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INDIA: Dalit historian PG Jyotikar dies during Covid treatment

• 16th Dec, 2020

Noted Dalit historian and a scholar on Ambedkarite movements in Gujarat, Dr P G Jyotikar, passed away while under treatment for Covid-19 at Ahmedabad C READ MORE

NEPAL: PPP in health care

• 16th Dec, 2020

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NEPAL: Media houses urged to help end untouchability

• 15th Dec, 2020

Dalit rights activists have urged private and public media outlets to play their roles in eradicating untouchability and empowering Dalit communities. READ MORE

INDIA: Hunger Index among Poor in 11 States Continues to Be Dire Post-Lockdown: Survey

• 14th Dec, 2020

More than five months after the nationwide COVID-19-induced lockdown came to an end, the hunger index among the poor and the marginalised section of so READ MORE

INDIA: 9 Months After Lockdown Hit, Vulnerable Groups Still Don't Have Enough Food

• 14th Dec, 2020

A large number of households from vulnerable and marginalised communities in different parts of the country reported lower levels of income, reduced in READ MORE

INDIA: Muslim Businessman Donates Land Worth Rs 1 Crore to Sri Veeranjaneya Swamy Temple

• 13th Dec, 2020

Seeing devotees struggle to pray to their favourite deity, a Muslim businessman has donated a 1,650 sq feet plot valued around Rs 1 crore to Sri Veeran READ MORE

NEPAL: Rights violation rampant in Nepal, says AHRC

• 10th Dec, 2020

The Asian Human Rights Commission today alleged that the government had been using the COVID-19 pandemic to exercise control, commit human rights viola READ MORE

INDIA: Noted Dalit poet Shankar Painter passes away at 74

• 9th Dec, 2020

Noted Dalit poet Shankar Parmar, popularly known as Shankar Painter, died of age-related complications at a hospital in Ahmedabad

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NEPAL: I am not angry at what happened to Nabaraj. I am scared that it will happen to me.

• 9th Dec, 2020

A few days ago, the Surkhet High Court granted a bail set at Rs. 100,000 each to the five accused in the lynching of Nabaraj Biswakarma and his friends READ MORE

PAKISTAN: Stranded Hindu family accorded warm welcome on arrival from India

• 9th Dec, 2020

The Assistant Commissioner (AC) Hyderabad Rural Qandeel Fatima Memon on Tuesday received a Hindu family returned home from India after being stranded t READ MORE