Tensions in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali area are flaring as the police halted a fact-finding team led by former Chief Justice L Narasimha Reddy from reaching the troubled region. The team aimed to investigate reported atrocities against women in the area. Pics/ Screengrabs
25 February,2024 01:56 PM IST | Kolkata | Sanjana Deshpande
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Mass demonstrations erupted in Buenos Aires as thousands protested against newly elected President Javier Milei's proposed austerity and deregulation measures in Argentina. Pics/Agencies
21 December,2023 02:42 PM IST | Sanjana Deshpande
US President Joe Biden engaged in a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in San Francisco, discussing a wide range of global issues, notably Russia's actions against Ukraine. Pics/AFP & AP
16 November,2023 04:03 PM IST | Sanjana Deshpande
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, during his visit to Beijing, raised concerns about People's Republic of China (PRC's) human rights violations in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong, as well as individual cases of concern, the US state department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement on Monday, news agency ANI reported. All pictures: AFP
20 June,2023 09:45 AM IST | Editor
The law division of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday sent a reminder to the city collector to submit an action-taken report on manual scavenging in Mumbai, as per its directions in a letter dated May 1, as the deadline for the same had elapsed. However, mid-day has learnt that the NHRC had issued the letter to the wrong department. It was addressed to the district magistrate (city), while the area where instances of manual scavenging were reported falls under the jurisdiction of the district magistrate (suburban). All pictures: File photos
15 June,2023 09:24 AM IST | Editor
The United Nations observes July 18 as the International Mandela Day to mark the birth anniversary of anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela and to remember his work against racial oppression and in leading the movement towards human rights and social justice in an unequal society
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