With a political leader from Hyderabad insisting that the Constitution does not ask him to say ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ and therefore he could greet the nation in whatever words he likes and another in this tribe placing the greatest nationalist organisation of the country on par with the internationally condemned ISIS as well as…
The Constitution accords rights to children as citizens of the country. The law which promulgated in 1950, resembles with the United Nations-1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child, as it is the first legally binding international instrument to incorporate the full range of human rights: civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights. To create…
History teaches us that it is the voice of the minority that any democratic government needs to protect most, internationally-acclaimed lawyer and activist Amal Clooney said today. “Silencing minority voices did not serve society well” when Mandela and Gandhi were imprisoned for sedition, she noted, before drawing on modern parallels. Delivering the final lecture at…
NEW DELHI, March 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – For as long as she can remember, Panchi Sahariya and those in her tribal community in central India have been threatened, harassed, beaten and even arrested for living on land which does not legally belong to them. But there is no where else to go, she says.…
With a tentative wobble, a young woman in a sari is trying out her new bicycle for the first time, cycling around a sandy courtyard in Ambaji, a small town in Gujarat, north-west India. The bicycle is blue and sturdy, with wide tyres to help it withstand bumpy terrain. On the back is a box…
Our culture has increasingly become dependent on mobile technology. Cell phones and other mobile devices have made our lives infinitely more convenient. The days of carrying spare change to make a call from a payphone are long gone. Today, our phones can give us turn-by-turn directions in unfamiliar locations and keep us connected to the…
India has agreed to train Thai officers to tackle cybercrime as part of their broader security cooperation. Defence Ministry spokesman Khongcheep Tantravanich said on Friday the agreement was reached during the official visit to India by Thai security authorities on Thursday and Friday. The delegation included Gen Prawit Wongsuwon, deputy prime minister and defence minister; defence…