A recent academic study has highlighted how caste and social identity continue to shape employment opportunities, wages and ...

NEW DELHI — India will include caste details in its next census, in a move likely to have sweeping socio-economic and political ramifications for the world's most populous country. Information ...

NEW DELHI, April 30 (Reuters) - India's cabinet approved the inclusion of citizens' caste details in its population census on Wednesday, the information minister said, seeking to gain the initiative ...

In the 1990s, the Anthropological Survey of India presented a book that summarized seven years of field research on the country’s most backward castes – the volume was titled “Scheduled Castes.” The ...

For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much of daily life – from social circles to dating pools to job opportunities and schooling. The Indian government ...

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 ...

India is OpenAI’s second-largest market, but ChatGPT and Sora reproduce caste stereotypes that harm millions of people. When Dhiraj Singha began applying for postdoctoral sociology fellowships in ...

Panaji: Union minister of state for social justice and empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Wednesday said reservation for Scheduled Tribes should be in proportion to their population in the state. He added ...