Several activists, lawyers and women’s organizations have urged Maharashtra’s chief minister Uddhav Thackeray not to introduce the Shakti bill, calling it draconian legislation that is fundamentally against women and has the potential to deny the very crime of rape. A statement from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said last Wednesday …
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Poet and activist Varavara Rao, imprisoned in the Bhima Koregaon case, is being treated for a urinary tract infection at Mumbai Nanavati Hospital, where he was transferred Wednesday night, said a doctor who did not want to be identified. The 81-year-old activist’s family from Hyderabad is expected to arrive in …
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MUMBAI: Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist Stan Swamy (83), arrested in the Elgar Parishad case, has written a letter to his colleagues, describing his days in jail and said that “despite all the forecasts, humanity is bubbling in the prison of Taloja.” Swamy suffers from Parkinson’s disease and the …
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Vijay P Nair ran a YouTube channel claiming to be a psychiatrist and often uploaded sexist content against women | Image Credit: YouTuber On August 15, Nair had uploaded a video titled ‘Why don’t feminists in India, especially Kerala, wear underwear?’ And it was targeting several women, including veteran poet …
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[ad_1] Actor Priyanka Chopra is not only an international star, but she also uses her platform to help those in need. Priyanka has been an ambassador for UNICEF and she recently announced that she will be collaborating with climate activist Greta Thunberg to help children affected with Covid-19. The actor …
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