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Study finds link between gender norms and people's perception towards homo
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 28 (ANI): Beliefs regarding gender norms influence people's attitudes towards gays and lesbians, as revealed by a study. Homosexuals have been subjected to prejudice across different cultures and nations.
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Research unearths correlation between gender norms and views towards homos
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 26 (ANI): Homosexual men and women have often faced hatred and discrimination across many societies world over. To dive deeper into the origins of such homophobic prejudices, a group of researchers has analyzed the correlation between the beliefs regarding gender n
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UK: Conservatives appoint Prof. Swaran Singh as Chairman to deal with soci
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec 18 (ANI): In wake of ongoing socio-religious issues, the Conservative Party has announced the appointment of Professor Swaran Singh to lead an independent review into improving party handling of complaints of discrimination and prejudice, including Islamophobia.
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Sikh peer quits BBC Radio programme for censoring his address
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
London, [UK], Oct 4 (ANI): 87-year-old Sikh peer Lord Singh, who is popularly known as Indarjit Singh to his listeners, has accused BBC of "prejudice and intolerance" after it tried to prevent him from broadcasting an item commemorating an executed Sikh guru who had opposed the forced conver
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CARE downgrades Reliance Capital's debt programme to 'D', company alleges
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sep 23 (ANI): CARE Ratings has downgraded Anil Ambani-led Reliance Capital's debt programmes worth Rs 17,000 crore to 'D' on account of the recent instance of delay in servicing of coupons on several non-convertible debentures (NCDs).
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Strife is based on prejudices, need to make world more compassionate: Pres
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 23 (ANI) The strife and violence in the world today is often based in deep-rooted prejudices, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Friday and noted the key to address many issues faced by humanity faces lies in making the world "more compassionate, humane and kind".
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Review, reconsideration must take into account Jadhav's right to defence:
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 17 (ANI): India's legal counsel in Kulbhushan Jadhav case Harish Salve on Wednesday said that the review and reconsideration by Pakistan in view of the verdict of International Court of Justice (ICJ) must take into account the potential prejudice caused to him (Jadhav), imp
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Early and ongoing experiences of weight stigma associated with self-direct
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 15 (ANI): People who have extra weight are often subject to weight bias prejudice. However, some people may internalise the stigma directed towards them blaming and devaluing themselves because of their weight, finds a study.
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Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi calls International Religious Freedom report 'prejudic
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 23 (ANI): India's Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday rejected as "prejudiced" the US State Department's report on International Religious Freedom 2018 criticising the BJP government.
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Obese people are considered 'less evolved' by society: Study
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 4 (ANI): People dealing with obesity are found to be stigmatised and blatantly dehumanised, reveals a study published by Eric Robinson and Inge Kersbergen in the journal 'Obesity'.
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VP Naidu urges youth to fight 'social evils, bigotry and prejudices'
Updated : 7 years 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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Beijing snubs US report on China's abuse of Muslim community
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Beijing [China], March 14 (ANI): Rejecting US State Department's report criticising China's abuse of its Uyghur Muslim minorities, Beijing on Thursday said that the said report was full of "ideological prejudice and groundless accusations".
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