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WEB4 days ago · Gangania is a highly regarded author, thinker, and editor based in Delhi. Known for his candid and straightforward opinions, Gangania has extensively explored India's rationalist traditions, particularly those of Ajeevak and Lokayat. He has published over 25 works, including collections of poetry, short stories, and one novel, with his most ...
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WEBSunday, December 31, 2023. Counterview Desk As the year draws to a close, senior minority rights leaders Apoorvanand, John Dayal, ASR Mary Scaria SCJM, AC Michael, Minakshi Singh and Shabnam Hashmi have noted with agony the Prime Minister couldn't find to visit Manipur, the "site of the greatest communal crimes …
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WEBBy Ashi Datta Gender mainstreaming (the process of assessing the implications for women and men of any planned action, including legislation, policies or programmes, in all areas and at all levels) became popular in several international institutions, including financial institutions like the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank, in the 1990s ...
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WEBMay 1, 2024 · Counterview Desk The civil rights network* Forum Against Corporatization and Militarization (FACAM) has demanded judicial probe in the "killing of an Adivasi peasant Sono Juri during an anti-Maoist operation", and simultaneous "suppression of anti-militarization protest by Indravati Jan Andolan at Tadopot village ."
Majoritarianism is not a crisis of democracy but of liberalism, needs …
WEBFeb 5, 2021 · He argued, “Representative parliamentary democracies are supposed to conjure up these majorities and so it is not the crisis of democracy but of liberalism, which is a different kind of crisis and needs a different kind of interrogation.”. He elaborated the idea of majoritarian in terms of numerical majority comprising socially and ...
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WEBCounterview Desk In a complaint to the chairman, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), West Bengal-based civil rights leader Kirity Roy, secretary, Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM), and national convenor, Programme Against Custodial Torture & Impunity (PACTI), has taken strong exception to the detention of Bangladeshi women in West Bengal and accusing and treating them as ...
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WEBNov 1, 2021 · Counterview Desk Addressing “fellow citizens”, the Constitution Conduct Group (CCG), having former prominent civil servants as it members, has said that recent assertions by National Human Rights Commission National Human Rights Commission Justice (retd) Arun Mishra, the Prime Minister and General Bipin Rawat, Chief of Defence Staff, portent a deliberate and disturbing strategy to “deny ...
PLFS data: Is rising employment good news? Deeper
WEBJul 6, 2022 · Results of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), 2020-21, released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India (GoI) on June 14, 2022, show improvement in work force participation rate (WPR) and labour force participation rate (LFPR) and declining unemployment rate. …
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WEBCounterview Desk Over 100 environmental and human rights organisations and 400 plus individuals have in a letter to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change demanded roll back of the Green Credit Rules 2023 and the methodology introduced under the Notification dated 22nd February 2024, which they say in effect provides incentive for forest diversion activities through green ...
Concerns raised over National Board for Wildlife's 'muddled' …
WEB2 days ago · Recent actions by the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) have sparked criticism for their seemingly irrational nature and a lack of consideration for community welfare concerning the country's diverse populations. The NBWL's 79th Standing Committee meeting showcased troubling choices impacting both wildlife protection and resource management.