New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): The Indian Army released a statement on Thursday stating that all its ranks were race, caste, creed, and gender neutral. The clarification came in light of alleged ...

In India, members of higher ranking castes are genetically more similar to Europeans, while lower castes are more similar to Asians, according to a study published in this month’s issue of Genome ...

Scholar Anand Teltumbde examines a country driven to a dead end, where the opposition is silent and citizens have been ...

The caste system has existed in some form in India for at least 3,000 years. It is a social hierarchy passed down through families, and it can dictate the professions a person can work in as well as ...

When someone asks me to describe myself, I usually respond with a string of adjectives, including but not limited to “whimsical,” “bed-headed,” and “enthusiastic.” I never mention my class rank. But ...

OAKLAND, Calif, Aug 15 (Reuters) - America's tech giants are taking a modern-day crash course in India's ancient caste system, with Apple (AAPL.O), opens new tab emerging as an early leader in ...

Some Think the Topic is Taboo-Let’s Talk at Together RIT What does caste, rank and socioeconomic diversity mean? We may not fully realize the impact it has in our day-to-day interactions with our ...

In a step towards making the institute more inclusive in the wake of a first-year student, Darshan Solanki, died by suicide on campus, IIT-Bombay has asked its students to refrain from asking each ...

In March, Banaras Hindu University (BHU) cancelled the Annie Besant Fellowship that the central university had launched earlier that month. The fellowship, which was meant to encourage its ...