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The Latest Breaking News from NHRC

Restore cancelled ration cards: Bandi

TS BJP chief writes to NHRC, says govt. blocking fresh applications

The Hindu

NHRC issues notice to Centre on “air pollution cutting life expectancy”

Takes suo motu cognisance of media reports quoting a study by Energy Policy Institute at Chicago varsity

The Hindu

NHRC notice to Environment Ministry on air pollution impacting life expectancy

The rights panel has issued notice to the Secretary of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, seeking a report within four weeks.

The Hindu

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NHRC directs DGP to probe Dalit maid’s alleged torture by police

Rights panel responds to complaint by TDP leader

The Hindu

NHRC issues notice to Haryana govt over landfill site

The Central Pollution Control Board had in 2017 found that the groundwater of three villages near the landfill was contaminated.

The Hindu

NHRC issues notices over reported harassment of cyclist

The commission has asked to respond within four weeks

The Hindu

Explained | Police encounters in India: cases, convictions and court orders

The debate over India’s police ‘encounters’ has stirred up again as a Supreme Court-appointed Commission concluded that the encounter of Disha gang-rape accused was fake.

The Hindu

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Make citizenship to Chakma, Hajongs in Arunachal final: NHRC

Displaced from the erstwhile East Pakistan, members of the two communities were settled in the country’s easternmost State in the 1960s

The Hindu

NHRC flags pollution effect on human rights

In advisory, it urges Centre and States to take action

The Hindu

Mundka fire | NHRC issues notice to Delhi government, sends probe team to site

The Commission also asked its director-general to immediately send a team for an on-the-spot investigation

The Hindu

NHRC notice to Telangana govt, DGP in suspected honour killing case

The NHRC has taken suo motu cognisance of media reports that a 25-year-old man was brutally killed in broad public view in Hyderabad

The Hindu

Data | Tamil Nadu records most custodial deaths in South India

Despite a large number of custodial deaths being recorded in India, the National Human Rights Commission has not recommended prosecution in even one such case between 2016-17 and 2021-22 (up to Feb. 28)

The Hindu

NHRC directs police to find missing Kashmiri medical student

Suhail, a Kashmiri student at AIIMS-Bhubaneswar, has been missing since Feb. 9.

The Hindu

EU human rights official says he raised communal violence, NGOs ban with Indian government

Official versions of the meetings have made no reference to contentious issues

The Hindu

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Govt. needs to do more on social security of truck drivers: NHRC

Truck drivers are not recognised as an organised workforce, says Retd Justice Arun Mishra

The Hindu

NHRC seeks action on deprivation of karatekas

Guwahati-based rights activist said the contact sport athletes have been denied benefits due to non-recognition

The Hindu

1,902 families to join welfare schemes in Odisha on NHRC’s order

Nearly 2,000 applications cleared in a rare single session by the apex human rights body

Bangkok Post

Prominent scholar Saneh dies at 94

Renowned scholar and former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Saneh Chamarik died aged 94 on Saturday. Funeral bathing rites will be held at Wat Thep Sirintharawat on Sunday.

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Bangkok Post

When fake news curbs go too far

As Covid-19 pandemic restrictions ease and society gradually learns to live with the disease, Thailand is at a point where it must decide whether to usher in a sense of normalcy or continue enforcing regulations -- some of which are aimed at what the government sees as a different kind…

The Hindu

Relief for endosulfan victims as SC orders payment of compensation

Apex court grants four weeks for compliance with order

The Hindu

Closing the gaps in criminal justice

States could do better in incorporating the Supreme Court’s crucial guidelines to overcome certain deficiencies

Bangkok Post

Hilltribe DNA tests an 'infringement of rights'

Police have infringed upon the rights of 51 Lahu highlanders in Chiang Mai by taking DNA samples from them without proper consent, according to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).

The Hindu

NHRC issues notices to Bengal govt, police on Birbhum incident

It takes took suo motu cognisance of media reports about 8 people, including children, being being burnt to death

The Hindu

NHRC issues notice to Delhi Government over water bodies

Detailed reports sought within six weeks

The Hindu

NHRC seeks report in a case of murder by mob

Complainant has sought investigation by CID and compensation to the next of kin of the boy

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