-The Hindu At the Human Rights Council session in Geneva, Greece urges India to ensure full implementation of freedom of religion and Germany expresses concern about the status of human Rights India appreciates the role of human Rights defenders, journalists and activists in the democratic system but the activities of these groups and individuals should be in conformity with the law of the land, said Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta at the Human Rights...
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Women’s Rights Activist and SEWA Founder Ela Bhatt Dies
-TheWire.in Bhatt is a recipient of the Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian award. New Delhi: Renowned women’s Rights activist, Gandhian and founder of the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) Ela Bhatt passed away in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. She was 89. “It is with profound grief that we announce the passing away of our beloved and respected founder, Smt. Elaben Bhatt, a pioneer in advocating for women workers’ Rights, we strive to carry her...
More »Demand grows, but DNA tests fall under a grey area -Krishnadas Rajagopal and Sreeparna Chakrabarty
-The Hindu While Supreme Court has voiced concerns over their increasing use to prove a case, women’s Rights activists deem the technology an empowering tool Deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA tests occupy a grey area in the quest for justice, vacillating between the dangers of slipping into self-incrimination and encroachment of individual privacy and the ‘eminent need’ to unearth the truth, be in the form of evidence in a criminal case, a claim...
More »Rahul Gandhi: No GST on handlooms if Congress is elected -Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
-Hindustan Times Rahul Gandhi promised to provide land Rights to the tribal farmers of Telangana once the Congress comes to power in the state in the next year’s assembly elections. Hyderabad: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday assured that the party, once voted to power at the Centre, would do away with Goods and Services Tax (GST) on handlooms to provide succour to the weavers. He also promised to provide land Rights to...
More »Perils of the Gig Economy -Asiya Islam and Damni Kain
-TheIndiaForum.in The uncritical tone of the NITI Aayog’s recent report on the gig economy in India and its belief that platformisation will create an inclusive working environment is, at best, credulous, and, at worst, a deliberate attempt to ignore the erosion of workers’ Rights, security, and welfare. In August 2022, more than a hundred workers in Bengaluru working for online food ordering and delivery platform Swiggy went on strike. Echoing central trade...
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