus non-residential.
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Guatemalan girlchild dies of dehydration in US custody
Tension has been mounting in the U.S. southern border as over 7,000 migrants, primarily from Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador have reached the border in the past days. They trekked around 4,000km to request asylum in the U.S., but Trump has chosen to treat the asylum seekers as "criminals" and "invaders," deploying troops to the southern border.
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Adivasi journalist who went missing in Jharkhand found dead
Topno was working as a special correspondent at NewsCode, Jharkhand. He was also working as an Ola cab driver. Prior to this, he has worked in a news portal, Video Volunteers, as a community correspondent.
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BJP struggles in Assembly Elections 2018
Assembly Elections results of 2018 marks a change in saffron rule and welcomes Congress back to power.
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Renowned historian Mushirul Hasan dies at 71
Professor Mushirul Hasan, a renowned historian who served as vice-chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, passed away early Monday morning. He was 71. Hasan's health started declining after he was critically injured...
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Anti-caste activist Gowsalya and parai musician Sakthi gets married
Gowsalya is a caste crime survivor whose husband Shankar, a Dalit man, was killed by her own family in 2016. Sakthi is a computer applications graduate, who has been pursuing his dream of being a Parai artiste since 2011. A native of Coimbatore, Sakthi completed his diploma in Paraiattam at the Bharathiar University
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‘She is our power and unifier.’ Congress celebrates Sonia’s birthday
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi was greeted by leaders from across the political spectrum on her birthday.
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12.5% of Indian deaths due to polluted air: study
More than 51 percent of the people who died because of air pollution were younger than 70 , the study published in the journal Lancet Planetary Health released the report on Thursday.
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Rajasthan: SDPI and Welfare Party to contest elections, raising Muslim representation
Welfare Party of India (WPI) and Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) , the political organisations who mainly focus on Muslim and Bahujan politics are very active in the election fronts.
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BJP does not believe in Ram, believes only in hatred: Ramajanmabhoomi priest who spoke out against Ram temple politics
In an interview to Madhu Kishwar in 1992, he pointed out that more than fifty priests had been murdered all over Ayodhya. “I wonder how a person like me is still alive”, he said in that conversation.
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