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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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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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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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"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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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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JNU Students March To Parliament, Demand Repeal Of Sedition Law
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students today marched to Parliament demanding repeal of the sedition law and enactment of a 'Rohith Act' to end caste based discrimination in educational institutions.
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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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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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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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"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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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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JNU Students March To Parliament, Demand Repeal Of Sedition Law
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students today marched to Parliament demanding repeal of the sedition law and enactment of a 'Rohith Act' to end caste based discrimination in educational institutions.
