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Warning of severe slowdown World Bank cuts India growth projection to 6%
arun Posted On October 15, 2019


Not long after Union Minister of IT & Communications (and Law & Justice), Ravi Shankar’s declaration that India is a sound economy because of three movies making Rs. 120 crore in a single day, the World Bank on Sunday slashed […]


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UP: Dalit student tied to tree, beaten up by mob; eight arrested
arun Posted On October 15, 2019


The incident is said to have occurred on Friday when the BSc student, a resident of Sagar Roja village, went to one Internet cafe in the neighbouring Bayarra village to check the status of a scholarship he had applied for, […]


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Dalit girl ‘abused, assaulted’ in UP, teacher faces investigation
arun Posted On October 15, 2019


Bareilly’s Basic Education Adhikari (BSA) has handed over the inquiry to the assistant BSA, while police are verifying allegations made in a complaint filed by the father of the Class 4 student. The father complained that his daughter was allegedly […]


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SC/ST students, activists of Meerut protest against changed scholarship rules
arun Posted On October 14, 2019


Students, members of Bhim Army and other organisations working for the welfare of people from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes took out a march in Meerut on Saturday to protest against the UP government’s recent order according to which SC/ST […]


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This Islamic School in India Is Giving ‘Nationalism Classes’ as a Form of Self Preservation
arun Posted On October 12, 2019


The founders of Madrasah Rahimiya Global Academy in Jalalabad, Uttar Pradesh, say that the one-hour lectures were made mandatory after recent reports of mob lynchings and lockdown in Kashmir. If you walk down the narrow lanes of the Jalalabad town […]


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After one month in hiding, Dalit Allahabad University professor asks for security cover to return to campus
arun Posted On October 11, 2019


The professor went into hiding a month ago after receiving death threats but during that time, people have taken to social media to bully, abuse and make casteist slurs against him Johanna Deeksha About a month ago, Allahabad University professor […]


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The Tonsuring of Rajiv and Sagar Das
arun Posted On October 11, 2019


In the wind are words from Ambedkar and Kanshiram—and the seething anger of injury There is something about an Indian village, whether it is Warisalliganj in the Bihar’s Nawada district or elsewhere, that tells you where the Dalits live. Or […]


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Tension in UP village after statue of B R Ambedkar found damaged
arun Posted On October 9, 2019


Station House officer Santosh Kumar Singh said a case has been registered against unidentified persons for vandalising the statue. Tension prevailed in Tigai village here after a statue of B R Ambedkar was found damaged, police said on Wednesday. Angry […]


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UP Govt Changes Scholarship Rules for SC/ST Students, Makes 60% Mandatory
arun Posted On October 9, 2019


Several dalit and minority welfare associations will hold a protest on October 12 against the BJP government across the state. New Delhi: Disappointed over the recent move of the BJP-led Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh making scholarship norms tougher for […]


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LGBTQIA members organise a free hug activity in Kanpur
arun Posted On October 5, 2019


The Supreme Court might have had decriminalised homosexuality almost a year back but this was the very first time when the members of LGBTQIA community in Kanpur came out in the open. The members of the community organised a free […]


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