Author: Priya Saha

Hyderabad: A Republic TV news bulletin claiming that the Congress has announced that if it wins the elections in Telangana, it will launch hospitals where only Muslims would be treated is going viral on social media.The bulletin claims that Congress has sworn in its manifesto that Hindus and other religious groups like Sikhs and Buddhists will not be treated in these government hospitals and only Muslim doctors would be given special consideration for jobs.Republic TV’s editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami says, “The Congress had decided in its manifesto in Telangana that there must be hospitals in which only Muslims are admitted. So,…

FE REPORT | Published: January 14, 2022 08:47:42 Industrial safety measures in non-RMG enterprises need to be similar to those in the RMG sector, in order to reduce accidents and casualties, said the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD). “Rigorous industrial safety measures are of critical importance now to reduce the accidents and casualties and measures would be similar to those that had been done in the RMG sector after the Rana Plaza tragedy,” said Dr Khondaker Golam Moazzem, research director at the CPD. Dr Moazzem was presenting a paper on industrial safety of non-RMG enterprises and workers at a media…

Cyber threats and challenges for human rights during the COVID-19 pandemic were among the key topics discussed at the 17th annual human rights dialogue between Australia and Vietnam. On Thursday the department of foreign affairs and trade (DFAT) issued a joint statement about the dialogue, which took place virtually in December.  According to both countries, there was ‘productive and frank’ exchange about the rollout of COVID vaccines, and legal reform policies to protect the rights of women and children, Indigenous Australians and Vietnamese ethnic minority peoples, the LGBTI community, and people living with a disability. “Vietnam noted its efforts toward…

International rights group Human Rights Watch in its annual report on Thursday said that the ruling Awami League government dismissed concerns expressed by the United Nations, donors, and non-governmental organisations in 2021 over extrajudicial killings, torture, and enforced disappearances. In the Bangladesh chapter of its 752-page world report 2022, the New York-based rights group said that the authorities in Bangladesh cracked down on activists, journalists, and even children, who criticised the government or its response  to the Covid19 pandemic. ‘Bangladesh authorities used the Covid-19 pandemic to send a chilling message that criticism of the ruling Awami League will be punished,’…

In 2021 you shone a light on the care home Covid scandal in Help then used your MacTaggart Lecture to focus on the way the television industry fails disabled people. Do you see links between both issues? I would hope so. Making a distinction between those who get care and those who don’t was so damaging to our country. It led to horrible statistics: of the first 100,000 Covid deaths in the UK, 60,000 were disabled. It was social and governmental negligence, and it woke something in me.   What are you hoping for in 2022? The Social Model of Disability states that disabled…

People from all professions, especially politicians, have to take a significant role to counter communalism and religious intolerance in the country, said discussants at a programme organised by UK-based international human rights organisation Article 19. “We all have a responsibility to fight against communalism, fundamentalism and religious bigotry. Alongside family, educational institutions and religious leaders, it is the politicians who have the most responsibility in this case. We have to resist the politics based on the religion of the majority people aiming at gaining ill interests only,” said Faruq Faisel, Regional Director of Article 19 South Asia, at the programme…

Published 22 minutes ago. About a 4 minute read. Image: Tawesna teahouse in Aït Benhaddou, Morocco provides local women with a living wage. | Shu Lin/Intrepid Travel To provide experiences that enrich destination communities and travelers alike, the new initiatives span 16 countries and include activities such as meals at local establishments supporting women, migrants and seniors; and immersive tours preserving Indigenous and ethnic minority legacies. Intrepid Travel, the B Corp-certified tour operator with a mission to create positive change through the joy of travel, has added 22 new “impact initiatives” to its itineraries in 2022. The company defines these…

(New York) – Bangladesh’s ruling Awami League government dismissed concerns raised by the United Nations, donors, and nongovernmental organizations during 2021 over evidence of extrajudicial killings, torture, and enforced disappearances by security forces, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2022. The authorities cracked down on activists, journalists, and even children who criticized the government or its response to the Covid-19 pandemic. “Bangladesh authorities used the Covid-19 pandemic to send a chilling message that criticism of the ruling Awami League will be punished,” said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “Yet journalists, medical workers, and activists were highlighting the barriers to health…

The Hindu fanatics are roaming freely and targeting minorities living across the country. by Asad AliIndia claims itself as world’s largest democracy, having population of more than one billion. People of all religious communities are living in the country. But, they are facing terrible conditions when it comes to offer religious duties. People cannot perform their religious practices openly in India. As per international standards/ values, mere population and size of a country is not the measure to decide about the fate of any democratic state. A nation must have strong values, inclusiveness and democratic norms so that it can be…

Researchers now have data to confirm a tightening labor market for nurses, following months of anecdotal reports of hospitals and other healthcare facilities struggling to staff beds. Comparing two five-quarter periods, one prior to the pandemic (October 2018-December 2019) and the other during it (April 2020 to June 2021), revealed lower employment across the nursing field overall, with a 10% decline among nurse assistants (NAs) and a 20% decline for licensed practical nurses (LPNs; P<0.01 for both), reported David Auerbach, PhD, of Montana State University in Bozeman, and colleagues. Even the non-significant 1% decline among registered nurses (RNs) between the…

Mughal Islamic invaders entered India posing as innocent refugees. But gradually they started showing their nasty fangs thus establishing reign of terror and continuing vicious war on India’s cultural heritage, region and historic installations. In today’s India, agents of radical Islam are crying foul with the ridiculous claim of “Islamophobia”, and has been demonizing Hindus and their religious values and sentiment. Agents of radical Islam are spending millions of dollars towards demonizing Hindus and their religious sentiment. Majority of the media outlets in the country have already sold their souls to the forces of radical Islam and jihad. They are…

01/12/2022 India (International Christian Concern) According to Scroll.in, Hindu nationalist leaders in India’s Chhattisgarh state held a rally in late-December where violence was called for against India’s Christians and Muslims. The event was attended by the state’s Congress-led government, which has done little in response to the calls for violence against minorities. The Dharam Sansad, or religious parliament, was held on December 25 and 26 in Raipur, the state capital of Chhattisgarh. The event was organized by Neelkanth Sewa Sansthan and the Doodhadhari Math. Establishing India as a Hindu nation was among the chief agenda points set by the event’s…