The term of the 22nd Law Commission, which is without a chairperson for the past few months, ends Saturday with its key report on the uniform civil code still in works. The report prepared by the law panel on simultaneous elections is ready and is pending submission to the law ministry.
A video circulating on social media that showed members of the Argentina national team singing about France striker Kylian Mbappe's African descent.
Imane Khelif, who is in the spotlight for failing a gender eligibility test at a tournament last year, progressed to the Olymoics welterweight quarter-finals.
Yunus, 84, was administered the oath of office by President Mohammed Shahabuddin at a ceremony at the presidential palace 'Bangabhaban'.
The Union cabinet approved The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2016 for introduction in Parliament.
WFI President Sanjay Singh on Friday assured that the protesting wrestlers' trio of Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik would not face any discrimination and he would personally approach them for appearance in the Olympic Qualifiers trials, which will be held in Maharashtra.
The move comes amid a nationwide civil rights movement, led mostly by South Asian Americans who come from caste-oppressed backgrounds, NBC reported on Friday.
'They are attacking my wife; they are attacking our 13-month-old daughter. They are saying that I do drugs.' 'I'm giving an open challenge to Mr Nawab Malik and Ms Sana Malik let's go to the labs and let's do the medical test of our family and your family.'
Tottenham Hotspur defender Danny Rose has said he is tired of racial discrimination after being regularly stopped by police and asked if his car is stolen. The 30-year-old England international said he has had similar experiences for the last 15 years.
Both candidates have shifted from their traditional constituencies - Sadhotra from Marh and Sharma from Akhnoor - after these two segments were reserved for Scheduled Castes.
The lawsuit pointed out that the plaintiff's experience with Infosys demonstrates the 'discriminatory nature of Infosys' employment practices'.
'Rahul Gandhi is raising the issue of a caste census though his party has been doing injustice on this front from the 1950s.'
The reservation policy requires a fresh relook and new methods are needed for the uplift of people belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC), Schedule Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC), Supreme Court judge Justice Pankaj Mithal said on Thursday.
It seems that the West is sending a signal to India that it can return to old hostilities unless India toes their line on Russia. It is no surprise that India is being compared with Putin's Russia in terms of targeting 'dissidents' as the West calls these Khalistani terrorists, asserts Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
'Those who opposed Ram, none of them was given power. Even all of them together were made number two. God's justice is true and enjoyable'
In a judgment of far-reaching implications, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a Muslim woman can seek maintenance from her husband under Section 125 of the CrPC and said the "religion neutral" provision is applicable to all married women irrespective of their religion.
"Give up arms and come for talks or our forces will hunt you down," the home minister said in election rallies in Jammu and Kashmir.
The clashes broke out this morning when protesters attending a non-cooperation programme to demand the government's resignation faced opposition from the supporters of the Awami League, Chhatra League, and Jubo League activists.
A murder case has been filed against Bangladesh's ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and six others over the death of a grocery shop owner during last month's violent clashes that led to the fall of her government, media reports said on Tuesday.
Justice Gavai, who wrote a 281-page separate but concurring verdict, said it is the duty of the State to give preferential treatment to the backward class of citizens who are not adequately represented in government jobs.
Apple iPhone maker Foxconn has informed the government that 25 per cent of its new hires are married women and its safety protocol, which requires all employees to avoid wearing metal irrespective of gender or religion, is not discriminatory, sources said. In an informal note shared with the government after reports suggested it is not hiring married women, Foxconn stated that such stipulations are not part of its policy and these claims may have been made by those individuals who were not hired, sources said.
The reality is that even successful Muslims are made to suffer because of their faith, and the opposition to Sania Mirza is part of the same story of discrimination, says Kashif-ul-Huda.
A petition seeking a review of the October 17 verdict refusing to accord legal recognition to same-sex marriages was mentioned before the Supreme Court on Thursday for an open court hearing.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday hit out at the Centre accusing it of following a policy of "political discrimination" in grant of central assistance even as he made a strong pitch of special category status for his state.
K P George, the candidate for treasurer of Fortbend County, a suburb of Houston, United States, said he has learned some lessons during his campaign. He said he found that discrimination exists, and that the Indian community is fragmented, parochial.
The bench granted the Army time till March 31, 2024 for drawing up a policy pursuant to an earlier direction on the career progression of women officers, and listed their plea in the first week of April next year.
The decline in life expectancy was higher among young individuals and those aged 50 to 60.
United States President Barack Obama on Friday said that same sex couples need to be treated equal and they cannot be discriminated when it comes to marriage, a day after his administration approached the US Supreme Court to strike down a California law in this regard.
Nothing is going to change in a hurry unless attitudes change and punishments are speedy and fair, notes Ramesh Menon.
The Supreme Court on Monday imposed an interim stay on directives passed by the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments that eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route must display names of owners.
Justice Rajasekhar Mantha directed the chief secretary of the West Bengal government to ensure one percent reservation for transgenders in all public employment.
Muhammad Yunus on Thursday promised to deliver a government which assures safety to its citizens, as the Nobel laureate returned to the protest-torn Bangladesh from Paris to take oath as the head of the interim government following the ouster of Sheikh Hasina.
'I declared myself a Sikh. We want freedom from caste discrimination.'
UWW had later said WFI may need to safeguard women wrestlers to get its suspension lifted.
With Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma pressing for Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the death of his niece Dana Sangma, Amity University on Friday dismissed allegations that the student, who allegedly committed suicide after being caught with a mobile phone during an exam, was discriminated against.
Under the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, exception 2 to Section 63 (rape) says that 'sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his own wife, the wife not being under eighteen years of age, is not rape'.
Amnesty International has released a report on discrimination against Muslims in Europe, which has highlighted cases of prejudice in education and employment sectors against the community.
They (minorities) cannot be handed over to them (Opposition), who benefit because we keep quiet.
Unnecessary victimisation may "reflect in the bilateral relations", the Bombay high court said on Thursday while ordering the authorities to issue exit permit to a Chinese woman who was acquitted in a gold smuggling case yet could not leave India.
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