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Month May 2017

Fintech Tracker: iSPIRT Wants To Build Credit Profiles Based On UPI And BHIM Transactions

Mayank Jain Digital transactions being done through the unified payment interface (UPI) and Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) could eventually lead to increased lending at the bottom of the pyramid. Digital payments think tank iSPIRT, which worked with the government… Continue Reading →

Bilkis Bano: How a Gujarat riot victim stood up to her rapists

By Geeta Pandey BBC  Image captionBilkis Bano says she wants her attackers to understand the severity of their crime Bilkis Bano was gang-raped and saw 14 members of her family being murdered by a Hindu mob during the 2002 anti-Muslim riots… Continue Reading →

Chhattisgarh – Beyond Rape And Torture Of Adivasis , Suspended Cop’s FB Post Reveals More Horror Stories

SHWETA SENGAR MAY 09, 2017 A couple of weeks after a peaceful road inauguration ceremony turned into a bloodbath on April 24 leaving 25 CRPF personnel dead, Maoists claimed that the brutal attack in Sukma was to avenge the sexual… Continue Reading →

Another petition in SC challenges mandatory  #Aadhaar for mid-day meals etc

WhatsApp More The clamour against Aadhaar is getting too robust to ignore. In yet another petition filed before the Supreme Court of India, the controversial Aadhaar Act has been challenged along with various notifications issued by the Central government making… Continue Reading →

Baseless #Aadhaar and its many flaws: When the poor lose their thumb prints

When machines don’t recognise their thumb prints, Aadhaar turns into a device of exclusion Osama Manzar & Eshita Mukherjee Photo: Reuters Wardi Devi, a senior citizen, hails from a remote town of Rajasthan. She’s tried to enrol for the Aadhaar… Continue Reading →

Justice Karnan: A courtroom drama that turned into TV soap

Judiciary is the institution that people look up to for justice. “Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; justice is what comes out of a courtroom.” — Clarence Darrow, American legal luminary What has come… Continue Reading →

Amit Shah, Yogi meet NRI donors pressing for work to begin on Ram Temple in Ayodhya

More than 150 international donors to the Sangh Parivar had meetings last week in Delhi and Lucknow to urge the government to build a Ram temple on the site of the demolished Babri Masjid in Ayodhya. The 460-year-old mosque was… Continue Reading →

Who runs the fake news website Dainikbharat.org? Let us find out

. By Pratik Sinha On Alt News, we have run several stories about fake videos and fake news that get propagated via social media. Considering the amount of fakery out there, my personal belief at this point in time is… Continue Reading →

Allahabad HC- Triple Talaq Can’t Be Given In A Way That Violates Women’s Rights

Court said human rights of women are an integral part of universal human rights and Triple Talaq cannot be made in a way that violates it. LUCKNOW: All citizens, including Muslim women, have fundamental rights under the Constitution, and they… Continue Reading →

Rajasthan HC admits PIL on giving health centres to private players

TNN |  Representative image JAIPUR: The Rajasthan High Court on Monday admitted a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the handing over of 213 primary health centres (PHCs) in the state to private agencies, to be run in the public-private partnership… Continue Reading →

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