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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicNational Human Rights Commission

Topic: National Human Rights Commission

‘People’s support must to remove beggars from streets’, says Union minister

Speaking at the book launch of 'Last Beggar', Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Virendra Kumar cited successful beggar rehabilitation examples from Varanasi and Indore.

From Manipur to concerns about autonomy, why India’s human rights watchdog NHRC faces downgrade

India may lose its voting rights in key human rights forums as NHRC’s ‘A’ status hangs in balance. NHRC has lodged a formal challenge under GANHRI’s internal appeal process.

India to host human rights training for officials from eight Asian nations

The six-day training session will be held in New Delhi 11 November onwards.

‘Not enough food, space for anyone’ — deaths at Delhi’s Asha Kiran shelter reveal daily agony of inmates

14 inmates died between 15 July & 31 July at Delhi govt-run home for persons with cognitive disabilities. Caregiver says the shelter can accommodate 400, but is crammed with 1,200 people.

NHRC initiates probe into sewage workers’ deaths in Greater Noida, seeks action taken report

The workers were killed while repairing a submersible pump to fix overflowing sewer on June 25 at the plant of a multinational IT company.

NHRC takes action against banishing menstruating women and new mothers to isolated huts

The action came after a local media reported that a 19-year-old woman who had recently given birth was sent to a hut in Tumakuru district in Karnataka.

UN-linked body defers NHRC accreditation for 2nd yr in a row, human rights defenders ‘not surprised’

Henri Tiphagne, founder and executive director of human rights NGO People's Watch, asserts that human rights activists in India have long been demanding an 'upgraded' NHRC.

NHRC to review human rights protection plans

The meeting was held by Justice Arun Mishra, Chairperson, NHRC, at the National Human Rights Commission.

NHRC takes action against illegal organ trade in India

The commission has asked the Chief Secretaries of the Governments of Haryana and Rajasthan to prepare a report within four weeks.

NHRC to hold one-day camp in Vijayawada to hear pending cases of alleged human rights violations

The hearing of the cases in Vijayawada will be held in the presence of state authorities and concerned complainants.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.