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HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE GUTTER: MANUAL SCAVENGING AND ITS SOCIETAL IMPACTS

By HRDI India December 7, 2024Discrimination & Gender Based Violence, Domestic Workers, Employment Rights, Forced Labour, HUMAN RIGHTS DAY, ILO Conventions, India, Manual Scavenging, Rights of Children, Rights of Women, Children & Old Persons, Rights of Workers, Unorganised WorkersNo Comments

Patrali Sahu is a Fourth-Year Student at Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad. HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE GUTTER: MANUAL SCAVENGING AND ITS SOCIETAL IMPACTS ABSTRACT Manual scavenging, the practice of manually cleaning…

Sonam Wangchuk: ‘Didn’t think I’d say this, but we were better-off with Jammu and Kashmir than today’s UT’

By HRDI February 1, 2023India, Latest News

Completing 5-day climate fast under “house arrest”, real-life Phunsuk Wangdoo blames Ladakh's L-G for threats and for “pushing peaceful youth towards militancy”. Magsaysay Award winner Sonam Wangchuk, who on Monday…

Groups Assail India’s Human Rights Record on Capitol Hill

By HRDI Admin July 19, 2020Articles, India, Indian Diaspora, Latest News, United States

As human rights take a backseat in US foreign policy, a coalition of Indian Americans released a comprehensive report on human rights abuses in India on Capitol Hill. People take…

Independent Sources: Indians in America

By HRDI Admin July 17, 2020India, Indian Diaspora, Latest News, United States, Video Gallery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7r4ByhMWC0 On this edition of Independent Sources, we focus on New York City's skyrocketing Indian population. What's behind the trend and how is one mainstream newspaper trying to target the…

Indian Roots, American Soil: Adding Value to U.S. Economy and Society

By HRDI Admin July 17, 2020India, Indian Diaspora, Latest News, United States, Video Gallery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGI-vxGbtYs For many Indian companies, international expansion constitutes an integral part of their overall growth strategy today. Through green-field ventures, collaborative partnerships, investments and most significantly, through mergers and acquisitions,…

Indian Americans, richest and the most successful ethnic group in USA

By HRDI Admin July 17, 2020India, Indian Diaspora, Latest News, United States, Video Gallery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyZk_gcnWPQ Indian Americans have become the richest and the most successful ethnic group in USA. take a look at how Indians are making a mark un the US. The World…

Indian community groups demand action over Indian flag desecration in UK

By HRDI Admin July 17, 2020India, Indian Diaspora, Latest News, United Kingdom, Video Gallery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpBI6_kBafA Indian community groups demand action over Indian flag desecration in UK. An online petition has been launched demanding action against the culprits who tore down Indian flag under the…

Kashmir’s Migrant Workers Face yet Another Lockdown at the Start of a Work Season

By HRDI Admin May 24, 2020Articles, HRDI Activities, HRDI INTERNSHIP, India, Latest News, MIGRANTS

Lockdowns are not a new phenomenon in the Kashmir Valley. Over the course of 12 years, Karimullah* and his sixteen co-workers have been visiting Kashmir in the erstwhile state of…

Guidelines issued by Maharashtra for travel of the stranded

By HRDI Admin May 23, 2020Articles, HRDI Activities, India, Latest News, MIGRANTS

The Ministry of Home Affairs, vide an order dated 29th April; 2020[1] allowed the movement of stranded migrant workers, students and tourists across the country but there are certain preliminary…

Supreme Court To Hear Petition Against Article 35A After Diwali

By HRDI Admin August 30, 2017India

Article 35A, which was added to the Constitution by a Presidential Order in 1954, accords special rights and privileges to the citizens of the Jammu and Kashmir. Supreme Court accepted…