Russia launched an open war of aggression against Ukraine this morning under fabricated pretexts. This must have immediate and comprehensive consequences. One of the most effective means would be to exclude Russia from the international payment system SWIFT. According to consistent media reports, the German government ( along with Italy, Cyprus and Hungary) is blocking [...]
The Karnataka High Court Thursday adjourned hearing in petitions filed by Muslim girls studying in government pre-university colleges in Udupi against the government ban on Hijabs in classrooms. The court will resume hearing the pleas on Friday, after state advocate general Prabhuling Navadgi sought time to respond to the petitions. The AG told the court[.....]
This is our kind request to take an initiative immediately to set up a credible, transparent and an active digital complaint online portal for National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) which will be accessible to make complaints against the atrocities done against Backward Classes. According to the provisions of the Registration of Marriage of Non-Resident[.....]
I am not alone. There are more than 40,000 other women in India who are staring at an uncertain future after men who married them left the country, sometimes never to return or even make a phone call. For the women, the struggle is not only about dealing with a sense of abandonment, but also[.....]
Coming from a poor family with limited means, studying overseas on a scholarship was my only way out. I was lucky to get an opportunity to study at a top university in India. I just completed my Masters in Computer Applications (MCA) in New Delhi. I was supposed to board a flight back home in[.....]
The Taliban killed my cousin, Farishta in September 2020. Her crime was that she spoke up for the right to education and other liberties. That’s what happens to women who dare to dream and by doing so defy the Taliban in my country, Afghanistan. Sign my petition to save women and children from a similar[.....]
Plastic is choking the planet Earth. As global citizens, the time has come for us to do something about it. 40% of plastic in Canada is generated for packaging - much of that for the food we eat. CBC's "Marketplace" recently broadcast an episode devoted to plastic food packaging, and the fact that supermarkets are not offering[.....]
Photo credit: Carole Deschuymere/Alamy We could be the generation that lets elephants become extinct. A shocking 20,000 elephants are killed every year for their ivory. Scientists and conservationists agree that at this rate, both African and Asian elephants will be extinct in the wild within our lifetime. Even so, at the last IUCN World Conservation Congress, Canada was 1[.....]
Problem Disney has trademarked the Swahili phrase “Hakuna Matata”. Join us and say NO to DISNEY or any corporations/individuals looking to trademark languages, terms or phrases they didn't invent. "Hakuna matata" is a Swahili language phrase from East Africa; translate, it means "no trouble". The word "hakuna" means "there is not here" while "matata" means[.....]
The picture above cost a child’s life because Canadian school buses have no seatbelts. Thousands of Canadian children are being injured and in some cases killed because school buses aren’t equipped with seatbelts. If they were, these tragedies could be prevented. I started this petition because I’m a school bus driver and I’m the only one[.....]