Resolution pushed by Bernie Sanders would have frozen security aid to Israel unless report was produced in 30 days. Senate rejected proposal in 72-11 vote.
'Stellenbosch Draft' draft seeks to 'reiterate' importance of 'independent & competent' legal system. Expert panel included Indian lawyers Major Navdeep Singh (retd) and Aishwarya Bhati.
Ghassan Abdallah, 81, moved to Palestinian city of Ramallah in 1994, hoping peace would prevail. Now, he feels there's hardly any hope of Palestinian state amid Israel-Hamas war.
In advisory to states & UTs, rights panel gives 32 suggestions for welfare of trans people, from free education & scholarship provisions to sensitising families.
It is the first time the 16-year-old UNHRC has been mandated to examine the record of one of its so-called ‘P5’ members, which hold permanent seats on the Security Council.
US hopes for closer ties with the world's largest democracy, which it sees as a counterweight to China, but rights advocates worry that geopolitics will overshadow human rights issues.
The Internet Shutdown Tracker reveals that there were a total of 58 internet disruptions in these 14 countries during or after the adoption of the resolution.
The defective methodologies or bias in such indices facilitate sweeping denialism as a response. And while 'emerging' India isn't weak, it also can’t be blind to its systemic imperfections.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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