Month August 2017
Rajasthan Human Rights Commission chairperson Prakash Tatia has called live-in relationships “social terrorism”, saying the institution was infecting society. Justice Tatia, a retired chief justice of the Jharkhand High Court and former judge of the Rajasthan High Courts, said the status… Continue Reading →
IN HINDI List of Scandals in India by Brahmins and Banias It is nothing new that most of the scandals are committed by Brahmins and Banias in the country. They have looted India but have defamed only so-called lower caste… Continue Reading →
Privacy concerns remains despite UIDAI claims that the Aadhaar project does not intrude upon the privacy of 1.1 billion Indians whose biometric and demographic information is stored on its servers Aman Sethi Hindustan Times, New Delhi Privacy rights advocates say… Continue Reading →
ET Bureau| Updated: Aug 24, 2017, 09.21 PM IST The immediate consequences would be that the government’s decision to mandate Aadhaar would have to be reviewed. Biju Janata Dal MP Tathagata Satpathy has been one of the very few who has carried… Continue Reading →
Freedom of sexual orientation, right to eat what one wants to, right to medically terminate a pregnancy, freedom to criticise the government and right to control dissemination of personal information in the physical and virtual world, are some of… Continue Reading →
THIS IS A GOOD WEEK FOR JUSTICE :-)’ The University Grants Commission (UGC) today said there is no proposal to stop funding to women study centres. The Indian Association for Women’s Studies (IAWS) had yesterday raised concern over… Continue Reading →
KKK leader claims hate group has grown at record pace since Trump became President ‘I’ve been doing this for over 20 years and I haven’t seen the Klan grow at the pace it’s growing now,’ says Chris Barker Emily Shugerman New York The… Continue Reading →
All you want to know about privacy as a fundamental right The Supreme Court has delivered a landmark judgment today, by holding that privacy is a fundamental right under the Indian Constitution. Here’s how this ruling can impact… Continue Reading →
Address by M Hamid Ansari, Vice President of India at the XXV Annual Convocation of National Law School of India University, in Bengaluru on 6 August 2017. It is a privilege to be invited to this most prestigious of law schools… Continue Reading →
It is not just Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim, many ‘godmen’ in India have been mired in controversies and scandals. by Kritika Banerjee Controversy can perhaps be the middle name of Dera Sacha Sauda chief… Continue Reading →