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Walia mentioned the number of the visually impaired may have gone up, going by the extrapolation.

Undeterred by blindness, this activist from Punjab has set his sights on restoring labourers’ rights

August 02, 2024 6:53 pm

70-year-old Vijay Walia’s two years of relentless efforts bore fruits when the Punjab government last month implemented free travel to attendants of blind people on government buses.

UN rights body adopts first resolution to protect rights of intersex people

April 04, 2024 7:38 pm

Twenty-four countries voted in favour, twenty-three abstained and none voted against the resolution, which was spearheaded by Finland, South Africa, Chile and Australia.

Criticism of government and PM’s policies does not amount to India’s image being ‘tarnished’

January 23, 2022 9:42 am

🔴 The tragic reality is that millions of Indians cannot afford even to go to court to seek justice when they are deprived of their rights. It is this that should worry our leaders.

Kumar Taurani purchases rights of three hit South films

August 06, 2012 11:26 am

Producer Kumar Taurani has bought rights of three hit Telugu films --Arya,Souryam and Don Seenu.

Rights panel tells docs to pay Rs 1 lakh for death of teenager

September 18, 2010 12:16 am

In an exemplary case,the Punjab State Human Rights Commission (PSHRC) has ordered doctors of a civil hospital to cough up Rs 1 lakh as compensation to the family of teenager who died due to negligence.

No smiles as Russian firm gets rights to emoticon

May 15, 2009 1:15 am

A Russian company has privatised the popular smiley, popularly used by netizens to express their feelings and would now seek royalty....

Blackberry wins domain dispute against Indian firm

May 14, 2009 4:31 pm

Research In Motion,the maker of Blackberry smart phones,has clinched victory in an internet domain name dispute against an Indian firm at the World Intellectual Property Right Organisation.

US newspaper owners 'mad as hell' over copyright

April 08, 2009 9:34 am

US newspaper owners,their advertising revenue evaporating,their circulation declining and their readership going online to get news for free,are fighting mad.

RIGHTS VIDEOS

Activists react as women stopped on way to Shani temple

January 26, 2016 5:41 pm

New Delhi/Bengaluru, Jan 26 (ANI): Women activist Abha Singh on Tuesday condemned the move to stop women activists on their way to Maharashtra's Shani Shingnapur temple and said that they should be allowed to enter the temple premises and offer prayers as the Constitution of India grants equal rights to both gender. She stated that the temple's administration should adhere to the Indian Constitution and thus allow the women to enter the temple and offer their prayers. Another woman activist Pramila Nesargi echoing similar sentiments said it was strange that women do not get equal rights with respect to the other gender in a country where women goddesses are worshipped.