Equality

Only small percentage of population can approach courts, majority suffers in silence: CJI Ramana

Justice, the tool for social emancipation and realisation of democracy, is not accessible to the majority of the population because it lacks the knowledge and resources to approach the courts, the chief justice said

Hindu society is not antagonistic towards anyone, says RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

According to Bhagwat, the entire world started talking of equality after the French Revolution, but in India the message of equality has been spoken of thousands of years ago

AFC Women's Asian Cup 2022: China's win sparks calls for gender pay equality

In China, women earn 12 percent less than men overall, according to a report last year by online recruitment firm Zhaopin

France officially bans LGBTQ ‘conversion therapy’: What you need to know

France joined US, Germany, Canada and other countries as it passed a law criminalising the use of the discredited practice to attempt to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of gay people

Talibanisation of Texas: Greg Abbott approves Bill banning transgender students from participating in sports in schools

House Bill 25 will require students who compete in interscholastic competitions to play on sports teams that correspond with the sex listed on their birth certificate at or near their time of birth

Japan sees greater push for bill protecting LGBTQ rights as activists use Tokyo Olympics to catalyse change

An increasing number of local governments and private companies are introducing more inclusive policies, and a recent landmark court verdict called the failure to recognise same-sex marriage unconstitutional.

Amid casteism and opposition, a Kurundvad man's fight to ensure people can have dignity in death

Driven by the understanding that people need moral and emotional support when a loved one dies, Appasso has often pitched in with his own funds for others' funerals.

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Coronavirus outbreak has foregrounded India's inequalities; country must re-examine social order when pandemic abates

In transmission, the coronavirus seems to follow principles of equality, but in so doing exposes with absolute clarity the distinctions between privilege and the lack thereof

Reservation fufils demand of substantive equality under Article 16(1) of Constitution; states duty-bound to offer it to disadvantaged groups

Under the Constitution, reservation is an aspect of substantive equality which imposes a duty on states to provide it for those groups who are disadvantaged in different terms