Pakistan loses UN human rights council election

Pakistan on Wednesday failed to win a re-election to the United Nations' human rights body. The 193-member General Assembly voted here to elect 18 new members of the UN Human Rights Council.......

Introduce human rights as a school subject: Pranab

Human rights should be introduced as a subject in the school curriculum to increase awareness about it in the country, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Monday. "We must increase awareness for......

I am grateful to Ecuador: Assange on asylum appeal

After making a dramatic appeal for political asylum at the Ecuador embassy in Knightsbridge, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said he was "grateful" to the government of the south American......

Peace Nobel for jailed Chinese rebel Liu Xiaobo

The Nobel Peace Prize 2010 was on Friday awarded to Liu Xiaobo"for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China".For over two decades, Liu Xiaobo has been a strong......

India readies plan to sell only 'clean' diamonds worldwide

All stakeholders in the diamond industry chain from mines to retailers have to follow a system of warranty under which they have to individually declare in the invoices they issue that what they......

Wake up, India! Don't ignore EU

It is possible to argue that the Chinese are the Americans of Asia while the Indians are the Europeans. As players on the international stage, the United States and China are both goal-oriented and......

Indian websites flout guidelines for the disabled

Last month, Deepak Kumar (name changed on request), a visually-impaired businessman, logged on to check out for some information on the newly-created Rajya Sabha website. Given the government's......

Why govt has failed to check the spread of coronavirus in India

An overarching law governing public healthcare is a glaring gap in India’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. In India it is left to individuals to quarantine themselves voluntarily.......