The laid-off techies, one of whom is 5 months pregnant, are feared to be among the victims of an anticipated national slowdown and global recession in Hyderabad. Despite government assurances, several IT firms are targetting poor performed employees layoff. On March 20, Sripriyaripriya lost her job at the Hyderabad office of Techolution, a New York-based […]
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About 50000 Workers Face Serious Health Issues In ‘Illegal E-Waste Companies’ In Hyderabad
A study by Toxics Link, an environmental research and advocacy non-profit identified 20 e-waste processing units in Hyderabad operating with impunity without safeguards. These hotspots house over 5,000 illegal e-waste processing units directly and indirectly, employing over 50,000 people. The sheer scale of the violation of environmental norms highlights the failure of the system, especially […]
‘You Are Not An Indian National’ – The ‘Scariest Notice’ Slapped To Aadhaar Holders In Hyderabad
In a surprise move, the Aadhaar authority-UIDAI slapped hindered of scariest notices to Hyderabadis mentioning their Aadhar card is invalid due to false pretences, false claims and fake documents. This notices sent to many in old city areas created panic among Aadhaar holders. Many visited their lawyers, some approached police, some inquired the details with media […]
Why Always ‘Tampered Evidences’ And ‘Delayed Forensic Reports’ Leading Toward Rape Convictions?
The delayed forensic reports and tampered evidences in rape convictions are common procedure in Indian investigations. How do rapes get investigated in our country? Is there a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for collecting evidence? Where does it all begin to unravel? These questions are always gives us pain to think. Every time a gruesome rape […]
The ‘Bare Truths’ And ‘False Claims’ Behind ‘CAA’s Link With NRC-NPR’
There are ten great claims, which can easily be proved baseless. By the time the reader verifies the claim, the untruth travels long and their IT or social media managers, print and electronic media agents and PR teams will make it viral. Some claims made by Constitutional office holders and the verified truths that prove […]
Hyderabad’s ‘Rohingya Refugees’ Are Fearful Of Speaking Out As CAA Protests Roils
Described as the world’s most persecuted minority, India’s ‘Rohingya refugees’ are fearful of speaking out against India’s controversial new citizenship law which specifically excludes them. Mohammed Zubair pointed at a blue tin gate guarding a plot of land on which construction was busily afoot. A year ago, in 2018, the vacant plot served as a […]
Why ‘Celebrating Violence’ After Telangana Encounter?
Sociologists warn against reading the reaction to the encounter killing of the four rape accused men as a ‘universal acceptance of extrajudicial killings’, but irresponsible media coverage and bloodthirsty public figures are making the situation worse. In 2012, the Delhi gang-rape case led to a nation-wide debate on death penalty for rapists, and a change […]
Will ‘Charminar’ Too Get ‘Five Acre’ During ‘Future Of Hindutva’ Claims?
When Muhammed Quli Qutb Shah (1580-1611 CE), the fifth sultan of the Qutb Shahi dynasty of Golconda, laid the foundation of its iconic Charminar to symbolise the founding of Hyderabad. Hyderabad was intended as a citadel of Muslim power in the Deccan. Qutb Shah was an accomplished poet and wrote his poetry in Persian, Telugu […]
Why ‘Disabled Persons’ Are Harassed For ‘Security’ Reasons In Indian Airports?
About a week ago, Smita was traveling from Mumbai Airport’s T2 terminal. “Are you a woman?” came the question at the security check, as it had so many times before. Weary of having to explain herself, Smita took to social media to narrate her ordeal. “One time, I was asked for an ID card inside […]
How An ‘Expansion Spree’ Put TISS On The Brink Of Collapse?
A walled but a neglected 100-acre stretch in Telangana’s Mamidipalli village is a telling sign of the fall of its ‘owner’—Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS). The expansion spree and mismanagement caused the closure of this organization, resulted to push several students future in dark across India. The land in the Kothur block of Mahbubnagar […]