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California Senate passes bill banning caste discrimination

In a historic move, the California State Senate on Thursday passed a legislation that would ban caste-based discrimination in the state. Photograph: Kind courtesy @aishabbwahab/Twitter Passed by......

California senate panel passes bill to end caste bias

A bill seeking to explicitly ban caste discrimination in California has been unanimously passed by the state's Senate Judiciary Committee, amidst strong opposition from Indian-American business and......

Bill in California Senate against caste-based discrimination

A bill seeking to explicitly ban caste discrimination has been introduced in the California Senate by a Democratic lawmaker, which, if passed, could make America's most populous state also the......

ISRO's PSLV-C54 places earth observation satellite into orbit

The India Space Research Organisation's trusted workhorse PSLV on Saturday successfully injected an Earth Observation Satellite and eight other co-passenger satellites in multiple orbits, calling......

Dalit rights body in US accuses Google of being casteist, a hostile workplace

A US-based Dalit civil rights organisation on Thursday accused Google of having a casteist and hostile workplace practices. Photograph: Baz Ratner/Reuters However, Google has denied the......

IIT-govt stand off resolved: Sibal

The month-long standoff between the government and the IIT faculty over pay structure was 'resolved' on Friday with the HRD ministry agreeing to revisit the contentious norms, including 40 per cent......

Stand-off: Sibal to meet IIT faculty tomorrow

To end the stand-off between the government and agitating IIT faculty protesting anomalies in pay structure, HRD minister Kapil Sibal has agreed to meet the teachers on Friday. This comes against......

IIT faculty body drafts questionnaire for MHRD

Even as faculty members of the Indian Institutes of Technology began their hunger strike on Thursday, the All India IIT Faculty Federation has prepared a letter to be sent to the Ministry of Human......

IIT teachers on hunger strike

For the first time, about 15,000 teachers of prestigious IITs across the countrywent on a hunger strike on Thursday on the issue of pay structure but did not boycott classes. The All India IIT......

Pay anomaly: IIT professors to go on hunger-strike

About 1,500 teachers of 13 IITs on Monday decided to go on a hunger strike on Thursday to protest the anomalies in the recently announced pay structure. The Faculty Federation, which met at IIT......

Review: Yennai Arindhaal is an interesting cop film

The backdrop of Yennai Arindhaal is new and the plot is engaging, but the characters, the situation, and even the dialogues are reminiscences of director Gautham Menon's previous cop films,......

Review: Avan Ivan fails in execution

Pravithra Srinivasan says Avan Ivan delivers very little of the things it promises. Post YOUR reviews here!After four ventures exploring very different genres, National Award winner director Bala......

This Milaga is not so hot!

Pavithra Srinivasan reviews the Tamil film, Milaga. It might be yet another Madurai story with all the characters employing the region's unique slang, but Sri Nataraja Arts' Milaga (chilli),......

Stay away from Magane En Marumagane

If you expect a rip-roaring time fromMagane En Marumagane simplybecause the cast has Tamil cinema's funny man Vivek as the protagonist, then you will be disappointed. There's very little that's......

Review: 1977 is not meant for 2009!

If you've ever wanted to go back to the dashing single-hero subjects of yore, with snazzy outfits, glitzy, overflowing heroines, cool outdoor shoots with a screenplay that's practically......

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