Qatar’s Death Row And The Invisible, Powerless Migrant Workforce
Qatari authorities are ignoring international law by failing to inform embassies when their citizens are arrested, detained or are pending...
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The Flipside Of Women’s Rights Movements
As counting was conducted in the US midterm elections, it’s clear women’s rights activism is reaching more people than ever...
Covid Lockdown Protests: BBC Journalist In China Held, Beaten Up
(Source: ANI) In worrying news around the ongoing mass anti-Covid restrictions protests across China, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has...
How Preserving Forests Could Save The Indian Giant Squirrel
Its call is hard to miss. A series of high-pitched and staccato chirrups reverberate through the dense forests where it...
Two Years Of Agitation: Farmer Unions Set To March Today
(Source: PTI) Farmer unions will take out marches to Raj Bhavans across the country on Saturday to mark two years...
South Asian Women Are Pushing Back Against ‘Rape Culture’
With its historical patriarchal values, complicated by disparities in caste, class, religion, and ethnicity, South Asia has long been an...
How Women Holding Flowers Held Japanese Courts To Account
At 7 pm on an April day in 2019, more than 400 people stood near Tokyo station, one of Japan’s...
High Amounts Of Harmful Chemicals Found In Sanitary Napkins: Study
High amounts of chemicals linked with heart disorders, diabetes and cancer have been found in popular sanitary napkins sold in...
Planting Tomatoes & Its Link To Climate Change
There’s a piece of gardening lore in my hometown which has been passed down for generations: never plant your tomatoes...
Ending VAWG And Not A Day Too Soon
Today, November 25, is marked as the International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women by the United Nations. Violence...
Israel-Palestine Conflict Catches Up With Qatar World Cup
(Source: PTI) It was uncharted territory for the Israeli journalist. Wandering through the rustic outdoor marketplace in Doha before the...
Vaccinated People Now Make Up Majority Of US Covid Deaths: Report
(Source: IANS) In a startling revelation, a Washington Post analysis has found that more vaccinated people are now dying of...
World Cup 2022: Fifa’s Conflicting Guidance On Human Rights
The 2022 men’s World Cup host nation Qatar is known for its human rights abuses relating to women, migrant workers...
Climate Change: Floods Now Common In Cold, Dry Mongolia
Oyunchimeg Dechinlhundev lives in the outskirts of Mongolia’s capital, Ulaanbaatar. She makes a living from raising chickens and geese, and...
Maha To Probe Police Inaction On Shraddha’s SOS Letter
(Source: IANS) Taking strong cognisance, the Maharashtra government has ordered a probe into the Palghar Police's 'inaction' on a letter...
‘Sportswashing’: Do Football Fans Really Care?
Fifa’s choice of Qatar as host of the 2022 men’s football World Cup has been controversial since day one. Questions...
In Nov 2020, Fearful Shraddha Wrote To Police Predicting Her Death
(Source: PTI) In a development that raises questions over the apathy of authorities, call centre employee Shraddha Walkar had, two...
Residents Claim MCD Discriminated During 2 Demolition Drives
(Source: PTI) Residents of two Delhi neighbourhoods who recently witnessed bulldozers rumbling down their colonies have alleged the municipal corporation...
UN Chief Says Violence Against Women Most Pervasive Human Rights Violation
(Source: PTI) Asserting that a woman or a girl is killed every 11 minutes by an intimate partner or a...
Indian Biologist Gets UN’s Highest Honour For Saving World’s Rarest Storks
(Source: IANS) Purnima Devi Barman, a conservation biologist known for initiating an all-female grassroots conservation movement from Assam for saving...
COP27: Loss And Damage Fund Sole Success
The disconnect between the reality of climate change and the artificial bubble in which global climate negotiations take place became...
Govt’s Policies Creating ‘Two Indias’: Rahul
(Source: PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday hit the assembly poll hustings in Gujarat and accused the ruling Bharatiya...
Iranian Actor Who Removed Hijab Arrested
(Source: AFP) Iran has arrested a prominent actor who in a video removed her headscarf in public in an apparent...
West To East In Just 14 Days: Woman Sets Solo Cycling Record
(Source: PTI) A 45-year-old mother of two has proved that age is just a number by cycling solo about 4000...
Marine Environment: Tarballs Dot India’s West Coast Annually
Right after the monsoon spell, the coastlines of India’s western states, from Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Goa to Karnataka, are lined...
