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Month May 2017

Month after murder, Pehlu Khan’s killers walk free #WTFnews

Rosamma Thomas| TNN |  People demanding justice for Pehlu Khan, staged dharna at Shaheed Smarak in Jaipur on Monday. (TOI photo) JAIPUR: Social activists and politicians gathered at Ambedkar Circle in Jaipur to seek justice for dairy farmer Pehlu Khan… Continue Reading →

Another Dalit Student’s institutional murder in IISER Kolkata

Tragedy on coveted campus IISER student’s death brings into focus halted programme SUBHANKAR CHOWDHURY AND SUBHASISH CHAUDHURI Kalyani, May 2: The death of a penurious student on a coveted Bengal campus that draws the best science students from across the… Continue Reading →

Mumbai – In 10 years, 33 women died in city after tubectomy

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT BMC says surgical complications are responsible Mumbai: Thirty three women have died after undergoing tubectomy procedures in Mumbai in the past 10 years. While 17 died within seven days of undergoing the birth control procedure, 16 died within… Continue Reading →

Aadhaar vs security: Is the biometric system a tool for surveillance?

The scheme has so far enrolled 1.13 billion Indians and residents of India Rohith Jyothish | Global Voices As questions emerge around flawed security measures being used to protect India’s digital ID database, government authorities are defending the system —… Continue Reading →

Operation Stone Pelters- Kanpur Priests imparting training to take on Kashmiri Protestors # WTFnews

Kanpur-based religious organisation training sadhus in stone pelting to take on Kashmir protesters A Kanpur-based group of priests is imparting stone pelting training to take on Kashmiri protesters. The head of the group – Jan Sena – says 1000s of… Continue Reading →

India’s largest biometric database globally, #Aadhaar is leaky by design

It the largest biometric database in the world and it is fraught with security issues Rohith Jyothish | Global Voices Biometric data being collected for Aadhaar registration. Photo: Reuters ALSO READ Aadhaar scheme based on unverified data, violates SC order,… Continue Reading →

India – How modern veneration of cow underlines ancient caste hierarchy

The significance of this transition of the cow to a creature both animal and divine, needing protection and veneration, was explored by the sociologist Louis Dumont in his seminal work, Homo Hierarchicus 125 SHARES Facebook Twitter Google Plus Written by… Continue Reading →

India – #Aadhaar- Judgement will tell if our jurisprudence is fit for an age of technology

Supreme Test Aadhaar-related cases could tell us whether our jurisprudence is fit for an age of technology Written by Pratap Bhanu Mehta | It will also be a test case for whether the checks and balances of our constitutional scheme… Continue Reading →

50 Days of Yogi Adityanath as CM

As Yogi Adityanath completes 50 days at the helm in Uttar Pradesh this Sunday, the state is seeing the signs of a transformation, says the BJP. But some challenges are also rising from within, reports Aman Sharma At 9:25 am… Continue Reading →

Prabhat Patnaik on Affirmative Action And The “Efficiency Argument”

  Prabhat Patnaik (In this article, Prabhat Patnaik demolishes the “efficiency argument” which claims that affirmative action, including reservations, lowers the “efficiency”, or quality of output, in any sphere where it is practised. The basis for an analytical objection to… Continue Reading →

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