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Indian Democracy: The Envy of Islamic Supremacist Pakistan
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Glasgow [Scotland], May 18 (ANI): The constitution of Pakistan bars anyone who is not a Muslim from becoming the head of the state. Ahmedi Muslims were declared non-Muslims by a parliamentary amendment in the constitution in 1974 and are not allowed to participate in the general elections un
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NHRC issues notice to Haryana Chief Secy, Gurugram CP after Manipuri girl
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of reports that a 20-year-old girl hailing from Manipur, was subjected to racial discrimination and brutally attacked by some locals from Faizapur, Gurugram just for passing through the
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Pak senator chides Imran Khan govt for ignoring Balochistan during coronav
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 14 (ANI): Highlighting the discrimination faced against Baloch people at the hands of Prime Minister Imran Khan-led government, Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) Senator Mohammad Usman Khan Kakar has said the authorities have not provided a single ventilator to
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Army 'strongly condemns' tweeting of 'curated' video
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): After a Delhi Minister tweeted a video of jawan complaining about caste discrimination in the force, the Indian Army said it strongly condemns posting of such videos "curated and circulated again by enemy agents."
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Traders in Gilgit's NLI market protest against discrimination amid lockdow
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Gilgit [PoK], May 11 (ANI): Shopkeepers in NLI market held a protest against the discrimination by local administration amid lockdown in occupied Gilgit Baltistan.
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Doctors warn against stigma being attached to COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): With the number of COVID-19 cases continuously increasing in the country, there have been several incidents of name and shame, discrimination, verbal abuse and hostility with patients' families, doctors, and health workers, highlighting the stigma attached to
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The state of minorities in the Islamic State
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Glasgow [Scotland], May 6 (ANI): According to the State of Human Rights 2019 annual report published by Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), "Religious minorities remained unable to enjoy the freedom of religion or belief guaranteed to them under the constitution...this has meant the
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Manual scavenging-- a caste-based discrimination that persists in Pakistan
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 5 (ANI): It's a cultural, traditional inertia of sorts that the descendants of lower-caste Hindus who converted to Christianity centuries ago still find themselves marginalized and subjected to menial labour, including manual scavenging in Pakistan.
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Raise tricolour on May 1 to protest against Centre's discrimination: Punja
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 28 (ANI): The Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) on Tuesday asked people in the state to raise the Tricolour on the rooftop of their homes on May 1 to protest against the Centre's alleged discrimination against non-BJP-ruled states in the matter of ex
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Do not stigmatise coronavirus patients: Jagan Mohan Reddy
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 28 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday urged the people of the state not to stigmatise coronavirus patients and subject them to social discrimination, saying the virus can infect anyone.
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India, UAE share value of non-discrimination: Envoy
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], April 21 (ANI): Asserting that New Delhi and Abu Dhabi share the value of non-discrimination, Indian envoy to UAE, Pavan Kapoor, said that Indian nationals in UAE should always keep in mind that discrimination is against our moral fabric and the rule of law.
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DCW issues notice to AIIMS, Delhi Police
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): Taking suo-moto cognisance of the reports of suicide attempted by a female resident doctor of AIIMS due to repeated sexual harassment and caste discrimination by the faculty, the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Monday issued notice to the Delhi Police a
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