Women's participation in Indian workforce low due to gender discrimination, says OxfamTo close the gap in women's labour participation, the Indian government would have to offer incentives for better pay, training, skills acq...
15 Sep, 2022, 07.24 AM IST
Child labour, caste-based discrimination, poverty closely interlinked in India: UN Special RapporteurIn Asia and the Pacific, the Middle East, the Americas and Europe, between 4 and 6 per cent of children are said to be in child labour, and...
18 Aug, 2022, 12.09 PM IST
Indian democracy passing through its 'most difficult phase': Sonia GandhiSonia Gandhi launched a scathing attack on the govt over the three farm laws, the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, economic slowdown and ...
19 Oct, 2020, 12.19 PM IST
Sea level rise forces Odisha temple to lift 400-year-old curb on men touching idolsCompelled to relocate to a new temple 12km inland, the priestesses are left with no option but to allow men into the sanctum sanctorum to t...
20 Apr, 2018, 11.04 AM IST
US continues to put India in tier-2 in trafficking reportIndia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, the State Department said but acknowledged significant ...
29 Jun, 2017, 01.01 AM IST
Demonetisation bitter pill, will have healthy impact on economy: Baba Ramdev"Demonetisation is posing some problems to commoners. It is an issue which will wither in a few more days. It is like a bitter pill for the...
29 Nov, 2016, 09.13 PM IST
Millions believed to be victims of sex trafficking in India: ReportThe latest report said that the Indian government does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it...
30 Jun, 2016, 11.44 PM IST
Bhimrao Ambedkar's teachings may not be the way out of the caste systemPM Narendra Modi never misses a chance to sing Ambedkar's paeans, both as prime maker of India’s Constitution and as champion of Dalit eman...
10 Apr, 2016, 07.59 AM IST
BR Ambedkar’s ideas on economy need to be studied: Krishna Gopal, RSS Joint General SecretaryRSS Joint General Secretary Krishna Gopal speaks on Ambedkar’s economic thinking and how he has not been fully understood.
22 Jun, 2015, 05.18 AM IST
LS polls 2014: AAP's Jalna candidate Deelip Mhaske breaks many a stereotypeDeelip Mhaske (35) is a Dalit candidate contesting the elections from an open seat in a Maratha stronghold, a rarity of sorts for Indian po...
04 Apr, 2014, 12.27 PM IST
CPI(M) blames AIADMK for failed poll pactCPI(M) today blamed the "unilateral" decision by AIADMK for the collapse of the poll pact with Left parties.
09 Mar, 2014, 07.45 PM IST
Reluctance to cut the umbilical cord to nostalgia is withholding industrial growthTribals are woefully neglected and tutored by vested interests to reject corporate investment that could uplift them from squalor and depri...
06 Mar, 2014, 10.56 AM IST
Dalits stay mired in history despite Tamil Nadu social reformsDalits, accounting for a fifth of the over 7 crore state population, still find assimilation into mainstream society a struggle.
10 Jul, 2013, 02.08 PM IST
UPA flagship NREGS records sharp slide in job generationBetween 2009-10 and 2011-12, the total work generated by this flagship scheme declined from Rs 284 crore persondays to Rs 211 crore persond...
03 Feb, 2013, 06.53 AM IST
- How dalits have actually fared in Uttar Pradesh
In the last five years, Mayawati has pumped over Rs one lakh crore into various schemes, particularly for dalits and the marginalized.
01 Nov, 2011, 06.02 AM IST
Landless farm labourers net losers in fightThe recent SC order declaring the acquisition of land in Sahberi village illegal has given hope of renegotiating a better deal to farmers i...
23 Jul, 2011, 12.02 PM IST
- TN to allocate land to Wipro, TCS
Tamil Nadu on Thursday decided to allocate ten acres of land to Wipro and five acres of land to Tata Consultancy Services in Coimbatore.
14 Sep, 2006, 04.10 PM IST