Articles for Women Minorities

Political drama unfolds in Pakistan's Punjab province as ruling coalition loses 27 reserved seats
8 months ago

Political drama unfolds in Pakistan's Punjab province as ruling coalition loses 27 reserved seats

India TV News  

Lahore: The ruling coalition in Pakistan, led by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, lost as many as 27 reserved seats in the Punjab provincial assembly after the Speaker suspended 24 women and three minority Members of the Provincial Assembly and barred them from joining the House proceedings. This came after Pakistan's Supreme Court suspended a lower court verdict denying the SIC …

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Fact-Check: Did Manmohan Singh advocate 'first right' to resources for Muslims as claimed by PM Modi?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Fact-Check: Did Manmohan Singh advocate 'first right' to resources for Muslims as claimed by PM Modi?

Hindustan Times  

Speaking at a public event in Rajasthan's Banswara on 21 April, Prime Minister Narendra Modi campaigned for the Bharatiya Janata Party, targeting the Congress party's manifesto and past policies. "This is what the Congress manifesto says," he claimed, "They will take stock of the gold that mothers and sisters have, they will count and assess it, and then they will …

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Cong Set to Provide 50% Representation to SCs, STs, OBCs Minorities at All Levels in Organisation
2 years, 8 months ago

Cong Set to Provide 50% Representation to SCs, STs, OBCs Minorities at All Levels in Organisation

News 18  

The Congress is set to provide 50 per cent representation to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, OBCs, and minorities at all levels in the party organisation as part of its social engineering efforts to win back the confidence of the weaker sections. Addressing a media briefing on the deliberations of the panel on social justice and empowerment formed by party chief …

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’Deeply worried’ for women, minorities as Taliban control Afghanistan: Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai
3 years, 4 months ago

’Deeply worried’ for women, minorities as Taliban control Afghanistan: Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai

Live Mint  

Youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai expressed that she is "deeply worried" for women and minorities in Afghanistan after Taliban takeover. Back in 2012, the Pakistani activist was shot in the head by Taliban militants in the Swat region for her campaign for women education. On Sunday, the 24-yr-old activist said, "We watch in complete shock as Taliban takes …

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US midterm elections: Divisive Trump era ushers record number of women, minorities into House
6 years, 2 months ago

US midterm elections: Divisive Trump era ushers record number of women, minorities into House

ABC  

US voters have elected two Muslim women, two Native American women, their first openly gay governor and some of the youngest female candidates, in a midterm election set to shake up Congress. Meet the history-makers Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was the face of young, discontented Democrats trying to shove their party left Sharice Davids is one of the first Native American women …

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Sabarimala: Permitting PILs In Religious Matters Will Open Floodgates To Interlopers; Graver Perils For Religious Minorities: Justice Indu Malhotra’s Dissent
6 years, 3 months ago

Sabarimala: Permitting PILs In Religious Matters Will Open Floodgates To Interlopers; Graver Perils For Religious Minorities: Justice Indu Malhotra’s Dissent

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday permitted entry of women of all age groups to the Sabarimala temple, with a 4:1 majority, holding that “devotion cannot be subjected to gender discrimination”.Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice RF Nariman, Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice DY Chandrachud constituted the majority, while the lone woman judge on the Bench, Justice Indu Malhotra dissented.Here are. The …

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