A recent job advertisement by the Pakistan Rangers for their recruitment programme, published in a popular Pakistani daily on August 26, has sparked a raging controversy on social media as the ad specified “non-Muslims only” for the post of sanitation workers. Although the advert had listed vacancies for various posts[Read More…]
Tag: Discrimination
Serena Williams makes ‘discrimination’ claim after drug test
Serena Williams, who made it to the Wimbledon final a little more a week ago, has accused the doping authorities of “discrimination” after being subjected to a random drugs test. 36 year old Williams, who already had been drug-tested five times earlier this year, believes that she is being specifically targeted[Read More…]
US becoming a Muslim-unfriendly country: Survey
The United State is becoming an increasingly Muslim-unfriendly country, a survey released by the Pew Research Center revealed. The survey presented that nearly three-quarters of Muslims interviewed said that there was “a lot of discrimination against Muslims in the US.” Nearly two-thirds of them also said they were unsatisfied about[Read More…]
After a Khasi woman was turned out of Delhi Golf Club, should its lease be canceled for discrimination?
Meghalaya’s Tailin Lyngdoh who has travelled from UK to UAE wearing mostly her traditional Khasi attire ‘jainsem’, had no idea about the humiliation she have to face when she went on to attend a Lunch held in Delhi Golf Club in the same attire. In a sheer case of discrimination,[Read More…]
Delhi Golf Club accepts racism; apologises to Khasi woman for discriminating her
After reports of a Khasi woman being asked to leave the Delhi Golf Club for violating dress-code attracted huge backlash, the Delhi Golf Club Limited has issued a letter accepting its mistake. It has also tendered apologies to Tailin Lyngdoh and Nivedita Barthakur, an entrepreneur from Northeast India and Honorary[Read More…]
Foreigners in Japan face discrimination: Survey
Adityanath must withdraw his ‘inflammatory’ statements: Amnesty International
A day after BJP leader Yogi Adityanath took charge of the most-populated state as chief minister, Amnesty International called for the public withdrawal of alleged inflammatory statements made in the past by the leader on Monday. “Adityanath has been one of Uttar Pradesh’s most polarising politicians, given to hateful rhetoric[Read More…]
Rising toll of caste-based discrimination in central universities, BHU tops the list
Out of all the central universities that recorded caste-based discrimination against Dalits in 2015-16, Benaras Hindu University tops the list. Unfortunately, BHU witnessed 19 cases of caste-based discrimination. The second being, Gujarat University with 18 complaints, according to the University Grants Commission (UGC). This, however, is not BHU’s first liability,[Read More…]
BSF issues fresh guidelines for maintaining high quality of food
Days after the video of constable Tej Bahadur Singh Yadav complaining of the poor quality of food served to BSF soldiers went viral in the social media, Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday came out with fresh guidelines for maintaining high quality of food for its personnel along the border[Read More…]
Barack Obama’s farewell speech: Talks about discrimination, democracy, equality and lot more!
US President Barack Obama began his farewell address amid deafening chants of “four more years.” The President in his departure speech, warned against everything from anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim, anti-women, anti-gay, pro-Russian to pro-rich sentiments that President-elect Donald Trump has publicly backed. Obama took up the stage in Chicago as the crowds[Read More…]
Sikhs in USA to run awareness campaign about Sikhism as Islamophobia raises prejudice against the community
The population of Sikhs in USA is between 200,000 and 500,000. Sikh community in the USA has contributed in various sectors and has a history of peaceful coexistence of more than 150 years. Earlier this month a Sikh man in UK was asked to leave the overnight camping queue for[Read More…]