Expert panel set up by UGC to ensure non-discriminatory environment for SC, ST students in universitiesA two-member bench of justices AS Bopanna and MM Sundresh raised concern about SC and ST student suicides while adjudicating a public inter...
06 Aug, 2023, 11.14 AM IST
Caste, a shadow even in 'elite' institutesThe institute had denied this charge. Earlier this week, IIT-B asked students to refrain from asking about each other's JEE (Advanced) rank...
02 Aug, 2023, 11.42 PM IST
Don't ask JEE rank, birthplace, catagory or crack objectional jokes, IIT-B warns studentsIIT Bombay has released guidelines to halt discrimination based on caste, including when inquiring about a fellow student's birth or admiss...
31 Jul, 2023, 12.36 PM IST
SC says discrimination in educational institutions "very serious issue", asks UGC to specify steps taken to curb itThe plea has sought court's direction to ensure that all universities and Higher Education Institutions (HEI) establish Equal Opportunity C...
06 Jul, 2023, 04.22 PM IST
Caste in California: Tech giants confront ancient Indian hierarchyThe dispute - the first U.S. employment lawsuit about alleged casteism - has forced Big Tech to confront a millennia-old hierarchy where In...
16 Aug, 2022, 04.02 PM IST
Caste in California: Tech giants confront ancient Indian hierarchyApple confirmed that it "updated language a couple of years ago to reinforce that we prohibit discrimination or harassment based on caste."
15 Aug, 2022, 01.38 PM IST
DCW notice to Indian Bank over its guidelines making pregnant women 'temporarily unfit' for joiningEarlier in January, the country's largest lender SBI had put in place new rules which said a woman candidate with more than three months pr...
20 Jun, 2022, 01.55 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh polls: Shia Muslims of Lucknow may not opt for the BJP this time aroundOften seen to be inclined towards the BJP in the past due to the popularity of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and defence minister Rajnath Singh, a l...
20 Feb, 2022, 11.30 PM IST
Telangana too decides to pass anti-CAA resolution in Assembly, urges Centre to repeal ActThe Telangana government took the decision in a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, while urging the Centre to r...
17 Feb, 2020, 11.22 AM IST
Facing heat, TikTok removes 60 lakh clips over rule violationsThe move comes at a time when the company is facing regulatory heat in India, and has been served with a notice by the government around un...
23 Jul, 2019, 10.58 AM IST
UGC plans action against non-complying varsitiesThe development comes in the wake of the alleged suicide of a 26-year-old second-year postgraduate student in Mumbai’s TN Topiwala National...
08 Jun, 2019, 11.47 AM IST
National commission for women mulling a policy to prevent gender discrimination at the workplaceThe National Commission for Women (NCW) is planning to bring in a comprehensive policy against gender discrimination at the workplace.
17 Nov, 2018, 07.00 PM IST
Health Ministry implements HIV, AIDS ActThe act seeks to prevent and control the spread of HIV and AIDS and and creates mechanisms for redressing the complaints of persons infecte...
11 Sep, 2018, 02.37 PM IST
Cabinet approves amendment to HIV/AIDS billThe Union Cabinet approved amendments to 'The HIV and AIDS Bill, 2014' drafted to safeguard the rights of people living with HIV and affect...
05 Oct, 2016, 01.48 PM IST
New guidelines for fairness advertisements: Don't show bias on basis of skin colour, say ASCIThe new rules propose, among other things, that ads should not show darker skinned people as unhappy, depressed, or disadvantaged in any wa...
11 Jun, 2014, 08.08 AM IST
- CVC asks depts to ensure security of e-procurement systems
The CVC has asked govt depts to ensure security of e-procurement system to ensure transparency and plug-in loopholes to check corruption.
13 Jan, 2012, 03.49 PM IST
- US calls for more market access for foreign firms in China
The US said that it would try and boost exports to China rather than restricting imports to reduce its trade deficit.
04 May, 2010, 03.21 PM IST