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It's 2017! Why Do Women Still Need To Fight For Their Rights

It’s 2017! And just last week I was reading about how the Indian censor board of film certification has refused to certify a women empowerment film “Lipstick un...

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Human Rights

Study Highlights Dismal Condition Of Women Farmers

A study conducted in rural Tamil Nadu points out the appalling condition of women farmers, especially after the death of their husbands. Conducted in January by the Tamilna...

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Human Rights

India Urged To Build Housing Law On Human Rights

India needs a housing law that is rooted in human rights as bulging cities and rising inequality make housing unaffordable for ever more people, according to a United Natio...

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Human Rights

Reform Hold The Key To Cut Litigation In India Land Deals, Say Analysts

The process of land acquisition in India has been the source of increasing political and legal contestation for almost 200 years, says the Land Rights Initiative Reforms to...

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Hollywood

Orlando Bloom Meets Children And Families Affected By Boko Haram On Niger Trip

Hundreds of thousands of children across the region have been forced from their homes, are out of education and at risk of malnutrition. In areas affected by the violence i...

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Human Rights

Rights Over Leaves, Flowers Give Indian Tribal Groups More Reason To Stay Put

In the pleasant climate of February, it is hard to imagine that day time temperatures in May in the arid Vidarbha region of India's Maharashtra state can climb to a swelter...

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Human Rights

Growing Child Labour In India's Cities Is Just The Tip Of The Iceberg, Say Activists

Urban India is employing an increasing number of children - many under nine years of age - in producing everything from pickles to fireworks, working in tourism and labouri...

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Alternative Entertainment

Amitabh Bachchan Bats For Gender Equality In A Powerful Twitter Post

Amid worldwide debates and discussions on gender equality, equal rights for men and women both at workplace and otherwise, gender pay gap etc, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Ba...

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Human Rights

Is Public Health Bill Finally Ready?

A Bill pending for over a decade — that aims to deal with emergency health situations and control, and management of diseases likely to cause major epidemics — ...

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Human Rights

Revised National Building Code Should Bring Down Barriers For The Disabled

It struck a disparate note with the country’s 26.8 million disabled. On February 12, the very day the Indian cricket team was making us proud by winning the Blind Wor...

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