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Month February 2017

India – First Transgender woman to get married legally

Shree and Sanjay’s love story bloomed way back in 2000.Residents of Kestopur, they went to the same school and had sparks flying the moment they bumped into each other. Yet, theirs is not a regular love story. That Shree is… Continue Reading →

India – New Maternity Bill Reaches Lok Sabha, But Gaps Remain

 By: Kinshu Dang The government has doubled the paid maternity leave to six and half months for women in the organised sector. Nishu was 27 when she became pregnant with her son five years ago.  She was working with a start-up… Continue Reading →

Why The Mainstream Should Respect Adivasis In Assam

by Dr. Kamal Kumar Tanti As I started writing this piece, I remembered a Jhumur song very popular in our childhood days: “Chal re mini Assam jabo/deshe aro dukh re/Assam deshere mini/cha bagan harial (O girl, let’s go to Assam/… Continue Reading →

Chhattisgarh: Villagers walk 30 km to protest ‘fake encounter’ killing of two in Dantewada

The villagers say that the duo went to the bazaar in Kirandul on January 28 to buy supplies for Kadti’s newborn child when they were picked up and later killed Written by Dipankar Ghose | Raipur | Nearly 500 villagers… Continue Reading →

Punjab Elections – Eighty Cases Of Paid News

SAD, INC, AAP, BJP and BSP — Chief Electoral Officer of Punjab registered cases of paid news against candidates of all major parties.By Kshitij Malhotra | Even as Dainik Jagran finds itself in a soup for publishing exit polls after the first… Continue Reading →

India – How technology is undoing NREGA in Jharkhand #Aadhaar

Going online was supposed to clean up and smoothen functioning of government schemes like the rural job guarantee scheme MGNREGS. But experience from Jharkhand’s tribal districts shows that besides the chronic lack of connectivity, a brand new system of corruption has emerged…. Continue Reading →

Assam girl posts molestation details on Facebook, minister’s comment draws flak #Vaw

Anupam Bordoloi Representative photo. An Assamese girl’s graphic Facebook post about her molestation has sparked protests across the state. (HT Photo ) “They come under the cover of darkness, their faces hidden behind their helmets. I try and move to the… Continue Reading →

Aadhaar: To be mandatory, or not to be #UID

Aadhaar is as voluntary as voluntary retirement schemes – usually leaving you with little choice Pratap Vikram Singh |    Ever since the unique identity number, or Aadhaar, was introduced in India, it has carefully avoided spelling out its status –… Continue Reading →

Doctor from BIACH & RI suspended after complaining to NHRC #WTFnews

HYDERABAD: The controversy at Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital and Research Institute(BIACH and RI) took another turn on Thursday. Dr VVTS Prasad, who was heading research and development cell of the hospital, was suspended on Wednesday evening and was not allowed… Continue Reading →

Bombay HC questions FIR against adman over `leather bag’ vigilante row

“Even assuming that the statement is false, how is an offence made out,” asked the judges. Shibu Thomas| TNN |  MUMBAI: In a setback to the Mumbai police, the Bombay High Court on Thursday questioned the FIR registered against advertising… Continue Reading →

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