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Study Says Number of Rape Cases May Have Increased During the Pandemic
22 Apr 2021
'In South Asia, there is an absence of official data which adequately captures the actual number of sexual violence incidents which take place,' the report said.
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Migrant Workers Without Access to Social Protection or Healthcare, Says NHRC Study
19 Apr 2021
'The experience of interstate migrant workers calls for a supportive policy framework. A multi- pronged strategy with the involvement of Central, State and local governments supported by community…
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Students Protest De-Registration and Rs 40,000 Penalty for SFI AUD Convener
14 Apr 2021
The AUD campuses have always had graffiti. Sometimes the administration has them covered with a fresh coat of paint, but the drawings reappear.
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Large Number of Women Do Not Have Access to Maternity Benefits: Survey
11 Apr 2021
The paper by economists Jean Dreze, Reetike Khera, and Anmol Somanchi is based on the findings of the Jaccha Baccha Survey (JABS), a survey of pregnant and nursing women in rural India conducted in…
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Shirtless Men Paraded Around Women's Hostels in JNU on Holi: Allege Women of JNU
05 Apr 2021
According to a statement released by ‘Women of JNU’, none of the security guards assigned to the hostels came forward to stop the men or take action when the residents of the hostels raised…
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West Bengal Polls: How Much Truth to TMC’s Promise of Improving Public Healthcare?
02 Apr 2021
The government hospitals are ill-equipped to treat incoming patients, forcing ordinary citizens to rely on expensive treatment in private hospitals.
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Thousands of DU Teachers March Against Delhi Govt's Policies
15 Mar 2021
The teachers allege that the grants, which were released to 12 colleges under DU after a sustained struggle, are not enough and some colleges are yet to receive their grants.
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UNICEF Report Projects Additional 10 Million Child Marriages in Next Decade
10 Mar 2021
Each year at least 1.5 million girls under the age of 18 get married in India, which makes it home to the largest number of child brides in the world - accounting for a third of the global total,…
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Delhi: Women, Students and Workers Celebrate Women's Day by Protesting Against Centre’s Policies
08 Mar 2021
‘We cannot label issues as women's issues, workers' issues, farmers' issues, or students' issues any more. This government is against all of us; their policies are against all of us, against the…
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India Falls from ‘Free’ to ‘Partly Free’ in Freedom in the World 2021 Report
04 Mar 2021
‘The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and its state-level allies continued to crack down on critics during the year, and their response to COVID-19 included a ham-fisted lockdown that…