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Day February 9, 2018

Shamir Reuben harassment row, and why women must learn to trust their instincts #Vaw

  It’s a rude reminder that even woke, seemingly practising feminist men, can perpetuate the same misogyny in their personal lives that they speak against. Geetika Man Shamir Reuben/Facebook The last few months have been difficult. Many famous men I… Continue Reading →

India – #Love in the climate of hate

 by-Dushyant Right-wing forces are trying to portray Ankit Saxena’s death as an ‘Us versus Them’ clash, but his family has given us hope that we can fight attempts to divide Have you been in love? Have you suffered a heartbreak… Continue Reading →

India- Even in Sports Feminism Loses, to Money #StopPatriarchy

Mithali Raj & Co were stars after the 2017 World Cup, and yet the women’s game is not viewed as a commercial project Dileep Premachandran On February 6, the 60th anniversary of one of the saddest dusks sport has ever… Continue Reading →

India – 28% Rise In Communal Incidents Under NDA

Chaitanya Malla   Mumbai: Communal violence under the National Democratic Alliance government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party increased 28% over three years to 2017–822 “incidents” were recorded that year–but it was short of the decadal high of 943 in 2008,… Continue Reading →

India – Are monetary penalties effective enough to save forests?

Soujanya Shrivastava     The Union Environment Ministry has issued guidelines to deal with forest clearance violations by revising penalties. Will these guidelines prevent violations of forest clearance norms?    The new guidelines fall short of addressing misuse of forest land… Continue Reading →

India – Aadhaar must not be made mandatory for any purpose

A strong data protection law must be enacted and penalties imposed on irresponsible handling and leakage of private data Nitin Pai  A visitor gives a thumb impression to withdraw money from his bank account with his Aadhaar or Unique Identification… Continue Reading →

#Goodnews – Vedanta hit by iron ore mining halt in Goa  

Cecilia Jamasmie | Billionaire Anil Agarwal is the founder and chairman of Vedanta, India’s largest mining company. (Image courtesy of Vedanta.) Shares in Vedanta, the London-listed natural resources company controlled by one of India’s richest men, fell as much as 5.5% on… Continue Reading →

Gujarat- Dead Man’s #Aadhaar card used to siphon Rs 1.53 Lakh #AadhaarFail

Ahmedabad Mirror |  Accused Tarun Sureja AGota resident allegedly forged an Aadhaar card belonging to a dead man to con a finance company of Rs 1.53 lakh. Police have arrested accused Tarun Sureja, a 32-year-old resident of Silver Gardenia in Bopal…. Continue Reading →

Without Aadhaar cards, hundreds of inmates at UP’s old age homes denied pension #WTFnews

Priyangi Agarwal and Ishita Bhatia|  Bareilly / Meerut: Scores of inmates at old age homes across Uttar Pradesh are yet to get benefits of pension in the absence of Aadhaar cards. Many inmates have not been able to get Aadhaar… Continue Reading →

Women Delegates Write to Law Ministry on the Bill of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2017

  A delegation comprising of P.K Sreemathi (M.P Loksabha),  Sudha Sundararaman    (Vice-President) , Kirti Singh (Legal Convenor, AIDWA)  S.Punyavathi (Vice-President) ,  Tapasi Praharaj (National Secretary) , Asha Sharma  (General Secretary, Delhi JMS)    Maimoona Mollah   (President, Delhi JMS) met the Law Minister and submitted a memorandum regarding the Bill of… Continue Reading →

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