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'Human rights not a sword for intervention'

Rejecting the suggestion by the United States and some other western States that the proposed Human Rights Council should be an independent body, India has said it should be a subsidiary of the......

Bengal govt, DGP get NHRC notice over Sandeshkhali

The National Human Rights Commission has sent a notice to the West Bengal government and the state's police chief over reports alleging 'unabated human rights violations' due to continued violence......

Own Goal! Europe's Protests Over Qatar's Human Rights

The rumblings of discontent from Righteous Europe over Qatar's admittedly appalling human rights record can only be viewed as deeply disingenuous and phoney, argues Kanika Datta. IMAGE: Members of......

Is this 17th century?: HC ire over woman paraded naked in Karnataka

Expressing anguish, the high court of Karnataka has termed the incident of a woman being paraded naked in a village in Belagavi district as an "extraordinary case" and said "it will have......

Increase in hate speech against minorities in India concerning: US

There has been a "concerning increase" in anti-conversion laws, hate speech, and demolitions of homes and places of worship for members of minority faith communities in India, United States......

Are women equal to men at the workplace?

The 'softly-softly' approach intended to break down the glass ceiling at workplaces is not working for women, a British report suggested on September 4. The study by the Equality and Human Rights......

Women get 80% less bonuses than men in UK

Women working at some of the Britain's leading finance companies receive around 80 per cent less performance-related pay compared to their male colleagues, a report has said. According to the......

Change in UK migrant rules: Dholakia lambasts govt

Describing as a 'shameful decision' to change the conditions of the highly skilled migrants programme affecting thousands of Indians, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats Lord Navnit Dholakia has......

S&P index to remove Adani Ports for links with Myanmar military

S&P Dow Jones Indices on Tuesday said it will remove Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone from its sustainability index following reports of its business ties with Myanmar's military that has been......

Wealth of 100 richest Indians grew by Rs 12,97,822 cr during Covid: Oxfam

India's 100 top billionaires have seen their fortunes increase by Rs 12,97,822 crore since March last year when the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country and this amount is enough to give 13.8 crore......

Seeing Afghanistan through a different lens

Three teenage girls have made a brief documentary called The Kabul Cards, which shows a much more cheerful side of Afghanisthan's capital, Kabul. It has broken the stereotype of bombed out sites......

Hamilton calls for more change in Saudi Arabia

IMAGE: Lewis Hamilton during a press conference in Jeddah. Photograph: Ahmed Yosri/Reuters Seven times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton called on Friday for more change in Saudi Arabia,......

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