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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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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 ...
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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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WEB4 days ago · Gangania is a highly regarded author, thinker, and editor based in Delhi. Known for his candid and straightforward opinions, Gangania has extensively explored India's rationalist traditions, particularly those of Ajeevak and Lokayat. He has published over 25 works, including collections of poetry, short stories, and one novel, with his most ...
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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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WEBSunday, December 31, 2023. Counterview 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 …
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WEBCounterview Desk Demanding "adequate budget" for the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in 2022-23, the advocacy group NREGA Sangharsh Morcha (NSM) has pointed towards how funds for the rural jobs scheme are allowed to be dried up, leading to NREGA workers failing to get wage payments on time or even the stipulated compensation in case of delay.
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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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WEBDec 31, 2019 · Counterview Desk A Delhi-based Right to Information (RTI) NGO, Satark Nagrik Sangathan (SNS), has taken strong exception to the appointment of Uday Mahurkar as an information commissioner in the Central Information Commission (CIC), stating, while the search committee had shortlisted seven persons for six posts in CIC out of 355 applications it had received in response to an advertisement ...
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WEBThursday, February 29, 2024. By Harsh Thakor On January 31, 2024, history was made with the formation of the (New) Communist Party of Canada (the (N)CPC), the successful completion of its Founding Congress, and the public release of its Political Program. A most sporadic development in turning course of Communist movement locally, and worldwide.