by Nilova Roy Chaudhury
New Delhi: A young journalist, who must remain unnamed for her personal security, recently received an international award for trying to uphold human and women’s rights within Afghanistan. At considerable personal risk, she is part…
Washington: US President Joe Biden has signed a new executive order to help ensure access to abortion. Biden, in virtual remarks from the White House on Wednesday, said that the measure responds to “the healthcare…
Lucknow: The strength of undertrials in Uttar Pradesh prisons is three times more than that of convicts, which explains why the jails are overcrowded. As per the prison department reports, a total of 1,12,480…
Washington: China actively attempts to manipulate and dominate global discourse on Xinjiang and to discredit independent sources reporting ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity conducted against predominantly Muslim Uyghurs and members of other ethnic and…
Chennai: DMK leader and former Union Minister, A. Raja spoke against the Hindu religion while addressing a public gathering, triggering a strong response from the BJP. While addressing the gathering organised by the Dravidar…
As many as 31 persons have been killed in an Iranian security forces crackdown on protests that erupted over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after her arrest by the morality police. The country has…
Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait has criticised the UP government for its recent decision to impose a ‘ban’ on using tractor-trolleys for travelling. Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh) : Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh…
A Dalit youth was stopped from entering a temple in this district of the state, reports said on Thursday. Tumakuru : A Dalit youth was stopped from entering a temple in this district of…
New Delhi: Supreme Court judge Justice D.Y. Chandrachud on Saturday recommended law graduates incorporate feminist thinking in the way they deal with the law. In his address at the 9th convocation of National Law University,…
New Delhi: Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking changes in remission and parole rules in context with the parole given to rape convict Gurmeet Ram…
