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63-year-old animal activist feeding, rescuing stray animals for last 11 ye
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], August 10 (ANI): A 63-year-old social and animal rights activist from Hyderabad has been feeding and rescuing stray animals for the last 11 years.
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NHRC to hold meeting tomorrow to discuss status of 'Right to Food and Nutr
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 9 (ANI): National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will organise a meeting to discuss the status of 'Right to Food and Nutrition' in the country on August 10.
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Mamata Banerjee demands law for tribal land protection
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Jhargram (West Bengal) [India], August 9 (ANI): On the occasion of International Day of Indigenous Peoples, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said the country should bring law to protect the land rights of the tribal population.
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Western media slammed over 'lack of coverage' of human rights violations i
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 9 (ANI): Sharing a video of the recent killing of a child, the western media has come under severe criticism over its lack of coverage of human rights breaches in the war-torn country by the Taliban.
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Threat to human rights highest in police stations: CJI NV Ramana
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 8 (ANI): Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Sunday said that the threat to human rights and bodily integrity are the highest in police stations, adding that custodial torture and other police atrocities still prevail despite Constitutional guarantees.
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Custodial torture, police atrocities still prevail in our society: CJI Ram
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 8 (ANI): The Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana on Sunday expressed his concerns over the increasing cases of custodial torture and police atrocities in the country and said that the threat to human rights and bodily integrity is the highest at the police statio
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Plea in Delhi HC seeks directions to NCPCR for action against Rahul Gandhi
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 7 (ANI): A plea has been filed in Delhi High Court seeking directions to the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) to take necessary legal action against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his tweet allegedly disclosing the identity of Delhi Cantt
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NHRC notice to Delhi, Maharashtra, Karnataka over plight of workers who cr
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 7 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Saturday has issued notice to the Chief Secretaries and Principal Secretaries of the Department of Labour of Delhi, Maharashtra, and Karnataka on a plea filed to highlight the plight of crematorium or graveyard
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Delhi court sentences priest to life for minor girls' rape, quotes US poet
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): The judge in a Delhi court quoted American poet and civil rights activist writer Maya Angelou to express his outrage while sentencing a 76-year-old temple priest to life term for raping two minor girls.
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Plea in Delhi HC seeks to strike down section of PMLA
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): A Petition has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking to strike down of Section 44(1)(c) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 stating it manifests arbitrary, unreasonable and is violative of the petitioner's rights under Articles 14,19 and 21
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Asian-American leaders meet Biden, discuss hate crime
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US] August 6 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Thursday (local time) met leaders from the Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community and discussed issues like hate crimes, immigration, and voting rights at the White House in Washington DC.
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Asian-American delegation meets Biden, raises issues of immigration and vo
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 6 (ANI): US President Joe Biden has proposed a comprehensive immigration bill, said White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki on Thursday (local time) on the administration's move on 'documented dreamers' including children of H1B visa holders.
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