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Centre, States should expeditious implement second wave of Covid-19 Advis
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) on Tuesday emphasized that the Centre and States need to put their acts together in order to meet the response by setting up universally functional COVID-19 dashboards for real time information in the publi
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NHRC warns of coercive action against Gujarat Chief Secy over death cases
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Chief Secretary, Gujarat government to submit a detailed report on the compensation paid to the next of kin of the deceased manual scavengers of the state and status of criminal cases registered aga
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Dave Bautista joins Daniel Craig for 'Knives Out 2'
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 11 (ANI): In the first big casting to filmmaker Rian Johnson's upcoming sequel to 'Knives Out', Hollywood star Dave Bautista is set to join Daniel Craig in the next installment, which Netflix recently landed the rights too in a monumental deal.
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WHO strongly supports TRIPS waiver, not time to worry about patents, profi
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 11 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Monday (local time) said that the global health body strongly believes that Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver to COVID-19 vaccines at the World Trade O
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COVID-19: Huma Qureshi to set up hospital facility with 100 beds along wit
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): Bollywood actor Huma Qureshi joined hands with Save the Children - a global child rights organisation to help Delhi fight the second wave of the pandemic.
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Tibet, China's pioneer in social control
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 10 (ANI): As much as China is trying to silence critics and hide its pogroms against Uyghurs in Xinjiang, more and more is being exposed of its horrendous human rights abuses there. Unfortunately, China will not settle for just exorcising Uyghur culture, as other minority grou
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NHRC directs Odisha Chief Secretary to rehabilitate people displaced due t
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 9 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) directed the Odisha Chief Secretary on Sunday to take appropriate measures to compensate, rehabilitate and resettle people affected in Koraput district due to different projects.
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PM Modi asks EU to support TRIPS waiver, EU doesn't see it as magic soluti
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asked EU leaders to support the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver to COVID-19 vaccines at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to remove hurdles in ramping up vaccine production. EU l
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Blasphemy a tool to silence women's rights activists in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): The charge of blasphemy has been used as a tool to silence many in Pakistan, especially annual Aurat March that continues to be targeted with unsubstantiated allegations, and scandalized by, as experts call then, upholders of patriarchal inertia.
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MNCs avoid sponsorship questions amid calls for boycott of Beijing Winter
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Beijing [China], May 8 (ANI): Leading international companies sponsoring the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are avoiding questions about their participation in the games, as China continues to face pressure over human rights violations in the northwest region of Xinjiang.
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Over 370 people go missing during 9 days of tax-reform protests in Colombi
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], May 7 (ANI/Sputnik): A total of 379 people went missing in Colombia over nine days of protests triggered by the now-shelved tax reform, the Movice National Movement of Victims of State Crime has announced.
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Pro Uyghur body stages protest in Hague in front of Chinese Embassy
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hague [Netherlands], May 6 (ANI): A demonstration was staged in front of the Chinese Embassy here in the Netherlands by Hague based non-profit group Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD) and World Uyghur Congress (WUC), as part of Doppa Day celebrations on May 5.
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