Human Rights

How Women Silently Campaign For Their Share Of Water

Many women in Mokhadatehsil of Maharashtra have donned the role of social workers and they are visiting one village after the other, silently campaigning for their rightful sh...

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Bruce Springsteen Cancels Gig After Passing Of 'Anti-LGBT' Law

Glory Days. Rocker Bruce Springsteen has cancelled a concert due to be held in North Carolina in protest over the recent passing of a law that many believe is discriminatory t...

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Passionate Debate Erupts Over The Future For Women In Islam

Sparks flew when Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who lives under a fatwa for her condemnation of Sharia law, came face to face with fellow Somali women’s activist Hibaaq Osman The futu...

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These Indian Women Said They Could Protect Their Local Forests Better Than The Men In Their Village. The Men Agreed.

The Women Of Ghunduri bandi, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, have taken over the taskof guarding the forest they’ve used for generations from intruders and illega...

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Up Next: 1-Stop Crisis Centre For Women

Indore will soon have the first One Stop Crisis Centre (OSCC) for women in distress. According to officials from women and child development department, Union government has r...

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Close To Dam, Away From Water

Balbashpur village in Kilasama gram panchayat of the district is located just about 10 km away from Left Dyke of Hirakud Dam. The 1,500 inhabitants, though, feel the pangs of ...

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How Satellites Are Being Used To Expose Human Rights Abuses

It was the satellite images showing recently disturbed ground that seemed to provide the final confirmation. There was an increasing amount of evidence to indicate that the Bu...

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Newly Disability Definition To Be Widened

The government is set to widen the definition of "disability" to bring the count of physically challenged persons in sync with the ground situation, heeding complaints that th...

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Poor Reintegration Leaves India's Rescued Child Workers At Risk – Researchers

India's strategy for rescuing and reintegrating child victims of labour trafficking is marred by poor coordination, a lack of accountability and inadequate resources that can ...

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India Calls For Empowerment Of Autistic People

Stressing on empowering autistic people through appropriate education and employment opportunities, India has called for enhancing quality of life of differently-abled childre...

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BOLLYWOOD: ARYAN KHAN BREAKS BOLLYWOOD RULES

“I am in love with your wife (Maya)!” — a line from Kabhi Alvida Naa K...

October 15 2025

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: AND THE LEGACY LIVES ON

Khalid Mohamed in conversation with Ramu Aravindan, founder of a Documentation Centre an...

October 14 2025

THOUGHT FACTORY: STORIES THAT SHAPE OUR WORLD

From intimate documentaries to visionary fiction, the WIFF 2025 Jury—comprising ac...

October 13 2025