India stands for two-state solution to West Asia crisis: Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has expressed concern over the conflict in Gaza but made it clear that terrorism and hostage-taking are unacceptable to India.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has expressed concern over the conflict in Gaza but made it clear that terrorism and hostage-taking are unacceptable to India.
The report should include the status of the FIR and the disbursement of compensation to the aggrieved families, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said.
Indian-origin employment lawyer Giridharan Sivaraman has been appointed Race Discrimination Commissioner by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC).
The death toll from Israeli missile attack last week on Iran's targets in the Syrian capital of Damascus has risen to 13, according to a war monitor.
‘Human rights’ is probably the most abused phrase in the international political lexicon. The US, which is mindful of human rights violations in places as far afield as India, China and Venezuela, keeps mum when small children die on its border with Mexico or when the Israeli Army kills more than 20,000 civilians in Gaza, with active US support.
The American newspaper reported that Indian officials told the committee that Jaishankar would not meet with them if the group included Rep Jayapal, who is sponsoring a resolution urging India to lift communications restrictions, restore Internet access, and preserve religious freedom.
The rights body said that the amended law 'appears to undermine the commitment to equality before the law enshrined in India's Constitution'.
This nine-judge Bench for the first time engaged in an intense debate with legal scholars and prominent lawyers on whether or not privacy is a fundamental right in the Constitution.
The three judge bench asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to provide clarity on Centre's plan of imposing unprecedented restrictions in the Valley.
Amid rising cases of mob-lynching and culprits roaming free with impunity, Alice Wells reminded India that its Constitution mandates a secular state that upholds the rights of all citizens to practice religion freely, freedom of expression and speech, and equal treatment before the law.