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prejudice news

11-minute video can make people more accepting of others, reveals new study

Study shows short video on genetics reduces prejudice and promotes unity worldwide.
Published on Feb 23, 2025 02:46 pm IST

Punish those making a spectacle of caste

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What is needed is more proactive police action, stringent judicial monitoring and political will that doesn’t stop at exploiting wounds for electoral gains. (Representative use)
Published on Aug 29, 2023 12:26 am IST

After a gender handbook, can the top court come out with a queer one?

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LGBTQ activists celebrating after the Supreme Court of India struck down Section 377 on Thursday, September 6, 2018. (Arijit Sen/HT Photo)
Published on Aug 23, 2023 12:51 pm IST

SC manual can dispel dogma around gender

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Supreme Court of India (Representative Photo)
Published on Aug 21, 2023 08:07 am IST

To help girls, focus on oversight, social evils

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The January to June cumulative SRB of Haryana has come down to 906 female births per 1,000 males from 917 in December 2022. (HT File)
Published on Jul 24, 2023 08:36 am IST

UK MP's 'Jews didn't face racism' comment stirs row for Sunak's rival party

Suspended UK MP Diane Abbott.
Published on Apr 23, 2023 05:53 pm IST

Shraddha Walkar case: HC restrains TV channels from reporting on charge sheet

The court directed the Union government to ensure the restraint. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Updated on Apr 19, 2023 07:33 pm IST

Delhi HC suspends man's rape sentence. Because girl misrepresented her age

Justice Jasmeet Singh noted in an order on Friday that the girl was 17 years and four months old when she eloped with the man.
Published on Mar 25, 2023 03:05 pm IST

Prejudice versus humanity

The government will need to ramp up security presence both in medical facilities and outside as they conduct screening operations. But at the end, this is not just a question of legal safeguards; it is a moral imperative that we respect and protect those who are saving lives at great risk to their own
Updated on Apr 23, 2020 04:51 pm IST

Thanks to social prejudice, transgenders are a neglected lot

While other daily wage earners have some social network, this is an isolated and a highly ostracized community
Updated on Mar 31, 2020 08:20 pm IST

HT Brunch Cover Story: Is beauty a shallow pursuit? Grandmaster Tania Sachdev and pistol shooter Gauri Sheoran shift perceptions and shoot down prejudices

Get up, dress up, show up, say Grandmaster Tania Sachdev and shooter Gauri Sheoran; Location courtesy: Aloft New Delhi Aerocity; Art direction: Amit Malik; Make-up and hair: Artistry by Anjali Jain, On Tania: Dress, Lovebirds; jewellery, Ikroop; shoes, Oceedee (Right) On Gauri: Top & skirt, H&M; jewellery, Ikroop; shoes, Oceedee
Updated on Jul 27, 2019 10:37 pm IST

Empathy, prejudice play role in people’s reaction to violence

In the video clip that surfaced on social media on Wednesday, a dozen men were seen assaulting a person from Nigeria in Delhi’s Dwarka area.
Published on Mar 21, 2019 04:26 am IST

Nandita Das: Manto is a mirror to our prejudices, fears, morality

Nandita Das says she is planning a book around her journey of making Manto.
Updated on Aug 27, 2018 06:05 pm IST

Witerati: Of bride and prejudice and marriages sub-judice

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle during their wedding service.
Updated on Jun 09, 2018 10:39 pm IST