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Spain is getting rid of streets named after fascist leaders, dedicating them to women instead

Though Francisco Franco’s totalitarian Spanish regime was toppled nearly 40 years ago, its legacy is still present in the country. Walk through the cities of Spain, a...

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Human Rights

Health officials asked to explain 2,234 new HIV infections in the past two years

After the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) revealed that 2,234 people in the country have been infected by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) from 2014 to 2016...

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Human Rights

Maharashtra: Mobile App Chirag Launched To Report Child Abuse

Registering a complaint on the app will send an email to the Maharashtra State Child Rights Protection Commission, which will direct it to police or a child-rights charity....

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Here's Why Even Teachers Want To Get Rid Of Homework

It’s the kind of news that generations of kids have been waiting for: At long last, homework might be on the way out. We’ll probably never get rid of it complet...

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Human Rights

Now, Lodge Child Abuse Plaint Online

The National Commission for Protection ofChild Rights (NCPCR) has set up an online complaint management system for children to report complaints on child abuse.
The st...

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Gender

Menaka Gandhi Asks Women Facing Online Abuse To Use #IAmTrolled

In a move welcomed by women, especially active users of social media like Facebook and Twitter, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi announced on Tuesday that...

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Human Rights

UGC Notifies India’s First Gender Neutral Regulations On Sexual Harassment

The University Grants Commission has notified India’s first gender-neutral Regulations relating to Sexual harassment. New UGC regulations on Sexual harassment prevent...

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Health

Efforts Are On To Reduce Maternal Deaths

Every year, more than 19 lakh women become pregnant in the state. Out of them, around 1.9 lakh women come up with complaints of different kinds of complications, while more...

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Human Rights

Newly Disability Definition To Be Widened

The government is set to widen the definition of "disability" to bring the count of physically challenged persons in sync with the ground situation, heeding complaints that...

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Dil Ka Haal Sune Dilwala

Growing up in Calcutta gave us grounding in sound middle class values out of which I was constructed. We lived in a four room rented ground floor place, P92 SardarSankar Ro...

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