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Sindhi activist calls for UN intervention to address racial discrimination
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
He urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to appoint a special envoy to investigate the situation in Sindh, stating that this could potentially save millions of Sindhis from the pervasive racial discrimination they face in Pakistan.
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Supreme Court scraps caste based discrimination in prisons, terms it uncon
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
A bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and also comprising justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said that the manual, which discriminates against prison by assigning cleaning and sweeping tasks to lower castes and cooking to higher castes, is in violation of Article 15.
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Baloch rights activist raises alarm over disappearances and violence again
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Baloch rights activist Mahrang Baloch has raised concerns over the increasing incidents of enforced disappearances and violence against Baloch students in Balochistan and Punjab, highlighting a recent abduction case and rising tensions in educational institutions.
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"Onam be an inspiration to uphold unity of human minds that transcends dis
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday extended Onam wishes to the people. He said that Onam is also a reminder of a non-discriminatory and egalitarian era that is believed to have existed in the past.
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"Are bureaucrats' children somehow special?": Pakistan's Supreme Court Chi
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Supreme Court Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa criticised the practice of reserving government job seats for the children of bureaucrats in Pakistan, calling for a transparent, merit-based hiring system. He questioned how Statutory Regulatory Orders (SROs) could be issued by lower-level officials
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UN calls on Pakistan to take necessary measures to investigate, prosecute
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination issued its findings on Pakistan, and called on the nation to take the necessary measures to investigate and prosecute reports of enforced disappearances, reported The Balochistan Post.
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BJP MLA moves Delhi HC alleging discrimination in installation of CCTV cam
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
A BJP MLA has approached the Delhi High Court alleging discrimination in the installation of CCTV cameras by the Delhi government. The plea claims that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ruled Delhi government installing cameras only in areas represented by AAP MLAs and councillors, while areas repre
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Congress accuses BJP of playing 'Dalit card' as party stages protest again
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
In a fiery exchange of words, the Congress party has launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in Karnataka, accusing them of playing the 'Dalit card' in their protests against the Congress-led state government.
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"I hope there will be no injustice": Akhilesh Yadav on cancellation of 69,
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
"I hope that there will be no injustice done to the aspirants who are demanding reservation. They will get justice. The fight for the reservation was long. The list of discrimination made by the government, we hope that those children will get justice," the Samajwadi Party chief said.
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"To say we have had 'communal civil code' till now is insult to Dr Ambedka
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivering his Independence Day speech to the nation on Thursday, batted for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) stating that India will now have to move towards a secular civil code to free the country from religion-based discrimination.
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"Now, we will have to move towards Secular Civil Code": PM Modi in I-Day s
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
"I would say that it is the need of the hour that there be a secular civil code in the country...We have spent 75 years in the Communal Civil code. Now we will have to move towards the secular code. Only then would we be free of discrimination on the basis of religion...," PM Modi said.
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Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi calls for war on drugs, elimination of untouch
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Tamil Nadu Governor said, "Frequent reports of social discrimination against Dalits in schools, temples and village festivals are extremely painful and hugely shameful. Such social discrimination is abhorrent and unacceptable. Dalits are our brothers and sisters. I earnestly appeal to you al
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