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Shameful: 75-Year Old Leprosy Patient Isolated Even After Death
A 75-year old man was refused a proper cremation ceremony because he was suffering from leprosy before death.
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13-Year-Old Girl From Rajasthan's Bikaner Allegedly Raped By 8 Teachers For A Year
A 13-year-old cancer patient from Bikaner's Nokha has alleged rape and blackmail by eight of her teachers at a private school in 2015. The accused allegedly forced the girl to stay back after school hours on the pretext of extra classes, made her take off her clothes and raped her. They even shot a video of their act which they used to blackmail th...
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Anti-Leprosy Day: Work Together To Eliminate Stigma, Says PM Narendra Modi
New Delhi: On the eve of Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that government is making efforts to eliminate leprosy as a tribute to the vision of the father of the nation. In a message on the occasion of anti-leprosy day, the Prime Minister said we have to work together to uplift the cured persons and ...
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Breaking Barriers, Vrindavan Widows Celebrate Raksha Bandhan
Around 800 widows, shunning the shackles of social stigma, today celebrated 'Raksha Bandhan' for the first time in the temple town.
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Everything You Thought About People Who Chew Gum is Wrong
In 2013, a social experiment was conducted on identical twins to disprove and rid chewing gum of the social stigma attached to it. It will leave you baffled, and almost certainly chewing gum without any hang-ups.
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China's growing HIV crisis, a result of social stigma
43-year-old Bei Fang is a former Chinese television anchor. But these days he is a counsellor for men who have sex with men, also known as MSM. His new role is crucial given the fact that homosexual transmission of HIV is increasing rapidly in China. Over 12 per cent MSM are infected with HIV. In China the odds of MSM having HIV is 45 times h...
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What spreads faster than bedbugs? Social stigma
Jeremy Sparig spent months fighting bedbugs. Now, to some people, he is like a mattress left on the street, something best avoided in these times. "They don't want to hug you anymore; they don't want you coming over," said Mr Sparig, of East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. "You're like a leper."At the Brooklyn district attorney's office, which recentl...
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Shameful: 75-Year Old Leprosy Patient Isolated Even After Death
A 75-year old man was refused a proper cremation ceremony because he was suffering from leprosy before death.
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13-Year-Old Girl From Rajasthan's Bikaner Allegedly Raped By 8 Teachers For A Year
A 13-year-old cancer patient from Bikaner's Nokha has alleged rape and blackmail by eight of her teachers at a private school in 2015. The accused allegedly forced the girl to stay back after school hours on the pretext of extra classes, made her take off her clothes and raped her. They even shot a video of their act which they used to blackmail th...
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Anti-Leprosy Day: Work Together To Eliminate Stigma, Says PM Narendra Modi
New Delhi: On the eve of Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that government is making efforts to eliminate leprosy as a tribute to the vision of the father of the nation. In a message on the occasion of anti-leprosy day, the Prime Minister said we have to work together to uplift the cured persons and ...
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Breaking Barriers, Vrindavan Widows Celebrate Raksha Bandhan
Around 800 widows, shunning the shackles of social stigma, today celebrated 'Raksha Bandhan' for the first time in the temple town.
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Everything You Thought About People Who Chew Gum is Wrong
In 2013, a social experiment was conducted on identical twins to disprove and rid chewing gum of the social stigma attached to it. It will leave you baffled, and almost certainly chewing gum without any hang-ups.
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China's growing HIV crisis, a result of social stigma
43-year-old Bei Fang is a former Chinese television anchor. But these days he is a counsellor for men who have sex with men, also known as MSM. His new role is crucial given the fact that homosexual transmission of HIV is increasing rapidly in China. Over 12 per cent MSM are infected with HIV. In China the odds of MSM having HIV is 45 times h...
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What spreads faster than bedbugs? Social stigma
Jeremy Sparig spent months fighting bedbugs. Now, to some people, he is like a mattress left on the street, something best avoided in these times. "They don't want to hug you anymore; they don't want you coming over," said Mr Sparig, of East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. "You're like a leper."At the Brooklyn district attorney's office, which recentl...
