Video of Teesta Setalvad speaking at the UNHRC - 34th Regular Session Human Rights Council Advocates for Human Rights
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India: Video of Teesta Setalvad’s testimony was before a full session of the UN Human Rights Council on March 15, 2017
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India: Stop Manipulation of MGNREGA MIS to deny workers entitlements - Statement by People’s Action for Employment Guarantee
23 March 2017how the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) manipulates the NREGA monitoring and information system (MIS) to influence the programme in insidious ways.
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India: Confusion over what protection individuals will be accorded in the instance of their Aadhaar numbers being deactivated ?
23 March 2017... the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016, fail to specify what protection individuals will be accorded in the instance of their Aadhaar numbers being deactivated – which the Unique Identification Authority of India is authorised to carry out and has been doing in large numbers.
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India: Online petition seeks ’Non Religious - No Caste’ category in government forms in all walks of life
22 March 2017We Humbly wants to bring these few lines to your kind notice. Our’s is an Inter caste and Inter religious marriage. We have different Caste and Religious Origins. Of course one of us believe in religion and others do not follow any religion. We have decided not to impart any caste and religious beliefs to our children. But, In our Country there is no option to claim for the people with Non Religious and No Caste practice.
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India: Uttar Pradesh state chief minister’s official residence undergoes voodoo magic like holy purification rituals before he moves in
21 March 2017Seven priests on 20 March 2017] performed rituals for several hours and tried to correct "Vaastu dosh" at the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister’s official residence before Yogi Adityanath steps in. The ritual involved 10 litres of milk and a religious prayer was done at 5 Kalidas Marg in the evening.
