Push back those busybodies in public places who should be minding their own businessIn 2012, when Abhijit V Banerjee was yet to win his Nobel gong, he had written an op-ed article that correlated lower middle-class and work...
22 Feb, 2025, 11.45 PM IST
What’s symbiosexuality? Study finds falling for committed people is more common than we thinkBeing in a committed relationship might enhance your appeal to others! A team of scientists at Seattle University has introduced a new term...
03 Sep, 2024, 08.02 PM IST
What is Symbiosexuality: Here's how a new phenomenon is changing our understanding of attractionResearchers at Seattle University have identified a new form of sexual attraction called 'symbiosexuality'. This refers to being attracted ...
02 Sep, 2024, 11.25 AM IST
Factbox: What are Europe's landmark AI regulations?They will thrash out details in the coming weeks that could alter the final legislation, which is expected to go into force early next year...
09 Dec, 2023, 09.14 PM IST
China set to pass stringent law protecting women's rights amid criticism of suppressing #MeToo movementThe draft revision to the 'Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Women' was submitted for its first reading on Monday to the...
22 Dec, 2021, 05.50 PM IST
Hundreds of thousands of people shackled for mental health issues globally, Human Rights Watch saysIn the run-up to World Mental Health Day on Oct. 10, the report documents almost 800 interviews describing how people with psychosocial dis...
06 Oct, 2020, 05.31 PM IST
History owes apology to LGBT community and kin: Justice Indu MalhotraJudge Malhotra was part of a 5-judge bench that held Section 377 of IPC to be in violation of the constitutional right to equality and dign...
06 Sep, 2018, 07.31 PM IST
Section 377 a willing instrument of repression of LGBT community: Supreme CourtWriting a 181-page verdict, Justice Chandrachud said the human instinct to love was "caged" by constraining the physical manifestation of t...
06 Sep, 2018, 07.19 PM IST
How the internet helped break sexual taboos, especially for womenWith everything from porn to erotica available, the internet has been a space for many people to begin discovering what sexual freedom can ...
20 May, 2018, 07.20 AM IST
No "if and but"; BJP will win Gujarat poll: Upendra KushwahaKushwaha's Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) is an ally of the BJP in the NDA coalition at the Centre as well in Bihar.
08 Dec, 2017, 10.04 PM IST
Society needs a new word for female valour, not 'mardaani': Amitabh BachchanThe actor was giving a speech on the role of women in Indian cinema.
12 Nov, 2016, 09.04 AM IST
Four Indians figure in WEF's Young Global Leaders Class of 2016Four Indians - Kanika Dewan, Dhivya Suryadevara, Shaurya Veer Himatsingka and Sheetal Amte-Karajgi - have made it to the list of over 121 y...
16 Mar, 2016, 06.29 PM IST
US universities offering 'selfie courses'Eve Bottando, an Indiana University Northwest communications professor, will explore selfies in a 400-level class this year.
26 Aug, 2015, 04.53 PM IST
Will work to ensure sensitivity to gender: TERI Director RK PachauriHe said that TERI has been his life's work and he remains deeply committed to its mission.
17 Jul, 2015, 09.39 PM IST
AAP condemns Maha Health Minister's 'anti-LGBT' remarksTerming the statement as regressive, grossly insensitive and violative of basic human rights, AAP condemned it and demanded an apology.
24 Mar, 2015, 08.34 PM IST
NHRC sends notice to Ghaziabad District Authority over police inaction in gangrape case"Reportedly, the family was also threatened with dire consequences if it refused to obey the orders of the Panchayat," the statement said.
30 Oct, 2014, 03.17 PM IST
Supreme Court refuses to review verdict criminalising gay sexA bench of justices H L Dattu and S J Mukhopadhaya dismissed review petitions filed by the Centre and gay rights activists against its Dece...
29 Jan, 2014, 03.41 AM IST