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Day July 10, 2015

The hidden injuries of caste: south Indian tea workers and economic crisis

JAYASEELAN RAJ Economic crisis has pushed Indian tea workers to seek employment outside the plantations, forcing them to re-engage with the caste hierarchy from which their ancestors attempted to escape. Tea pickers returning with sacks of tea in Munnar, India…. Continue Reading →

The Maulana Azad National Fellowship for Minority Students #mustshare

                The Maulana Azad National Fellowship for Minority Students is formulated and funded by Ministry of Minority Affairs. The scheme is open to candidates who belong to one of the Minority Community i.e. Muslim, Sikh, Parsi,… Continue Reading →

The making of a civil servant, with zakat funds

Of 37 Muslims who cleared UPSC, 15 were sponsored by Zakat Foundation of India Zainab Saeed of West Benga ranked 107 and Afaq Ahmed Giri of Jammu and Kashmir who ranked 457 in UPSC were students of Zakat Foundation. Written… Continue Reading →

India’s Four Million Sex Workers Demand Equal Labour Rights

By Sujoy DharReprint |   NEW DELHI, Jul 8 2015 (IPS) – Although forced prostitution and trafficking of women remains a huge challenge in India, health experts, policy-makers and legal advocates say that most of the country’s estimated four million commercial sex workers join… Continue Reading →

Press Release – In Support of Teesta Setalvad

प्रकाशनार्थ   गुजरात 2002 के दंगो की तमाम धमकियों व दबावों के बावजूद लगातार बेख़ौफ़ पैरवी कर रही सामजिक कार्यकर्ती तीस्ता सीतलवाड़ की संस्था की जाँच केंद्र सरकार के कहने पर अब सी बी आई द्वारा कराने की खबर आयी है| अन्य… Continue Reading →

First cousin marriages in Pakistani communities leading to ‘appalling’ disabilities among children

Baroness Flather, a cross-bench peer, says it is ‘absolutely appalling’ that first cousin marriages in Pakistani communities are leading to ‘so much disability among children’ Baroness Shreela Flather Photo: Nigel R. Barklie/Rex Features By Steven Swinford, Deputy Political Editor Couples who are getting… Continue Reading →

Baby Dies After 3 Government Hospitals in Delhi Refuse Treatment #WTFnews

Delhi | Written by Sonal Mehrotra | Day-old baby died in Delhi after being denied treatment by 3 government hospitals NEW DELHI:  A day-old baby born was turned away by two government hospitals on Monday and died while waiting at a third. The baby… Continue Reading →

Rohini Salian – I wanted 9 Muslims (in Malegaon 2006) to be freed but NIA silent

NIA ‘asking’ Salian to go soft: I am a criminal lawyer, not stupid to say this without proof Says she wanted 9 Muslims (in Malegaon 2006) to be freed but NIA silent. Ever since her statement on being told to go… Continue Reading →

Neither gloves nor saline drip, patients given just half a dose

Every time a patient is brought in, doctors brace for one common procedure. How to tell the relatives to go fetch basic medical equipment as the hospital is out of surgical gloves and critical syringes, saline drips. The 925-bed hospital… Continue Reading →

Delhi: AAP MLA Manoj Kumar arrested in land grabbing case, has 8 cases at 3 police stations

Manoj Kumar was arrested under Sections 420 (cheating), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating) and 471 (using as genuine a forged document) of the Indian Penal Code. AAP MLA Manoj Kumar By: Express News Service | New Delhi |Updated: July 10, 2015… Continue Reading →

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