Qaisar Mansoor Jharkhand assembly has passed “Prevention of Mob Violence and Mob Lynching Bill, 2021” on Dec 21. It provides prison terms ranging from three years to life and fines of up to 2.5 million rupees ($35,000) for those involved in mob lynching that leads to
New Delhi: The number of alleged violent crimes against members of the Christian community in India rose nearly 75 per cent to 486 in 2021 from 279 in 2020, shows a new report by a Christian rights protection body. The United Christian Forum said 2021 was
New York: Although the world is understandably preoccupied with the coronavirus pandemic, climate change, and regional conflicts, it would be wrong to assume that the threat of nuclear war had vanished. In fact, the probability of nuclear annihilation remains perilously high. At the beginning of the
New York: The United Nations has criticised Kazakhstan over photos showing armed personnel wearing the world body’s iconic blue helmets during last week’s violence and a crackdown on protests that left more than 160 people dead. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric on Monday said the UN had
London: Demonstrators have taken to the streets in protests across Europe and in the United States to demand an end to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s biggest political and security crisis since the 1990s, as Bosnian Serbs threaten to secede and fears grow about a slide towards
Geneva: Two decades after the first detainees arrived at Guantanamo Bay, a group of UN experts urged Washington to finally close the site of "unrelenting human rights violations". More than a dozen independent UN rights experts voiced outrage that the military prison in Cuba created after
New Delhi: India is failing in efforts to improve its toxic air quality, with the number of smog-plagued cities increasing since the launch of a national program to tackle the issue. A total of 132 cities now have pollution levels deemed below national standards, from 102
New Delhi: Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi has denounced the Bharatiya Janata Party, saying that a conspiracy was being hatched to spread hatred in the country and the next Assembly elections were the right time to defeat that hatred. Rahul Gandhi in a tweet said that the
New Delhi: India registered 1,68,063 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday morning, taking the overall tally to 3,58,75,790 since the pandemic began in the country in January 2020. The number of new cases was 6.93% fewer than Monday’s count of 1,79,723 cases. The active cases increased to
London: The long arm of Indian state witch hunting Kashmiris from Indian Illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) around the world is a slap on the promoters of human rights especially the western countries which choose to remain silent on India’s brazen violation of international