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Modi reaches out to minorities
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): Elected NDA leader again to serve a second term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday sought to reach out to minorities saying there will be no discrimination against anyone on the basis of caste, sect and religion and gave a new slogan of "trust to al
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Neil Patrick Harris, Ashley Judd to star in anti-gay activist Anita Bryant
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 17 (ANI): Neil Patrick Harris and Ashley Judd have been roped in for "Anita," a biopic on Anita Bryant, a TV pitchwoman who lead a campaign against local anti-discrimination ordinances in Florida and in the process gave birth to a gay rights movement.
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Atrocities against minority Christians growing rapidly in Pak, says activi
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 16 (ANI): Minorities in Pakistan, especially Christians, are facing constant discrimination and persecution by state and non-state agencies, alleges Noel Malik, a political activist and member of Pakistan Minorities Alliance.
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Ex-Amazon workers file lawsuit for discrimination over pregnancy
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
California [USA], May 6 (ANI): At least half a dozen former Amazon employees have reportedly sued the e-commerce giant in the last few years for discrimination because of their pregnant state.
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Discrimination may influence adolescents' sleep quality, new study reveals
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 4 (ANI): A study of daily diary descriptions of discrimination by minority adolescents, experiencing discrimination during the day, was found to be associated with compromised sleep quality that night, as well as feelings of greater daytime dysfunction and sleep
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VP Naidu urges youth to fight 'social evils, bigotry and prejudices'
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): Vice President Venkaiah Naidu called upon the youth to strive to build a new India which is "free of fear, corruption, hunger, discrimination, illiteracy, poverty, caste barriers and urban-rural divide."
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Let us create a society free from gender discrimination: PM in Gujarat
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Mar 4 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday appealed to citizens to create a society that is devoid of gender discrimination.
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Vice President bats for ethical, responsible leadership for building inclu
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 6 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has said that ethical and responsible leadership is the need of the hour, while underlining the need to ensure "hassle-free service to the last man living in the remotest part of the country.”
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Mohajirs, Pashtuns, Baloch team meet US Congressman, raise human rights v
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Feb 2 (ANI): A delegation of Mohajirs and representatives of Pashtun, Baloch and Hazara communities held a detailed meeting with US Congressman Rob Wittman here on Friday (local time) to brief him about the human rights violations and discrimination being faced by their
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Delhi HC issues notice to Tihar jail on writ plea seeking Unani, Ayurvedic
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 15 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the Tihar Jail authorities on a writ petition seeking Unani/Ayurvedic doctors for prisoners lodged in the high-security ward of Tihar Jail, without discrimination.
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RJP-N MP accuses Nepal government of discrimination against MP
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Dec 27 (ANI): The Rastriya Janata Party Nepal has accused Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli led government of discriminating against MPs on the basis of their ethnicity.
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Bihar: Government school dividing students on basis of caste and religion
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Vaishali (Bihar) [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Following reports of caste and religion based discrimination in a school here, a team constituted to investigate the matter has concluded that such system was indeed prevailing in the school and held the Principal responsible for it.
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