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"Will Do Something About It": Supreme Court On Caste Discrimination In Colleges
Terming it as a sensitive issue, the Supreme Court on Friday said it will devise an effective mechanism to combat caste-based discrimination in educational institutions in the country.
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University Body Directs Institutions To Prevent Caste-Based Discrimination At Campuses
The university body has also asked the institutions to provide information about the actions taken by the them to prevent caste-based discrimination during the year 2023-24.
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Notice To Centre, 11 States On Plea Claiming Caste Discrimination In Jails
The Supreme Court today sought responses from the Centre and 11 states, including Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, on a PIL alleging that the prison manuals of these states encourage caste-based discrimination in jails.
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No Caste Discrimination Involved In IIT Bombay Student Death: Committee
The inquiry committee set up by Indian Institute of Technology Bombay after the death of its student Darshan Solanki last month allegedly by suicide has ruled out caste-based discrimination and hinted at deteriorating academic performance as a cause.
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Class Renewed for Second Season After Season 1 Dominates Streaming Charts on Netflix India
Class, which released to critical acclaim in February on Netflix, has been renewed for a second season. The series, which is based on the Spanish show Elite, features three students from middle-class backgrounds gain scholarships to attend a prestigious international school, and the discrimination they face from their much wealthier classmates.
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Humanity Cannot Be Divided Based On Gender, Caste, Says President Kovind
President Ram Nath Kovind Sunday asserted that humanity and truth are supreme and cannot be divided on the basis of caste, gender or religion, as serving the needy has always been accorded top priority in Indian culture.
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Cisco Accused of Job Discrimination Based on Indian Employee's Caste
California regulators sued Cisco Systems on Tuesday, accusing it of discriminating against an Indian-American employee and allowing him to be harassed by two managers because he was from a lower Indian caste than them.
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Women's Panel Seeks Inquiry Into Suicide Attempt By AIIMS Doctor
The National Commission for Women (NCW) has written to the Union Health Ministry asking it to conduct an immediate inquiry into the alleged suicide attempt by a woman doctor at the AIIMS in New Delhi apparently over caste and gender based discrimination and harassment.
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Journalism Students In Bhopal Accuse 2 Visiting Professors Of Caste Bias
The students of a journalism university in Bhopal on Friday staged a protest against two visiting professors, alleging they create a divide among students and discriminate based on caste.
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"What Do You Mean By Dalit?" School Asks In Exam, MK Stalin Wants Action
DMK chief MK Stalin today expressed concerns over a school question paper asking questions based on caste and religion that he says "propagates discrimination". Sharing the photograph of the question paper on Twitter, Mr Stalin raised concerns about the education system of the country.
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Bihar School Allegedly Segregates Students On Caste, Religion, Probe On
A school in Bihar's Vaishali district has been alleged to have been segregating students based on religion and caste that has prompted the government to launch an inquiry.
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Bihar School Reportedly Segregating Students On Caste, Religion. Probe On
A school in Bihar is allegedly segregating students based on religion and caste, Bihar minister Krishnandan Prasad Verma said, adding that a government inquiry has been launched to probe the case.
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Unequal Land Ownership At Root Of Caste Violence, Says Dalit Writer Sujatha Gidla
Mumbai: Education alone will not lift millions of lower-caste Indians out of poverty and oppression as long as land in the country is in the hands of a powerful few, according to a Dalit writer whose memoir chronicles her family’s struggles against caste. Caste-based discrimination was banned in India in 1955, but centuries-old biases persist, ...
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Secularism Doesn't Mean Being Obsessed With One Religion: Yogi Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today accused the previous governments in the state of discrimination based on caste and religion and said that secularism does not mean being obsessed with one particular faith. The chief minister also claimed that due to vote bank politics, patriots like Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqullah Khan and Abdul Ha...
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Refused Haircut, Denied Water: Dalits Allege Caste-based Discrimination In Madhya Pradesh Village
Bhopal: In Naisamand village in Madhya Pradesh, dalit families have alleged that they are being discriminated against on the basis of their caste. Families allege they are denied haircuts at barber shops and refused water in hotels. Jagannath Ahirwar, a dalit, who is a resident of Naisamand village, told PTI, “Local barber refuses to do a hairc...
