New Delhi: A group of hawkers, sex workers, domestic workers, rescued bonded laborers and other unorganized workers gathered in New Delhi to demand the government fulfill the promises made during the pandemic. The March 18 demonstration at Jantar Mantar took place a week before the first anniversary of the lockdownContinue Reading
Krishnadas Rajagopal New Delhi: The Supreme Court has forbade judges from making gender stereotypical comments like “’good women are sexually chaste,” women who drink and smoke ‘ask’ for sexual advances or presume that a sexually active woman consented to rape while hearing cases of sexual offence. A Bench of JusticesContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has denied permission to a Sikh jattha (group) of around 600 pilgrims to visit Pakistan for the 100th anniversary of the Saka Nankana Sahib. The group was expected to visit five gurudwaras in Pakistan from February 18 to 21. The Shiromani GurudwaraContinue Reading
Experts have expressed serious concerns over the downgrading of India’s status from ‘the world’s largest democracy to an ‘electoral autocracy’ and from a “Free Country” to a “Partly Free Country” in the international reports. They expressed their views in a group discussion held by Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) here on theContinue Reading
New Delhi: More than a thousand Adivasi women gathered in Barwani, Madhya Pradesh on February 17 to demand the arrest of 20-25 men who had barged into an Adivasi home. The mob falsely accusing them of organizing religious conversion, allegedly molested young girls and attacked an 8-month pregnant woman, whoContinue Reading
By M.K. George S J Rome: Sr. Ann Rose Nu Twang. Everyone knows her. If you still do not, you should get to know her. The video of Sister Ann, in a white robe and a black veil kneeling on a street in the northern town of Myitkyina, Myanmar, pleadingContinue Reading
On March 12, the Supreme Court issued notice in a plea to set up medical boards in all districts with adequate gynaecologists and paediatricians for assisting rape survivors, reported Bar & Bench. The Bench of Chief Justice of India SA Bobde and Justice AS Bopanna passed this order in aContinue Reading
“No no, I have been going to my school every week,” says 12-year-old Khushiram when asked about not having been to school in a year. A class VI student at a Delhi government school in Mayur Vihar Pocket IV, Khushiram lives with his family at their home on the YamunaContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panaji: A leading Indian NGO has chosen Daughters of St Paul Sister Pauline Chakkalakal for its prestigious national pride award. The India International Friendship Society says it chose the Catholic nun for the “Rashtriya Gaurav Award,” recognizing her achievements and contributions. The award will be conferredContinue Reading
Ranchi: Ranchi, capital of the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, on March 13 will start #shanivarnocar (Saturdaynocar) campaign from March 13. The campaign is being spearheaded by the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) and the Ranchi Smart City Corporation Limited (RSCCL). RMC has already held extensive meetings with NGOs, traders outfitContinue Reading