Society
School educates students on transgender discrimina...
March 12, 2022
On March 10, Indradhanush, an initiative to make the transgender community part of the mainstream society was launched by Aarohan, an NGO working with underprivileged children in New Delhi, and M M Public School in Pitampura, north-west Delhi. The event was organised by the schoo...
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Slum residents in Ahmednagar move into new homes
March 8, 2022
As many as 33 families living in Sanjay Nagar, a slum located in Ahmednagar city in western Maharashtra, marked the International Women’s Day by celebrating ‘Grihapravesh’ into their new homes on March 8 as part of an ambitious project to provide safe, healthy, and attract...
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Anganwadi workers to continue protest despite offe...
February 25, 2022
On Thursday, the 25th day of protest by over 20,000 anganwadi (day care) workers, the Delhi government reached out to the protestors and offered them a carrot and a stick. While it marginally hiked their wages, it also issued a stern notice, warning the workers that if they faile...
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Delhi domestic workers move Delhi High Court for c...
February 20, 2022
A total of 471 domestic workers in Delhi have filed a writ petition in Delhi High Court seeking relief at par with that provided by the Delhi government to other informal sector workers like autorickshaw drivers and e-rickshaw drivers in the national capital. The workers, in thei...
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Hijab Row: Attack on Constitutional rights, say st...
February 18, 2022
Thursday marked 5th day that the hearing of petitions against the ban in Hijab in schools in Karnataka was heard in the Karnataka High Court. The petition was filed after the state government suddenly imposed a ban on sporting of Hijab in schools, even though this practice has be...
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Severe cold & poor facilities responsible for...
February 8, 2022
Delhi’s winters are famous for two things – neither of them very pleasant for the residents. One is the massive smog that envelopes the city’s already toxic atmosphere, pushing the particulate matter levels beyond scale. The other is the sharp dip in thermometres that is se...
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Most death sentences in India in 2021: National La...
February 2, 2022
In the year 2021, a total of 488 death sentences were handed out by various courts across India, the highest in 17 years, says a report by Project 39A. It was only in 2004, that more death sentences were awarded when a total of 563 capital punishments the outcome of trials, as pe...
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Republic Day 2022: Youth say democracy under attac...
January 26, 2022
As India celebrates its 73rd Republic Day with usual gaiety and festivities, some feel that the day has been reduced to pure symbolism and that the principles behind the celebrations of this momentous occasion have been lost along the journey since 1950. It was on this day that t...
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Cardiovascular diseases now common in young Indian...
January 10, 2022
A 29-year-old one day was feeling uneasiness in his chest and the pain extended from chest to his hands. Dismissing it as indigestion he took some medicines and slept. However, the chest pain rose due to blockage in the arteries delivering blood to the heart. Sadly, due to unawar...
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Bill to raise minimum age of marriage for girls di...
December 25, 2021
Since Union Women and Child Development minister Smriti Irani moved the Child Marriage Amendment Bill 2021 in Lok Sabha, opinions on social media have been widely divided on the utility of the amendment. Since the introduction of the bill, it has faced criticism from the oppositi...
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