Recent protests have seen Pakistan-occupied J&K face communications, Internet blackout. Pakistan govt has sent delegation to negotiate with protesters.
Issues highlighted in US Dept of State's latest document for 2022 largely similar to those cited in previous report. Release of Bilkis Bano convicts, marital rape also find mention.
New Delhi: The Biden administration foregoes every opportunity to criticise the Narendra Modi government in India, argues US-based publication Politico.
In the article, Politico's senior foreign...
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), it is learnt, has appointed retired IAS and IPS officers as ‘special rapporteurs’ across all states/Union...
NHRC has selectively issued notices, carefully kept Modi government out of its glare, and left the poor to be tortured by the apathy of the administration.
India's rights watchdog NHRC — labelled 'toothless tiger' — is swamped with cases but has little resources to address them. This, despite an ‘A’ rating from UN body.
IGL, MGL & other city gas distributors announce benefits to encourage LPG users to shift to piped natural gas as Centre flags concerns over LPG supply in the wake of Iran conflict.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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