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Are Sewer Deaths the New Normal
(The editorial is based on the article “Are Sewer Deaths the New Normal” which appeared in Economic & Political Weekly on 22nd...
27 Oct 2018 Social Empowerment
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UN Report on Privatization and Human Rights
A new report by UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights has raised concern on the widespread privatization of public goods in many...
22 Oct 2018 Social Empowerment
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Rural Development Ministry Conducts Survey under Mission Antyodaya
The Rural Development Ministry has done a gap analysis of more than 3.5 lakh villages, in more than 1.6 lakh panchayats under the Mission Antyodaya...
18 Oct 2018 Social Empowerment
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(The editorial is based on the article “Not without her consent” which appeared in The Hindu on 12th October 2018. It provides an...
12 Oct 2018 Social Empowerment
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A five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court has upheld the application of "creamy layer" principle relating to reservations for...
01 Oct 2018 Social Empowerment
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Adultery is Not a Crime: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has struck down as unconstitutional, the 158 year old Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalizes adultery. The...
28 Sep 2018 Social Empowerment
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The editorial is primarily based on the article “The Primary Anchor of a Health-Care Road Map” which appeared in The Hindu on 24th...
25 Sep 2018 Social Empowerment
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Supreme Court Decriminalizes Homosexuality
Supreme Court of India has scrapped a 158 years old British era law that banned same-sex relations between consenting adults in private. Section...
07 Sep 2018 Social Empowerment
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Delhi High Court Decriminalises Beggary
The Delhi High Court has decriminalised beggary by striking down Delhi Prevention of Begging Rules, 1960, formulated under the Bombay Prevention of...
13 Aug 2018 Social Empowerment
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Does the Anti-Trafficking Bill Address Trafficking?
(This is The Hindu’s ‘Yes, No, It’s Complicated’ for the 10th of August; it addresses a vital concern regarding...
10 Aug 2018 Social Empowerment
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Amendment to Triple Talaq Bill
The Union Cabinet has approved three crucial amendments to the triple talaq Bill. The provisions provide additional safeguards from the Act being...
10 Aug 2018 Social Empowerment
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Constitutional Status for National Commission for Backward Classes
The Lok Sabha has passed the 123rd Constitutional Amendment Bill which seeks to grant constitutional status to the National Commission for Backward...
03 Aug 2018 Social Empowerment
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Panel to Examine OBC Sub-Categorisation Seeks Third Extension
The commission set up to examine the sub-categorisation of Other Backward Classes (OBC) has sought a third extension till November 2018 for...
01 Aug 2018 Social Empowerment
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The New Emerging Women-Power: Ground Realities
“I believe that the rights of women and girls are the unfinished business of the 21st century.” – Hillary Clinton Gender issues...
26 Jul 2018 Social Empowerment
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North India’s Obsession with the Male Child Unchanged
According to the latest data available with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Indians continue to show a preference for a male child....
11 Jul 2018 Social Empowerment
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Mazhavillu- An App for Transgenders
The Kerala government has decided to roll out a mobile app- Mazhavillu, for transgenders in the State since very few have registered for the...
09 Jul 2018 Social Empowerment