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"Will Do Something About It": Supreme Court On Caste Discrimination In Colleges
Terming it as a sensitive issue, the Supreme Court on Friday said it will devise an effective mechanism to combat caste-based discrimination in educational institutions in the country.
-
University Body Directs Institutions To Prevent Caste-Based Discrimination At Campuses
The university body has also asked the institutions to provide information about the actions taken by the them to prevent caste-based discrimination during the year 2023-24.
-
Notice To Centre, 11 States On Plea Claiming Caste Discrimination In Jails
The Supreme Court today sought responses from the Centre and 11 states, including Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, on a PIL alleging that the prison manuals of these states encourage caste-based discrimination in jails.
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No Caste Discrimination Involved In IIT Bombay Student Death: Committee
The inquiry committee set up by Indian Institute of Technology Bombay after the death of its student Darshan Solanki last month allegedly by suicide has ruled out caste-based discrimination and hinted at deteriorating academic performance as a cause.
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Class Renewed for Second Season After Season 1 Dominates Streaming Charts on Netflix India
Class, which released to critical acclaim in February on Netflix, has been renewed for a second season. The series, which is based on the Spanish show Elite, features three students from middle-class backgrounds gain scholarships to attend a prestigious international school, and the discrimination they face from their much wealthier classmates.
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Humanity Cannot Be Divided Based On Gender, Caste, Says President Kovind
President Ram Nath Kovind Sunday asserted that humanity and truth are supreme and cannot be divided on the basis of caste, gender or religion, as serving the needy has always been accorded top priority in Indian culture.
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Cisco Accused of Job Discrimination Based on Indian Employee's Caste
California regulators sued Cisco Systems on Tuesday, accusing it of discriminating against an Indian-American employee and allowing him to be harassed by two managers because he was from a lower Indian caste than them.
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Women's Panel Seeks Inquiry Into Suicide Attempt By AIIMS Doctor
The National Commission for Women (NCW) has written to the Union Health Ministry asking it to conduct an immediate inquiry into the alleged suicide attempt by a woman doctor at the AIIMS in New Delhi apparently over caste and gender based discrimination and harassment.
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Journalism Students In Bhopal Accuse 2 Visiting Professors Of Caste Bias
The students of a journalism university in Bhopal on Friday staged a protest against two visiting professors, alleging they create a divide among students and discriminate based on caste.
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"What Do You Mean By Dalit?" School Asks In Exam, MK Stalin Wants Action
DMK chief MK Stalin today expressed concerns over a school question paper asking questions based on caste and religion that he says "propagates discrimination". Sharing the photograph of the question paper on Twitter, Mr Stalin raised concerns about the education system of the country.
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Bihar School Allegedly Segregates Students On Caste, Religion, Probe On
A school in Bihar's Vaishali district has been alleged to have been segregating students based on religion and caste that has prompted the government to launch an inquiry.
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Bihar School Reportedly Segregating Students On Caste, Religion. Probe On
A school in Bihar is allegedly segregating students based on religion and caste, Bihar minister Krishnandan Prasad Verma said, adding that a government inquiry has been launched to probe the case.
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Unequal Land Ownership At Root Of Caste Violence, Says Dalit Writer Sujatha Gidla
Mumbai: Education alone will not lift millions of lower-caste Indians out of poverty and oppression as long as land in the country is in the hands of a powerful few, according to a Dalit writer whose memoir chronicles her family’s struggles against caste. Caste-based discrimination was banned in India in 1955, but centuries-old biases persist, ...
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Secularism Doesn't Mean Being Obsessed With One Religion: Yogi Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today accused the previous governments in the state of discrimination based on caste and religion and said that secularism does not mean being obsessed with one particular faith. The chief minister also claimed that due to vote bank politics, patriots like Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqullah Khan and Abdul Ha...
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Refused Haircut, Denied Water: Dalits Allege Caste-based Discrimination In Madhya Pradesh Village
Bhopal: In Naisamand village in Madhya Pradesh, dalit families have alleged that they are being discriminated against on the basis of their caste. Families allege they are denied haircuts at barber shops and refused water in hotels. Jagannath Ahirwar, a dalit, who is a resident of Naisamand village, told PTI, “Local barber refuses to do a hairc...
