India discrimination report: Why ‘Women’ and ‘Muslims’ earn less in India?
The India discrimination report highlights the extent of discrimination experienced by women, Muslims, and members of the SC/ST communities.
6 books on Human Rights you must read
The growing awareness about human rights makes it essential for everyone to have an idea of it. What actually are human rights? How did they come into existence? What is…
SC strikes down curb on abortion laws
On Thursday, the Supreme Court bench consisting of Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, Justice A.S. Bopanna and Justice J.B. Pardiwala expanded the scope of Section 3B of Medical Termination of Pregnancy Rules,…
SC reverses judgement on Mumbai coastal road project
On Friday, the honourable Supreme Court held that the plea of Bombay Municipal Corporation which sought to simultaneously continue the Mumbai Coastal Road Construction project with other allied works has…
Today in history: Sultan Salahuddin Al Ayubi took back Jerusalem
On 2nd October 1187 AD, Sultan Salahuddin al Ayyubi liberated Jerusalem from the crusaders who had occupied Al Quds 88 years earlier and had caused a great deal of suffering…
The case of Habib Khan: A prisoner so old
Mohammed Habib Ahmed Khan, who once practiced homoeopathy in Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, has grieved his downfall from 'doctor sahab' to a terror convict in the train bombings, in six states in…
Bomb blast at Kabul wipe out entire class writing exam
Mass Casualty event took place in Afghanistan last Friday, as terrorists target a school attended by Shia Hazara
These are the remarkable Muslim women from India
Patriarchy - one of the menaces that has been responsible for cloaking the rational world through irrational means, always prevailed in Indian society. Especially, among Muslim population, the hold of…
Atheism: Disbelief or lack of belief ?
In a wider sense, atheism may be defined as a belief in the non-existence of Supreme authority of God, while in a narrower sense, it is the lack of belief…
Over half the palm trees in the world are at risk
According to a recent study, more than a thousand species of palm tree are at a greater risk of extinction.