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India's rising inequality is taking the shine off its growth story even in the world's eyes -Riaz Hassan

-Scroll.in India has attracted negative attention in recent years as the second most unequal country in the world, after Russia. Spectacular economic growth over the past three decades has made India a global economic powerhouse. Between 1990 and 2016, India’s economy grew at a compound rate of around 7% in current dollars. The Indian economy is now the third largest in the world by purchasing power parity after China and the...

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Haryana 'fake' encounter cry

-The Telegraph New Delhi: An NGO has described an alleged fake encounter and accused Haryana police of a spurt in extra-judicial killings of Muslim youths in the Nuh and Faridabad districts. Citizens Against Hate has made the allegation in a recently published fact-finding report titled "Lynching Without End", which mainly looks at vigilante violence against minorities. The report cites 11 alleged fake encounters, involving 15 deaths, in Nuh alone, according to a statement...

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NHRC to oppose govt's deportation plan for Rohingyas -Neeraj Chauhan

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will oppose the government's plans to deport 40,000-odd Rohingya Muslim refugees living illegally in the country, when the Centre submits its affidavit on the issue in the Supreme Court on Monday. The rights body will plead against their deportation on "humanitarian grounds' and for fear of persecution if they are sent back. The ministry of home affairs (MHA) is set...

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The 5 Women Who Led The Fight Against Triple Talaq -Nidhi Sethi

-NDTV The judgement in the triple talaq case came two years after Shayara Bano from Uttarakhand approached the top court after her husband of 15 years sent her a letter with word talaq written thrice to divorce her New Delhi: In a historic judgement, the Supreme Court today banned the controversial practice of triple talaq that allows Muslim men to divorce their wives instantly by saying "talaq" thrice. A five-judge bench ruled...

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Uniform civil code: Law panel seeks public opinion on anti-women practices -Dhananjay Mahapatra

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Law Commission's exercise to formulate a Uniform Civil Code reached a critical phase as it asked the citizens to give their views on ending several religious practices and customs that had been branded anti-women in all three major religions. Sending out a list of 16 questions to gauge public opinion and the direction in which it should proceed, the Commission also asked whether to ban...

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