Delhi University became centre of storm over UGC's anti-casteism regulations, which have been stayed for now by the Supreme ...

Seattle City Council outlawed caste-based discrimination this week, a centuries-old form of social stratification with roots in South Asia, following years of activist organizing and similar bans at ...

Karnataka's Rohith Vemula Act remains delayed amid Supreme Court's stay on UGC regulations, igniting renewed debates on caste ...

Student and teacher groups criticise order as curbing free speech while administration cites law and order concerns and ...

The Indian government officially abolished the caste system in 1950. But discrimination persists across South Asia against Dalits, a group of people from historically oppressed caste communities. And ...

SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle City Council on Tuesday added caste to the city’s anti-discrimination laws, becoming the first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination and the first in the world to pass such ...

(RNS) — The politics around California’s recently proposed legislation banning caste-based discrimination have become contentious. They shouldn’t be. Caste discrimination remains one of the least ...

In recent weeks, there have been efforts to outlaw what's known as "caste discrimination" in the U.S. Seattle became the first city to ban caste discrimination in February. Now California may add ...

The Delhi University (DU) on Tuesday imposed a month-long ban on all public meetings, protests, and demonstrations across its campus, drawing sharp criticism from student and teacher groups who ...

Like many recent arrivals to California, Prem Pariyar searched for work and a home within communities of fellow immigrants. So when coworkers at a South Asian restaurant in Davis refused to room with ...

California has moved one step closer to banning caste discrimination in the state. The state Senate passed a bill Thursday that would update California’s civil rights law to explicitly include ...

Caste dispute in Odisha's Kendrapara ends as children return to anganwadi, enjoying meals prepared by a Dalit employee.