President's arts council quits over Trump's Charlottesville remarks

The members of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, an advisory committee to the White House on cultural issues, have resigned citing the controversial comments made by......

Now we will see the power of women in Parliament

One woman president or one woman chief minister does not make or prove the point that women are treated equally, but 33 per cent women in elected bodies does constitute a critical mass to make a......

'India must act against violence on Dalits'

International human rights organisations have called upon the Indian government to take steps to implement the recommendations of a United Nations committee that found persistent violence and......

UN concerned over violence against Dalit women

A United Nations panel has expressed concern over what it called an alarming number of allegations of acts of sexual violence against Dalit and tribal women in India, who were being "trafficked and......