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Grassroots level action is critical to address violence against Dalit Wome
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 5 (ANI/PR Newswire): Breakthrough India's Pan-Asian Summit "Reframe" brought an important conversation on the need for collaborating and co-creating collective actions to support women suffering gender-based violence and discrimination. Eminent speakers and experts i
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NHRC seeks report from Bihar govt on groundwater contamination
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 5 (ANI): National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday took suo motu cognizance of a media report referring to the recent Bihar Economic Survey 2021-22 that in 31 of 38 districts of the State the groundwater is contaminated with Arsenic, Fluoride and excessive Ir
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Putin signs laws on sanctioning foreign individuals, criminalizing fakes a
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], March 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a federal law broadening sanctions for violating the rights of Russian citizens to all foreigners and stateless persons, the Kremlin said on Friday.
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UN chief condemns 'horrific attack' on Peshawar mosque
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], March 5 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday condemned the suicide blast in the Pakistani city of Peshawar that killed over 50 people.
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Pakistan rights commission condemns suicide blast at Peshawar mosque
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 5 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the suicide blast in the city of Peshawar that killed over 50 people.
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At UNHRC, India urges Sri Lanka for steps to address legitimate aspiration
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 5 (ANI): India on Friday called upon Sri Lanka to take necessary steps to address the legitimate aspirations of the Tamil community, including by carrying forward the process of reconciliation and the implementation of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution
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India abstains from vote in UN Human Rights Council on Ukraine crisis
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], March 4 (ANI): India on Friday abstained from voting at the UN Human Rights Council on the establishment of an independent international inquiry commission in the aftermath of the Russian military operation in Ukraine.
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Women at workplace Champion Kunal Chowdhry Invests in RushOwl - AI-based P
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 4 (ANI/NewsVoir): Kunal Chowdhry, global investor and champion of safety and equal rights of women at the workplace, has invested in RushOwl, a Singapore-based HR Tech startup founded by Shin Ng. The app deploys a dynamic routing algorithm powered by Artificial Intel
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NHRC notices to Maha Chief Secy, Pune Police Commissioner after 4 die whil
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 4 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sent notices to the Chief Secretary of Maharashtra and Pune Police Commissioner over the death of four people allegedly while cleaning a septic tank at a residential building in LoniKalbhor area on the outskirt
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US invokes OSCE Moscow Mechanism to report human rights abuses by Russia i
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 4 (ANI): The US on Thursday (local time) invoked the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Moscow Mechanism to establish an expert mission to examine reported human rights abuses & violations of humanitarian law by Russia in Ukraine.
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At UN rights council, Bachelet leads calls for ceasefire in Ukraine
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 4 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has said Russia's military attack on Ukraine has "opened a new and dangerous chapter in world history".
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Afghanistan: Rights group raises concern over door-to-door searches by Tal
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 4 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has raised concern about the house searches being conducted by the Taliban in a number of provinces in Afghanistan.
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