Human Rights

Govt sets up GoM to look into sexual harassment at workplace

The Group of Ministers (GoM) members are Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi.

Oct 24, 2018

Jamal Khashoggi: Saudi hit squad member dies in mysterious Riyadh car crash, says Turkish paper

Albostani was one of the 15 Saudi operatives who landed in Istanbul on October 2, the day when Khashoggi disappeared, according to the Washington Post. The kill squad had arrived in Istanbul with the premeditated intention to kill Khashoggi, Turkish sources have said.

Oct 19, 2018

Sabarimala LIVE: Protests intensify as women wait to enter temple; section 144 imposed

It's the second day since the gates were opened to devotees. However, the protests have intensified and section 144 has been imposed in the region.

Oct 18, 2018

Mircosoft, Paul Allen, co-founder, death

Paul Allen passes away: Tech titans remember Microsoft co-founder and great philanthropist

Microsoft co-founder Paul Gardner Allen, who had been long suffering from non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma died in Seattle on October 15, 2018. Here's what Bill Gates, Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai, Jeff Bezos and other tech titans had to say about the great philanthropist.

Oct 16, 2018

Muslims pray at a mosque in Xinjiang region

China against Muslims: Xinjiang authorities roll out anti-halal campaign

As many as 13 million Muslims living in the region are increasingly subjected to mass arbitrary detention, torture and mistreatment by the Chinese government, rights organisations have said.

Oct 10, 2018

Future of Julian Assange: John Pilger mounts attack on Britain's Guardian

Pilger, whose legendary war reportage in the 60s got him Britain's Journalist of the Year award twice, said Assange was targeted as he refused to be a 'member of the club'.

Oct 4, 2018

India to send seven Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar on Thursday

The government officials have declined to comment if these seven are Rohingya Muslims and is calling them 'Myanmarese nationals'.

Oct 4, 2018

Execution of Kurdish child bride in Iran imminent, Amnesty International warns

According to Amnesty, almost 90 percent of world's executions take place in just five countries: China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Pakistan.

Oct 2, 2018

Poverty rate in India reduced by half over past 10 years, new UNDP study says

Among South Asian countries, only Maldives has a lower headcount ratio than India at 1.9 per cent, with Nepal (35.3), Bangladesh (41.1), and Pakistan (43.9) having higher incidences of multidimensional poverty.

Sep 21, 2018

Child mortality rate steadily decreasing in India, UN study finds

However, as per the report released by Unicef, the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN Population Division and the World Bank Group, an estimated 6.3 million children under 15 years of age died in 2017 and the vast majority of these deaths -- 5.4 million -- occurred in the first five years of life, with newborns accounting for around half of the deaths.

Sep 18, 2018

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Human Rights

Govt sets up GoM to look into sexual harassment at workplace

Jamal Khashoggi: Saudi hit squad member dies in mysterious Riyadh car crash, says Turkish paper

Sabarimala LIVE: Protests intensify as women wait to enter temple; section 144 imposed

Paul Allen passes away: Tech titans remember Microsoft co-founder and great philanthropist

China against Muslims: Xinjiang authorities roll out anti-halal campaign

Future of Julian Assange: John Pilger mounts attack on Britain's Guardian

India to send seven Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar on Thursday

Execution of Kurdish child bride in Iran imminent, Amnesty International warns

Poverty rate in India reduced by half over past 10 years, new UNDP study says

Child mortality rate steadily decreasing in India, UN study finds

ISRO espionage case: SC grants Rs 50 lakh in damages to acquitted scientist Nambi Narayanan

Mother, son die in UP due to severe malnutrition; govt records their deaths as diarrhoea

Amit Shah's political war cry targets Bangladeshi migrants; says country's security more important than human rights

Drastic rise in world hunger; around 821 mn undernourished globally, says UN

'Illegal immigrants will soon be deported,' says BJP leader Ram Madhav

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