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Bengaluru electrocution deaths: Rights panel takes suo motu cognisance
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday suo motu cognisance of a media report of a 23-year-old woman and her nine-month-old baby, who were electrocuted after they stepped on a live wire that lay unattended on a sidewalk near Hope Farm in the Kadugodi area of Bengaluru on Novem
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NHRC camp sitting in Guwahati concludes; 56 cases of human rights violatio
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The camp sitting was organised to hear the pending cases of human rights violations in eight North Eastern (NE) states and to spread awareness amongst the officials of state governments, parastatal organisations, and NGOs.
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National Human Rights Commission concludes two-day camp sitting in Guwahat
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Justice Mishra, inaugurating the camp sitting, said, "The Commission has a wide-ranging mandate for the promotion and protection of human rights in diverse areas and the Commission's camp sitting in the concerned States is a unique concept aimed at reaching out to the doorsteps of the victim
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HDFC Life Wins the Golden Peacock Award for Excellence in Corporate Govern
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 16: HDFC Life, one of India's leading life insurers, has won the prestigious Golden Peacock Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance for the year 2023. The Golden Peacock Awards Secretariat, Institute of Directors, India, adjudged the Awards under t
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NHRC India chairperson addresses 14th International Conference of NHRIs in
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairperson Justice Arun Mishra on Wednesday addressed the concluding session of the 14th International Conference of NHRIs on Torture and other ill-treatment in Copenhagen.
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Copenhagen: Justice Arun Mishra chairs session at international meet of Na
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The session, titled 'Practical perspective on protection: Complaints, investigations, access to justice, and reparations,' drew significant interest from NHRIs representing various countries.
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NHRC issues notice to Delhi govt, DDA, police commissioner over minor's de
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission( NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports that a five-year-old boy died after a damaged entry gate fell on him at a colony of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) in Siraspur, an official statement said.
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NHRC receives Action Taken Reports in many cases from Manipur government
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a reminder notice to the state, seeking responses on eight pending cases registered with the Commission.
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NHRI participates as observer in third OICOA meeting in Turkey
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
A delegation from the National Human Rights Institution (NHRI), headed by Maqsoud Kruse, Chairperson of the NHRI, participated as an Observer in the meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Ombudsman Association (OICOA), held in Istanbul, on October 5,6.
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"Poor farmers cannot be blamed solely": NHRC on stubble burning
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed serious concerns over the tardy progress towards achieving zero stubble burning to reduce air pollution in Delhi and said that the farmers cannot be blamed solely for it.
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NHRC issues notice to Bihar Govt over stripping incident of Dalit woman in
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday issued a notice to the Bihar Government after a Dalit woman was beaten up and stripped naked in Patna.
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Delhi Govt to come up with guidelines to prevent electrocution incidents
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The decision follows the orders issued by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in 2021, and it underscores the commitment of the Power Department to safeguard the lives of Delhi's residents. The decision has been taken in light of recent electrocution incidents recorded in Delhi.
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