Tag: Discrimination

With heads held high

Sex workers and their children have the same right to living with dignity as other citizens, says ANWESHA SANTRA

April 20, 2023

Centre discriminated against UP during SP rule, alleges Akhilesh

The Samajwadi Party president said, “The Central government under the BJP did not give even a single rupee for the development works done by Samajwadi government in UP.

February 11, 2023

US logs record number of discrimination complaints from schools

The US Education Department's Office for Civil Rights logged a record nearly 19,000 discrimination complaints in the last fiscal year from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022, a media report said.

January 2, 2023

Panchakulam untouchability case: TN Court bars 5 convicts from entering village for 6 months

The incident hyped after some people belonging to a certain community were running a shop near the school and refused to sell snacks to children from the Scheduled Castes.

September 22, 2022

Awaiting Redemption

 Muslim leaders feel that this rhetoric is peddling anti-Muslim sentiments in a climate when Muslims are already feeling alienated and marginalized.

September 10, 2022

Trouble in the promised land

The Modi government's diplomats must also make sure that Indian students get safe havens to study by coercing university and local authorities.

August 29, 2022

End job discrimination against Covid-19 patients

As for employers and recruitment platforms, they are barred from including any discriminatory information in their listings.

August 19, 2022

Quebec vs Canada

Liberal Party Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who hails from Quebec has not ruled out challenging Bill 21 but is afraid to initiate any steps for fear of being accused of Quebec bashing

December 25, 2021

Guess what J.Lo’s secret success mantra is

J.Lo also revealed that she did not let discrimination of any kind hamper her hunt for glory over the years.

September 8, 2019

Ayushmann delighted with performance of ‘Article 15’

Article 15 aims to remind people about Article 15 of the Indian Constitution which prohibits any discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth, and how its value has been forgotten. 

July 2, 2019

Discrimination no one talks about

Ageism, however, is not just part of the corporate workplaces. It is experienced and encountered by people on an every day basis.

May 10, 2019

Overcoming discrimination

It is imperative that communities learn to integrate in the workplace and allow the employees to excel and improve.

July 6, 2018

HP schools to face action for caste discrimination

Taking cognizance of segregation of students on the basis of caste during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Pariksha pe Charcha’ programme in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh, the Education Department has asked the school authorities to put an end to the malpractice. Officials of the Education Department said there have been incidents of discrimination on the...

February 21, 2018

Discrimination to the core

Is it that ethnic and cultural minorities cannot be treated as equal to a tribe or indigenous group? Is it also the case that ethnic, cultural, linguistic and religious differences are grounds for denial of rights to citizenship? Many questions arise in the assumption of unilateral authority by the powers that be in denying citizenship...

February 19, 2018

Drugs to discrimination: The darker side of science

Title: Pandoras Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong; Author: Paul Offit; Publisher: National Geographic: Pages: 290; Price: Rs 699 Science makes our life easier, healthier and longer — but not always. For like all human creations, it is a double-edged weapon that solves one problem but may create another, preserves but also degrades, and...

December 22, 2017

Discrimination strains relationship, harms health

Facing discrimination of any kind — whether because of race, age, gender or other factors — is bad not for your health but it can also strain the relationship you are in, affecting the health of your partner or spouse as well in the process. “We found that when an individual experiences discrimination, they report...

December 9, 2017

US House committee sets sexual harassment hearing

A key US House committee will hold a hearing on sexual harassment later this month focusing on whether Congress is doing enough internally to prevent such behaviour, the media reported. The House Administration Committee, which has jurisdiction over day-to-day operations of the chamber, will hold a November 14 hearing on the issue, Chairman Gregg Harper...

November 4, 2017