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BJP not in favour of giving OBCs their rights proportional to population:
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 25 (ANI): Days after the Centre told the Supreme court that collection of Other Backward Classes (OBC) information in census 2021 is not feasible, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday slammed the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) saying the ruling party is
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WAC People Council awards Uttar Pradesh's renowned homeopathic doctor with
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 25 (ANI/SRV Media): World Against Corruption (WAC) People Council and WAC Global Human Rights Foundation (Maharashtra) awarded renowned Dr Bhasker Sharma with the International Prestigious Award 2021 on 29 August 2021 along with prize money of one lakh rupees for
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Women's rights activist Kamla Bhasin passes away at 75
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 25 (ANI): Eminent women's rights activist, author and poet Kamla Bhasin passed away on Saturday.
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Quad to closely coordinate diplomatic, economic, human-rights policies tow
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 25 (ANI): After the first-ever in-person Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) Summit, leaders of the Quad nations in a joint statement said they will closely coordinate diplomatic, economic, and human-rights policies towards Afghanistan.
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Indo-Pacific should be free from coercion, sovereign rights must be respec
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 25 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday (local time) asserted said that the Indo-Pacific should be free from coercion in accordance with international law and sovereign rights must be respected during his address at the Quad Summit in Washingto
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Geneva: Bangladesh diaspora to hold international conference on 'Recogniti
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 24 (ANI): Europe-based Bangladesh diaspora oraganisation, European Bangladesh Forum (EBF) in collaboration with Switzerland Human Rights Commission Bangladesh will hold an international conference on 'Recognition of 1971 Bangladesh Genocide' at the Geneva Pres
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Taliban abuses cause widespread fear in Afghanistan: Human Rights Watch
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], September 23 (ANI): The Taliban in Afghanistan's western city of Herat are committing widespread and serious human rights violations against women and girls, a new report has revealed.
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Rights watch says Taliban 'dismantling' human rights in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 23 (ANI): The Taliban has taken steps to steadily dismantle the human rights gains of the last 20 years, rights groups have observed.
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Human rights organisations alarmed over recent persecution of Ahmadiyya co
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 23 (ANI): Many international human rights organisations are alarmed over the recent persecution of the Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan.
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20th anniversary of Durban Declaration's adoption: Racism is antithesis to
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], September 23 (ANI): Racism is the antithesis to the spirit of humanity and it is a negation of the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, said Permanent Representative of India to the UN, Ambassador TS Tirumurti on Wednesday (local time
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China's new decree imposes Mandarin language on Tibetan children
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Dharmashala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], September 22 (ANI): A new decree by China has imposed the Mandarin language on all preschool children and it requires all kindergartens across ethnic and rural areas to use Mandarin as the medium of instruction for school activities, a media report sai
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Pakistan resisting International commitments on blasphemy laws
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 22 (ANI): The increasing cases of blasphemy registered in Pakistan continues to be a cause of concern for human rights activists who have repeatedly highlighted the practice and urged world bodies, including the EU to take note of the issue, which has worsened
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