#nris — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #nris, aggregated by home.social.
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Exiting Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Monday called for remote voting mechanisms for NRIs and migrant workers, biometric authentication to cast votes, and non-disclosure of votes (to guard against post-poll violence) for each candidate.
#RemoteVoting #NRIs #AI #Biometrics #OutgoingPollPanelChief #MastIndia #MastodonIndians #India @mastodonindians
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/rajiv-kumar-chief-election-commissioner-voting-for-nris-biometrics-artificial-intelligence-indian-elections-7731053 -
#NRIs want to return to #India at #retirement for better #healthcare.
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Hindutva is increasingly influencing the Hindu diaspora – and extending Indian politics overseas
Hindutva organisations, influential diaspora members and social media have played a role in spreading Hindutva among the Hindus diaspora.
#diaspora #NRIs #hindutva #RSS #HinduNationalism #CasteDiscrimination #brahminism #BJP #VHP #OFBJP #MEA #diplomacy #SJaishankar #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #UK #canada #australia #leicester #india
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Bill to outlaw caste discrimination clears California Senate
The California Senate voted 34-1 Thursday in favor of legislation outlawing caste discrimination in the state. If it passes in the state Assembly and is enacted, California could become the first state in the nation to make caste bias illegal by adding it as a protected category in the state’s anti-discrimination laws.
#california #CasteDiscrimination #caste #legislation #diaspora #NRIs #UnitedStates #brahminism #india
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Lawmaker Faces Violent Threats for Trying to Make California the First State of Ban Caste Discrimination
The California state lawmaker who introduced a bill that would make the state the first in the nation to outlaw caste-based discrimination is receiving Islamophobic threats from the U.S. and abroad. State sen. Aisha Wahab says her office was flooded with dozens of hateful calls, hundreds of emails, and individuals yelling at staff in her district office after she introduced the legislation last week.
#california #caste #UnitedStates #CasteDiscrimination #casteism #AishaWahab #dalits #SCs #SCST #EqualityLabs #interview #islamophobia #IndianDiaspora #NRIs #brahminism #india
https://time.com/6267016/aisha-wahab-interview-caste-discrimination/
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Who Is Afraid of Caste Equity in Canada?
Anyone familiar with caste stigma and the violence endured by caste-oppressed Dalits and other minorities should have welcomed the Toronto school board's move. So why are some Indian-origin groups protesting?
#canada #CasteOppresion #caste #TDSB #OHRC #YaliniRajakulasingam #AnuSriskandarajah #casteism #caste #SocialJustice #HumanRights #CasteSystem #equality #diaspora #NRIs #india
https://thewire.in/caste/who-is-afraid-of-caste-equity-in-canada