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Odisha govt collaborates with UNICEF to create awareness about child right
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Nov 20 (ANI): Government of Odisha collaborated with United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), along with Odisha Alliance Child Rights (OACR) in Bhubaneswar on W
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PM Oli hands over party reins to Dahal in exchange for full-term premiersh
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Nov 20 (ANI): Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Wednesday agreed to hand over the executive rights of the ruling party to Pushpa Kamal Dahal in a deal that would enable him to retain the post for the full term.
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AAP protests in Parliament, demands inclusion of bill on unauthorised colo
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 20 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday protested in front of the Gandhi statue in the Parliament, demanding to bring a bill on the unauthorised colonies in this winter session.
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China accuses US of interference after Senate passes Hong Kong human right
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Nov 20 (Sputnik/ANI): China on Wednesday slammed the United States after the US Senate passed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, envisioning support for local protesters, asserting that the bill is "overt meddling" in the country's domestic affairs.
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'Half of children globally don't know about Convention on the Rights of th
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 19 (ANI): Half of the children globally do not know about the Convention on the Rights of the Child, despite being the most widely ratified human rights treaty in the world, according to a report by NGO Educo.
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US says it is ready to work with Sri Lanka's new President Gotabaya Rajapa
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Nov 19 (ANI): The US on Monday (local time) said it was ready to work with Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the new President of Sri Lanka and called on him to uphold Sri Lanka's commitments to security sector reform, accountability, respect for human rights, and non-recurrence
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Forest rights certificates should be issued to those staying in state's fo
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Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Nov 18 (ANI): Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday said that tribals staying in the forests from before December 13, 2000 should get forest rights certificate.
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Pakistan: Rights activist kidnapped by unidentified men in Khyber Pakhtunk
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Nov 18 (ANI): A Pakistan human rights activist was allegedly kidnapped by four unidentified men while he was on his way to Swabi district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, his driver told the police, as reported by the local media on Monday.
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Majority SC judgment in Sabarimala temple case has created an ambiguous si
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New Delhi [India], Nov 18 (ANI): The CPI-M on Monday said that the Supreme Court should come out with a definitive stand on the Sabarimala temple issue and noted that the majority judgment of the court has widened the scope by making a reference concerning religious rights to a seven-member
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Cannot imagine what can happen: BJP leader on Trupti Desai's Sabarimala vi
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Trivandrum (Kerala) [India], Nov 17 (ANI): Hailing the Supreme Court's verdict on Sabarimala, BJP state district secretary Anjana on Sunday warned women's rights activist Trupti Desai over her upcoming visit to the temple and said she cannot even imagine that "what all things can happen".
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Over 23 killed in protests since beginning of Bolivia political crisis
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Sucre [Bolivia], Nov 17 (ANI): At least 23 people were killed and over 700 others sustained injuries since the beginning of political unrest in Bolivia, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States (OAS) has said.
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US imposes sanctions on Cuba's interior Minister for involvement in gross
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Washington D.C. [US], Nov 17 (ANI): US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo has announced that the country is imposing sanctions on Cuban Interior Minister Julio Ceaser Gandarilla Bermejo for involvement in "gross human rights violations in Venezuela."
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