In a study published in the September 24th issue of Nature, an international team describes how they harnessed modern genomic technology to explore the ancient history of India, the world’s second most populous nation. The new research reveals that nearly all Indians carry genomic contributions from two distinct ancestral populations. Following this ancient mixture, many [...]
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Caste System is of Indian Origin : MIT study
Posted in Dalits / Aborigines, Hindutva, India Facts, Minorities, tagged Brahmin, Brahmins, Caste, Caste System, christians, Dalit, Dalits, Hindutva, Minorities, Muslim, Muslims, Upper Class on September 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
You don’t have a promise to Keep
Posted in Dalits / Aborigines, Human Rights, India Facts, Minorities, Poverty, tagged AIDS, Children, Dalits, Education, India, MDG, Minorities, Poverty, Tribals on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Despite UNESCO’s Global Monitoring Report 2007 which lauded India’s effort to achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), it said that the country may fall short because of enormity of the out of schoolchildren.
About half (28 million) of the world’s out of schoolchildren are in four countries including India and Pakistan. And, 30 per cent of those [...]
Amnesty Study reveals India’s Manusmriti factor in death penalty
Posted in Corruption, Crime, Dalits / Aborigines, Hindutva, Human Rights, India Facts, Minorities, tagged Amnesty, Dalits, Death Penalty, Hindutva, India, Judiciary, Minorities on May 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Amnesty Report calls for halt to all executions amid ‘lethal lottery’
Publishing the first ever large-scale study into India’s use of the death penalty, Amnesty International has revealed a system riddled with fatal flaws. Launching the report at a press conference in New Delhi today, the organisation called for the Indian authorities to abolish capital punishment.
In [...]
India ranked 115th in Economic Freedom Index
Posted in Business India, India Facts, tagged Brahmin, Business, Corruption, Dalit, Democracy, economy, GDP, Globalization, Hindu, Hindutva, India, Migration, Minorities, Poverty on January 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The economic freedom index released by US based new right think tank the Heritage Foundation has placed India at 115th rank out of a list of 157 countries.
Though as compared to China which is placed at 126th position India scores better but India’s neighbours Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka are placed fair well in the list [...]
India’s Future May Depend on Eggs and Condoms: Andy Mukherjee
Posted in Children, Funny India, India Facts, Poverty, tagged BJP, Brahmin, Children, Corruption, Dalit, Hindu, Hindutva, Human Rights, India, Jails, Minorities, Poverty, Prisons, RSS, Under Trials on January 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) — Children younger than 6 years of age account for a sixth of India’s population, and yet just 1 percent of the federal government’s budget is spent on them.
In a country where a quarter of the population is estimated to live on $1 a day or less, lack of state funding is [...]
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