Kabul, Jan 13 (IANS) Thousands of Afghan women and families, who have been deported from Pakistan and Iran, face poverty, lack of shelter, and growing human rights concerns, local media reported on Tuesday.
Gandhinagar, Jan 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken up the issue of baby Ariha Shah, an Indian girl being raised in German foster care, with visiting German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri announced on Monday.
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha on Monday continued his campaign of voicing solidarity with gig workers and posted a video on social media showing him living a day in their life, on the roads of the national Capital.
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from the Election Commission of India (ECI) on pleas filed by Trinamool Congress MPs seeking extension of the January 15 deadline for filing claims and objections in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal.
Ottawa, Jan 11 (IANS) US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to make the human rights issue a key focus of his visit to China from January 13-17, asking him to press the Chinese government to end its repression in Xinjiang and ensure full compliance with international labour rights conventions.
Quetta, Jan 11 (IANS) The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has accused Pakistan’s military media wing of trying to legitimise enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings, terming the Inter-Services Public Relations' (ISPR) latest press conference a "systematic effort" to justify state repression in Balochistan, local media reported.
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has observed that the right to pursue higher or professional education, though not explicitly listed as a fundamental right under the Constitution, imposes an affirmative obligation on governments and cannot be curtailed lightly.
Kabul, Jan 11 (IANS) Freelance Afghan journalist Ubaidullah Ahmadi has been detained by police in Pakistan's Islamabad, sparking concerns regarding the safety of exiled reporters facing possible forced deportation, local media reported.
Sonipat, Jan 10 (IANS) In a landmark step towards strengthening evidence-based policy-making in Haryana, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini released the state’s first district human development report (HDR) for Sonipat – the Sonipat Human Development Report 2026.
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) China's big advantage in the manufacturing sector vis-a-vis other countries is not so much due to economies of scale or the fact that the country has rapidly caught up with the technology of Western countries, but its exploitation of labour under a repressive system, according to a report.
