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WEB5 days ago · Counterview Desk Arguing that the Bengali-speaking Muslims of Santhal Pargana are Indians and not Bangladeshi infiltrators, in a joint statement, the civil rights groups Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha and the Loktantra Bachao Abhiyan have argued that their fact-finding team that by coming up with such propaganda, "BJP aims to create social and political rifts between Adivasis, Hindus, and ...
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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 ."
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WEBCounterview 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 and human tragedy since Gujarat 2002 and Kandhamal, Orissa 2008."
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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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WEBCounterview Desk The Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG), consisting of former civil servants of the All India and Central services who have worked with the Central and State governments in the course of their careers, voicing its apprehensions on the recently enacted legislation linking Voter IDs to Aadhaar numbers, has said that the move poses "a grave threat to the integrity of the electoral ...
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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 ...
Why are new guidelines for Net-Zero Banking Alliance 'too little, …
WEBMar 27, 2024 · The Net-Zero Banking Alliance defines itself as a group of leading global banks committed to financing ambitious climate action to transition the real economy to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The NZBA has referred to its Guidelines as “a foundational underpinning to the central commitment of the Alliance”. All NZBA members have committed to reach net zero emissions in their ...
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 ...
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.