- Shiv & Shakti
Shaivism followers revere Shiv as the Supreme Being, but traditional beliefs often restrict menstruating women from temples, deeming them i...
03 Aug, 2025, 11.23 PM IST
Racist, sexist, casteist: Is AI bad news for India?With a population of 1.4 billion powering the world's fifth-biggest economy, India is undergoing breakneck technological change, rolling ou...
11 Sep, 2023, 10.39 AM IST
Statue of Mahatma Gandhi defaced at Hindu temple in Canada, police probing it as hate crimeThe statue was vandalized at Vishnu Mandir in the area of Yonge Street and Garden Avenue, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) repor...
14 Jul, 2022, 08.34 AM IST
Pitney Bowes reworks leave policy for a more inclusive workplaceUnder the new leave policy, new mothers at Pitney Bowes will be eligible for six months of work from home (WFH) over and above the six mont...
07 Jul, 2021, 01.19 PM IST
View: Making the case for Uniform Civil Code as a secular propositionCreating a UCC cannot be rushed through. It will necessarily be a long and painstaking task involving the participation of all religious gr...
20 Jun, 2021, 10.26 AM IST
One in two Indian-Americans say they face bias, even as many import their own prejudices into USA new 2020 Indian American Attitudes Survey released on Wednesday reveals that one in two Indian Americans report being discriminated again...
10 Jun, 2021, 10.41 PM IST
View: Eight years since a quota for women on boards was mandated, has India Inc improved gender balance?Eight years on, media coverage on the consequences of the regulation has been rather pessimistic, pointing towards jugaad-like, symbolic fe...
17 Apr, 2021, 12.07 AM IST
Paris raps Pakistan over Alvi remarks on French MuslimsAddressing a conference on religion on Saturday, Alvi said: "When you see that laws are being changed in favour of a majority to isolate a ...
23 Feb, 2021, 04.18 PM IST
Army slams state-sponsored social media campaign from Pakistan to defame it"Over the past few days, a state sponsored malicious social media disinformation campaign has been run by Pakistan against the Indian Army ...
01 Oct, 2020, 10.06 PM IST
PIL in SC seeks uniform law for succession and inheritanceThe petition filed by BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay said gender and religion-neutral laws in succession and inheritance is necessary to...
20 Sep, 2020, 02.25 PM IST
Too young for senior position? Age-based bias becoming more prominent at workplacesAbout 33% of Indian employees face or have faced age-based bias at their workplace.
26 Mar, 2020, 05.51 PM IST
BJP MP accuses social media of algorithmic bias, proposes bill to make them accountableThe BJP MP said an algorithmic accountability bill can be passed to bar algorithmic discrimination based on gender, caste, religion, sexual...
17 Jul, 2019, 03.53 PM IST
ET Women's Forum: Should workplace diversity be a key deciding factor during hiring?The participation of women in India’s workforce stands at under 30%.
11 Jan, 2019, 12.02 PM IST
Tulsi Gabbard, First Hindu in the US House asks board to describe Hinduism accuratelyCalifornia State Board of Education is in final stages of revising and updating the K-12 History-Social Science Framework for public school...
12 Jul, 2016, 01.46 PM IST
Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev against discrimination of women in religion"There should not be any discrimination against any woman in any religion. This is against the spirit. This is wrong," he said.
01 Feb, 2016, 10.11 PM IST
Health, education neglected more in NDA regime: Amartya Sen"Education and healthcare were neglected by the UPA govt and it is more neglected by the present govt," the noted economist said at an even...
05 Jan, 2016, 11.22 PM IST
- One in five hate crimes in US due to religious bias
US law enforcement agencies reported 6,222 hate crime incidents involving 7,254 offenses, according to the Hate Crime Statistics, 2011.
11 Dec, 2012, 11.14 AM IST