UNGA President honours India's Hansa Mehta on International Day for Women in DiplomacyOn the International Day for Women in Diplomacy, UNGA President Dennis Francis honored Hansa Mehta, an Indian feminist leader and diplomat,...
Why ICC was right in blocking shoe-writing activism: Unmasking the sinister plot behind capital lettersUK is not even consistent in his stance, batting or otherwise. First he was into writing messages on his shoes, then he wore a black armban...
Politics of so-called freebies distort expenditure priorities, says Vice President Dhankhar"Empowerment of pockets by fiscal grant only increases dependence. The politics of so-called freebies for which we see a mad race distort e...
Human Rights Day 2023: Know history, theme and wishes for the dayHuman Rights Day, celebrated annually on December 10, commemorates the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by the ...
University of California at San Francisco apologizes for conducting medical experiments on prison inmates without consentThe University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) recently admitted and apologized for conducting dermatology experiments on the inmates...
Must consider environmental dimension of justice now: President Droupadi Murmu"I wonder what would the animals and trees around us tell us if they could speak. What would our rivers say about human history and what wo...
Human Rights Day 2022: History, significance, and theme of the dayHuman rights include the right to life and liberty, the freedom from slavery and torture, the freedom of thought and expression, the right ...
Opposition MLAs allege discrimination in allotment of govt schemes, write to CM Himanta Biswa SarmaThe opposition parties alleged in the constituencies where there are MLAs of the opposition parties only few kilometres of Embankment cum R...
India at forefront in fighting COVID-19, stands out in terms of vaccine policy: Gita GopinathGopinath made the comments in an interactive session during the Inaugural Dr. Hansa Mehta Lecture organised on occasion of International Wo...
Tapping into women's huge potential win-win for their empowerment, eco growth: IMF's Gita GopinathGita Gopinath made the comments in her keynote address on Monday at the Inaugural Dr Hansa Mehta Lecture which is named in the memory of th...
India at forefront in fighting Covid-19, stands out in terms of vaccine policy: Gita GopinathIMF chief economist Gita Gopinath made the comments on Monday in an interactive session during the Inaugural Dr Hansa Mehta Lecture organis...
TMC govt in Bengal committed to upholding human rights: Mamata BanerjeeTaking to Twitter, the CM, on the occasion of Human Rights Day, said her government has set up 19 human rights courts over the last nine-an...
European Parliament to debate on anti-CAA resolutionThe European Parliament is set to debate and vote on a resolution tabled by some of its members against India's Citizenship Amendment Act, ...
UN Chief honours Indian reformer Hansa Mehta's role in shaping Universal Declaration of Human RightsMehta's contribution, along with that of other inspirational women, although not part of the official drafting committee of the document, i...