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Ministry of Personnel, Public grievances and Pensions has denied media reports.

Apr 5, 2017

Madras HC directs Tamil Nadu government to waive farmers' loans in cooperative banks

Madras High Court also directed officials not to initiate any penal or recovery proceedings against farmers who defaulted on crop loans.

Apr 4, 2017

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Iraqi army continues battle against Isis, nears Mosuls Old City

Iraqi forces continue their fight against Isis on the edge of the Old City in Mosul. The neighbourhood around the al-Nuri mosque is the focus of the advance. Three years ago, Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaimed a caliphate there.Narrow streets in this densely populated area have slowed down the army’s advance. Residents say Isis militants use them as human shields. According to the UN, several hundred civilians have been killed in the past month.

Apr 1, 2017

Satyam Babu acquitted after 8 years for a crime he did not commit; here are 3 other Indians who were wrongly convicted

Satyam Babu acquitted after eight years for a rape and murder he had never committed; But will life be the same for him even if he has been acquitted by law?

Apr 2, 2017

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100 years of transgender rights

IBTimes UK looks back at the past century of developments for trans people, from the development of the Institute of Sexual Research in 1919, to the popularity of figures such as Laverne Cox and Caitlyn Jenner in modern times.

Mar 31, 2017

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Trees are polluters too: Tree trunks release methane into the atmosphere

Forests are generally thought to absorb methane rather than emit it, but research in Maryland, US, has shown that tree trunks are slowly releasing the potent greenhouse gas into the environment.

Mar 31, 2017

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Penis seat on train challenges sexual harassment on public transport

A campaign by UN Women and Mexico City’s government wants to raise awareness about sexual violence against women on public transport. For the campaign, a mould of an erect penis was installed on a train seat to let men experience what women go through on a daily basis.A YouGov poll has ranked the city’s metro as the worst for verbal and physical harassment and 9 out of 10 women have experienced physical or verbal abuse there.

Mar 31, 2017

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Outrageously transphobic moments in films and TV

Trans representation on-screen is now improving – but there have been setbacks. From Friends to Family Guy, here are some of the most outrageous moments of transphobia ever seen in mainstream TV and films.

Mar 30, 2017

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Activists close Stanstead airport runway after surrounding ‘deportation plane’

Activists from the organisation End Deportations laid on the ground, chained to each other, at Stansted Airport on 28 March as they formed a blockade on the runway to stop a flight they said was deporting asylum seekers to Nigeria and Ghana.Flights were suspended at the airport, with a spokesperson telling the Guardian that eight flights were diverted to other airports in the London area.

Mar 29, 2017

Suicide is no longer a crime; mental healthcare is every person's right, says Mental Healthcare Bill 2016

Besides decriminalising suicide, the Mental Healthcare Bill 2016 which was approved by the parliament on Monday has also ensured every person's right of access to mental healthcare.

Mar 28, 2017

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Watch the moment daring rescuers pull freezing fisherman from Estonian lake

Estonian rescuers managed to help a stranded fisherman to safety at Lake Harku on 23 March after he fell through the ice. The rescuers pushed their board over the thawing spring ice to reach him, falling in themselves. They managed to pull the freezing fisherman onto the board and push him off the lake to safety.

Mar 27, 2017

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Marine Le Pen: The European Union will die

The European Union will “die”, French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen told a rally on 26 March, promising to shield France from globalization as she sought to fire up her supporters in the final four weeks before voting gets underway.Buoyed by the unexpected election of Donald Trump in the United States and by Britains vote to leave the EU, the leader of the eurosceptic and anti-immigrant National Front (FN) party, told the rally in Lille that the French election would be the next step in what she called a global rebellion of the people.

Mar 27, 2017

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Dozens arrested at anti-corruption protests in Russia

Dozens have been arrested at anti-corruption protests across Russia. Protesters in Moscow, Novosibirsk and Vladivostok amongst others demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was arrested during a protest in central Moscow. The Kremlin called the protests illegal and riot police attempted to disperse protesters.

Mar 26, 2017

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Canadian teacher Maggie MacDonnell wins $1m prize for work in remote Artic communities

Canadian teacher Maggie MacDonnell spent six years working with children in a remote Arctic Inuit community has won a $1m (£810,000) prize at a ceremony in Dubai.

Mar 19, 2017

A visually impaired trainee tends to a phone call at a training call centre for the visually challenged in New Delhi October 8, 2009.

Govt, private firms have to now frame equal opportunity policy for the differently-abled

Differently-abled people may get equal opportunity to work in both government and private organisations with the new policy.

Mar 17, 2017

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