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Indian Lawyer Gets Prestigious "Freedom of the City of London" Award
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], January 29: An India born prolific lawyer, Ajit Mishra, has been conferred with "Freedom of the City of London Award" at Guildhall today for his outstanding contribution in legal and public life. Mishra is Founder and Chair of UK India Legal Partnership (UKILP). He is a dual qua
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Judiciary played yeoman's role in national endeavour for gender equality:
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Justice Nagarathna said that the judiciary has subjected gender-biased laws, policies and norms to constitutional scrutiny. Thus, the courts - as guarantors of equal protection - have played a critical role in ensuring that non-discrimination and fairness emerge as the central governing prin
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Violence, corruption are two major issues that beset Bengal's public life:
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
"The major issues which beset Bengal's public life are violence and corruption," the Governor said adding that these issues have not been created by the existing system but it has been there.
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Pakistan leader Asad Umar quits Imran Khan's party, quits politics
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Taking to X, the PTI leader said, "After more than one decade in public life, I have decided to completely quit politics. I am resigning from [the] basic membership of PTI." Umar was a close aide of PTI Chairman Imran Khan.
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"INDIA alliance has ruined Modi ji's sleep...": Congress MP Adhir Ranjan C
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, after his suspension from Lok Sabha was revoked, said on Thursday that he was not at fault and he probably got misunderstood and if it can be proved that he has uttered anything unparliamentary, he is ready to give up public life.
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‘Modi surname' remark: SC stays conviction of Rahul Gandhi; says person in
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Rahul Gandhi was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment which disqualified him as an MP under the rigours of the Representation of People Act.
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"Speak in one voice...": Pradyot Debbarama's emotional message to Tipra Ca
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"I won't indulge in politics...I want to do more for my people and only after I achieve that will I exit public life. there is nothing to be achieved in becoming an MP or a minister. We the TIPRA society need to speak as one voice especially to Delhi," he said.
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Voices of Afghan women silenced, dreams shattered: Amnesty International
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Amnesty International said that the voices of Afghan women and girls have been silenced and their dreams have been shattered adding that them from public life is a "crime against humanity."
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Afghanistan: Amid worsening conditions for women, Taliban leader makes tal
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
However, his remarks have come at a time when women are banned from public life, and their work and education are severely curtailed ever since the Taliban takeover.
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Taliban policies 'discriminatory', aims at removal of Afghan women from al
Updated : 3 years ago IST
As per the reports of Amnesty International, the harassment campaign of the Taliban to systematically repress Afghan women from the public sphere is a misogyny and the policy to remove women and girls from public life is ongoing throughout the country under the Taliban's de facto regime.
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US slams UN's decision to operate without female staff in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Some US House of Representatives members have criticized the UN's position to continue operating in Afghanistan without its female staff. They called the continuation of humanitarian aid only for men, a serious punishment for Afghan women and girls, who have been completely erased from publi
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Karnataka election: "Ruled for 5 years....did not ban it then..." HD Kumar
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"All those things are not important. When Congress Govt ruled for 5 years, why did they not ban it then? Why are they raising the issue now? We have to change the culture of those organisations. We have to teach them how to behave in public life. That is important," says JD(S) leader HD K
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