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Neighborhood redlining may increase risk of heart diseases, know more here
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 5 (ANI): According to a group of researchers, redlining or the practice of illegal discrimination by a mortgage lender who denies handing out loans, is linked with heart disease and increases risk factors after they were banned. Health disparities have been linked to se
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Scholars, religious leaders condemn violence against minorities in Kashmir
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Pulwama (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 1 (ANI): Scholars and religious leaders condemned the violence, hate, and discrimination against the minorities in Jammu and Kashmir at a seminar held at Para-Medical College in Pulwama on Thursday.
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Pak minority groups in Canada moot over state -sponsored atrocities in Sin
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], June 30 (ANI): Members of Pakistan's minority groups raised several related to state atrocities, human rights violations, and systematic discrimination in Sindh, Balochistan, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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CM Naveen Patnaik expressed the need for immediate reporting of crimes aga
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI/NewsVoir): Harassment against women is deep-rooted in discrimination and inequality, making it a challenging problem to address. To raise awareness, News18 Network and Truecaller jointly started an anti-harassment campaign titled #CallItOut to create awareness
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Pregnant women hiring row: Indian Bank says no change in guidelines
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Amid controversy over the discrimination against pregnant women in joining service, Indian Bank on Monday said it has not made any changes to the existing guidelines and no female candidate has been denied employment.
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UN chief warns against stigma, discrimination fueled by internet, social m
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 19 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday warned against the stigma and discrimination fanned by the Internet and social media.
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China's attacks on feminism: Women face safety problems, employment discri
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 9 (ANI): Chinese government has shown little interest in dealing with the problems that women face on a daily basis. Women in China suffer dangers to their physical safety in addition to employment discrimination.
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US State Dept report highlights China's persecution of Tibetan Buddhism
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 4 (ANI): China is persecuting practitioners of religions "that it deems out of line with Chinese Communist Party doctrine," including by destroying Buddhist houses of worship, and referenced discrimination faced by Tibetan Buddhists, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken
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Religious minorities face societal discrimination in China: Report
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 3 (ANI): Revealing the true colour of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and throwing light on so-called religious freedom in China, an international report released by the United States has stated that religious minorities including Christians, Muslims, Tibetans in Beij
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Racial discrimination against Northeast students reduced due to PM Modi's
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Karbi Anglong (Assam) [India], June 2 (ANI): Giving credit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the reduction in "discrimination against students of the northeast", Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said the progress took place due to the PM's outreach to the region in the last few
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Graves of minority Ahmadiyya community being desecrated in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 28 (ANI): Amid the already deteriorating condition of the minority communities in Pakistan, the country has gone below the belt with Ahmadiyyas as the graves of their dead are being dug up and their mortal remains being thrown away.
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80 per cent non-Muslims employed with less salary: Report
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 25 (ANI): Pakistan's discrimination against minorities continues even in the employment sector as 80 per cent of non-Muslims are employed to carry out their job with less salary and around half of the posts reserved for the minorities in government departments are s
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