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BANGLADESH: New law must to protect minorities: Hindu Grand Alliance

• 20th Sep, 2021

The government should immediately enact a new law to protect the interests of religious minorities, said leaders of the Bangladesh National Hindu Grand A READ MORE

INDIA: How Tamil YouTubers are fighting casteist, sexist ideas in pop culture

• 17th Sep, 2021

Director Shankar's debut film Gentleman, released in 1993, was a roaring success at the box-office. The film laid the foundation to Shankar's ca READ MORE

PAKISTAN: Special police for protection of minorities

• 17th Sep, 2021

For the protection of minorities and their worship places, a special police force will be raised in all provinces and the Centre, reveals Dr Shoaib Suddl READ MORE

INDIA: Two of 12 top caste-based sexual violence cases from 'model' Gujarat: NGO report

• 17th Sep, 2021

The National Council of Women Leaders (NCWL), a civil rights group, has compiled what it has called "landmark cases of caste-based sexual violence" betwe READ MORE

WORLD SUICIDE PREVENTION DAY today pandemic triggered suicides in medics, says Dr Purohit

• 10th Sep, 2021

Reports of medics committing suicide became frequent in media during pandemic as compared to the past. In the last six months, doctors have reportedly di READ MORE

INDIA: Shabana Azmi, Arundhati Roy among 1,150 who want 2 Dalit authors, Mahasweta Devi back in DU English syllabus

• 7th Sep, 2021

A total of 1,150 signatories, including renowned authors, actors and academicians, have petitioned the Delhi University Vice-Chancellor as well as the READ MORE

INDIA: Chandan Mitra: The editor who opened up space for Dalit voices

• 7th Sep, 2021

The morning of November 16, 1996, is an event Dalit history will sing of. The Pioneer flashed an edit page article by B N Uniyal -- 'In Search of a Dalit READ MORE

NEPAL: Biratnagar to build integrated settlement for Dalits

• 6th Sep, 2021

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INDIA: India must consider untouchability as a form of racism

• 6th Sep, 2021

A Joint Civil Society* Contribution to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) for the adoption of the List of Issues Prior to R READ MORE

INDIA: Bama: Fearless, Insightful Writer of Dalit and Women's Lives

• 30th Aug, 2021

In another blow on academic freedom, the Oversight Committee of the Delhi University removed two dalit authors -- Bama and Sukirtharani -- from the Eng READ MORE