-NDTV.com Rashad Hussain, the Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, or IRF, tweeted "hijab bans in schools violate religious freedom" New Delhi: A US government body that monitors and reports on religious freedom abroad has criticised Karnataka amid the row over Muslim students' demand for wearing hijab on campus. Rashad Hussain, the Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, or IRF, tweeted "hijab bans in schools violate religious freedom", referring to the...
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"Refusing To Let Girls Go To School...": Malala Yousafzai On Hijab Row
-NDTV.com "Refusing to let girls go to school in their hijabs is horrifying," Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai tweeted New Delhi: Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai has weighed in on the controversy over Muslim students alleging that they were not allowed to enter campuses and classrooms wearing the hijab in Karnataka. The girls' education activist tweeted that "refusing to let girls go to school in their hijabs is horrifying." The hijab protests began last month...
More »PM CARES Collected Rs.10,990 Crore Till March 2021, Spent ₹ 3,976 Crore -Arvind Gunasekar
-NDTV.com Billed as a "dedicated fund with the primary objective of dealing with any kind of emergency...", PM CARES spent ₹ 3,976 crore in the first year of its operation New Delhi: 64 per cent of the Rs.10,990 crore collected by the PM CARES Fund between March 27, 2020, and March 31, 2021, remained unused as of the latter date, according to data accessed by NDTV. As of March 2021, the PM CARES...
More »"Revenge For Farmers' Protest": Farm Leaders Disappointed, Slam Budget -Sukirti Dwivedi
-NDTV.com Budget 2022: "Agriculture employs more than half the working population, yet the centre paid little attention," a prominent farm leader said. New Delhi: Farmers are disappointed with the meagre announcements made for them during today's budget speech by the finance minister, a prominent farm leader who was involved in last year's protests said. Farmers across the country were keenly following the budget speech with a lot of hope as this is...
More »Property Worth Crores Destroyed In Bihar Protests, Say Sources: 10 Points -Parimal Kumar
-NDTV.com Railway property was damaged across four stations in Bihar -- Ara, Gaya, Nawada, Sitamarhi -- which bore the brunt of protests. New Delhi: Railway property worth crores has been damaged and 12 government employees were injured in Bihar during the three-day agitation by students against the changes in railway recruitment rules, sources have said. Here are the Top 10 points in this big story: 1. Railway property was damaged across four stations in...
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