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Ambedkar International Center Moves Court to Join Cisco Caste Discrimination Case
arun Posted On March 3, 2021


California regulators last year sued Cisco Systems, saying an engineer faced discrimination at the company’s Silicon Valley headquarters because he is a Dalit Indian. Lalit K Jha Washington: The Ambedkar International Center (AIC), a US-based organisation fighting against caste discrimination […]


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To protect rights of LGBTQ, US House passes Equality Act
arun Posted On February 28, 2021


NEW YORK, The House has passed the landmark Equality Act, taking LGBTQ+ Americans one step closer to winning legal protection from discrimination. By a vote of 224 to 206, the House passed the landmark Act, which amends the 1964 Civil […]


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Biden administration withdraws from transgender athlete case
arun Posted On February 26, 2021


Washington, Feb 24 (AP) The Biden administration has withdrawn its support for a federal lawsuit in Connecticut that seeks to ban transgender athletes from participating in girls” high school sports. Connecticut allows high school athletes to compete in sports according […]


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Cisco caste bias lawsuit in US: Ambedkar International Centre files brief with court
arun Posted On February 26, 2021


After Cisco was sued for caste discrimination, it filed a motion to strike, which will be coming up for hearing next month. By Haripriya Suresh In July 2020, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) sued Cisco and former […]


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Joe Biden administration withdraws from transgender athlete case
arun Posted On February 25, 2021


NEW YORK: The Biden administration has withdrawn government support for a federal lawsuit in Connecticut that seeks to ban transgender athletes from participating in girls’ high school sports. Connecticut allows high school athletes to compete in sports according to their […]


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US Military’s First India-born Female Muslim Chaplain Graduates, Shares Her Experience
arun Posted On February 24, 2021


Indian-born Saleha Jabeen became the first female Muslim chaplain to graduate from the US military’s basic chaplain course earlier this month. Written By Vishal Tiwari Indian-born Saleha Jabeen became the first female Muslim chaplain to graduate from the US military’s […]


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Residential Segregation in India: A growing problem
arun Posted On February 23, 2021


The Human Rights Institute at the University of Connecticut hosted “Residential Segregation In An Urbanizing India,” on Feb. 19 through Zoom. Naveen Bharathi, a postdoctoral research fellow who focuses on political sociology and economic identity in India, presented his data […]


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87 US groups declare support for farmers’ struggle in India
arun Posted On February 23, 2021


American organisations of farmers, and farm and food justice networks and other groups issued a solidarity statement in support of the historic peasant protests in India As many as 87 U.S. farmer organizations and allied agroecology, farm and food justice […]


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International organisations support Indians farmers: NYT carries full page declaration
arun Posted On February 18, 2021


Foreign MPs, labour organisations, celebrities, activists, progressive groups world over, express solidarity with the Framers’ Movement in India Around 75 progressive, people’s organisations across the globe signed a full-page declaration on February 16, 2021 edition of the New York Times […]


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Valentine’s Day or not, India has no infrastructure for love because it’s no internal matter
arun Posted On February 15, 2021


Valentine’s Day is a Western concept, but love isn’t. From ‘love jihad’ laws to vigilante groups harassing couples in February, its space in India is shrinking. BY NEERA MAJUMDAR Indians said ‘I love you’ to Alexa — the Amazon device […]


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