The National Human Rights Commission of India, on Friday, has taken a suo motu cognizance of a media report that a top Indian woman cyclist has accused the national sprint team chief coach of inappropriate behaviour during a camp in Slovenia and has sent an email complaint to the Sports Authority of India (SAI) in this regard.
For the first time, the government has responded to enquiries by the United Nations Human Rights Council's (UNHRC) working group on enforced disappearances by submitting the information sought on Bangladeshi cases. While we appreciate the effort, we must express our disappointment that it took so long for the government to respond to a matter this serious.
The NHRC on Friday issued notice to top officials of the Central and Bihar governments over a report alleging that a large number of hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes are running illegally without any registration in the state s Munger district despite a specific 2013 state law.
Amid the deteriorating economic and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Thursday said that more than half of th