AIKMS condemns raid by IB at of KKU President and AIKMS Vice President
Punjab government silence on the misuse of central agencies proves it is in connivance with central govt
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Arrest of Kejriwal seems to be nothing else but an act of political vendetta: PUCL
The arrest of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is clearly to weaken the Aam Aadmi Party on the eve of the Lok Sabha elections, just as all senior leaders and strategist of the party have been silenced and forced out of any form of public action.
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New Delhi ranked most polluted capital city in 6th Annual World Air Quality report
National Capital Region witnessed a particularly alarming surge in PM2.5 levels, rising by 10% and peaking at a monthly average of 255 μg/m3 in November. Indian cities dominate the global list of most polluted cities, with 12 out of the top 15 ranked cities located within the country.
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An Independent Citizen’s Tribunal of PUCL to visit Manipur and hold hearings
Keeping in mind the fact that constitutional governance has been all but impossible and that deep faults and fissures have opened up in the social and cultural fabric of Manipur, it was felt that an independent tribunal is required which can give a hearing to all sides, along with putting together a consolidated picture of what happened, capture the people’s suffering, ascertain the causes of the current constitutional breakdown as well as come up with recommendations to restore the rule of law and constitutional governance in Manipur.
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Womens Rights Activist from Benares wins 2024 Great Companies International Entrepreneur Award
Shruti Nagvanshi, an Indian women’s and children’s rights activist, embodies the essence of empowerment and resilience. Her unwavering commitment to marginalized communities, including the Dalit caste and rural women, has earned her recognition as a beacon of hope and a driving force for social change.
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Beware of Nationwide NRC in the name of CAR, 2024 : Statement by Joint Forum against NRC
The Union government had refrained from notifying the CAR in the past 5 years, because the entire matter remains sub judice. There can be no justification for notifying the CAR, 2024 now, on the eve of the Lok Sabha elections, other than petty vote-bank considerations.
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Civil Society Recommendations for the Manifesto of Political Parties in GE-2024 on FOPL
Representatives of all political parties launched the Patna Declaration, endorsing the declaration by signing on to it. All representatives have pledged to include these demands in their respective party’s upcoming election manifestos.
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Uttarakhand: Women’s groups and representatives of organisations reject UCC Bill
In this form, this Bill should be referred to a Standing or a Select Committee for wider deliberations, as the Bill, which has much import for the people of Uttarakhand and also for the rest of India as a precedent setter, needs to be discussed and people’s, including diverse women’s, queer and trans communities’ responses from Uttarakhand need to be taken into account.
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Why I have decided to return the Magsaysay Award and my US Degrees
As I return the Magsaysay award I also feel that I should relieve myself of the degrees I have obtained in US. Hence, I am also taking a decision to return my Dual M.S. degrees in Manufacturing and Computer Engineerings to Syracuse Univeristy in upstate New York and my Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering degree to the University of California at Berkeley.
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Women’s organisation call for Termination of WFI to prevent return of Sexual Predators in wrestling
We are celebrating ten years of the implementation of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, popularly known as the POSH law, currently. While celebrations are underway all over the country, our champions who brought laurels for the country like Sakshi, Vinesh, Sangeeta and other women wrestlers, have not been assured of this minimum protection, at their ‘workplace’.
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