Counterview Desk Even as the Delhi police is investigating into the Delhi riots, three human rights organizations, Karwan-e-Mohabbat, Anhad and Muslim Women’s Forum, have release an exhaustive review of the controversial book authored by Hindutva protagonists, “Delhi Riots 2020: The […]
The Delhi High Court has issued a notice to private schools directing them to provide free laptops/ mobile phones to students belonging to the economically weaker section in the national capital for their online classes, reports said on Friday (September […]
Railway fares are politically sensitive in India, where trains carry as many passengers as Australia’s population every single day, and a chunk of the nation’s poor depend on the sprawling network for their transportation. India will allow private companies to […]
Thirty-seven MPs from 12 parties, including Congress and Akali Dal, have endorsed a letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu against the Uttar Pradesh government, which has slapped at least 13 FIRs, including on sedition charges, on AAP leader […]
More than 80% of parents with children studying in government schools reported that education was “not delivered” during the lockdown, according to a new five-state survey conducted by the non-profit Oxfam India. In Bihar, 100% of the parents interviewed voiced […]
Indian democracy has been intensively analysed, debated and criticised. However, in India, democratic values, ways of thinking and practices are considered almost irrelevant. Democracy is limited to voting and government-formation. A democracy may not be electoral, but it can still […]
New Delhi: Stating that human rights defenders continue to be the “target” of the Government of India (GoI), a report published by a global civil society alliance CIVICUS, suggests that “persecution” of human rights defenders, activists, student leaders and journalists […]
The Union government is set to introduce The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation (Amendment) Bill, 2020 in the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament. The Bill proposes to completely mechanise sewer cleaning, introduce ways for ‘on-site’ protection […]
The Narendra Modi government is now clearly abandoning any pretence of staying within the spirit of the Indian constitution. It has pitilessly imprisoned Sudha Bharadwaj for the last two years – she has been someone who gave up her US […]
BY RUDRANI GUPTA In India, there are 80 women judges out of a total strength of 1,113 across various high courts and the Supreme Court. Women judges in India make up for 7.9 percent of the total strength of judges […]
