Geneva: In a passionate appeal, the United Nations rights chief decried the impact of racism, discrimination, and violence against women, LGBTQ people and other minorities around the world. Listing countries from Afghanistan and Iran to the United States and Russia, Volker Turk warned "discrimination and racism
New Delhi: India has been one of the “worst autocratisers” in the last ten years, Sweden-based Varieties of Democracy Institute has said in a report. “In India, the ruling right-wing, Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the helm continues to suppress
Haryana: A Dalit municipal engineer has accused Haryana Development and Panchayats Minister Devender Singh Babli of manhandling and hurling casteist abuse at him, The Indian Express reported. The incident took place when Babli had called Ramandeep to his residence in Bidai Khera village of Tohana city
Gujrat: When Muhammad Nadeem left home in eastern Pakistan, he asked his mother to pray for his safe passage to Europe then slipped away before she could object. Ali Hasnain showed off the new clothes he would wear as he prepared for the long journey west
New York” Global progress on women’s rights is “vanishing before our eyes,” UN boss Antonio Guterres warned, saying the increasingly distant goal of gender equality will take another three centuries to achieve. “Gender equality is growing more distant. On the current track, UN Women puts it
United Nations: The number of pregnant women and nursing mothers suffering from undernutrition has increased by 25% since 2020 in 12 countries at the epicentre of the world food crisis, the UN children’s agency warned Monday, stressing the impact it is having on children’s health. The
United Nations: A month after the two catastrophic earthquakes that struck Turkiye and Syria, more than 850,000 children remain displaced after being forced from their damaged or destroyed homes amid millions in dire need of aid, UN agencies said. Families forced from their homes by the
New Delhi: At around 11am on February 14, some 20 Indian tax officials and police burst into the BBC's offices in New Delhi, shouting at staff to step away from their computers and hand over their mobile phones, according to two people present. At the company's
Washington: Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, Chairman, ‘World Forum for Peace & Justice’, has deplored that currently the policy of the world powers, including the United States has led the Indian government to believe that all it needs is some political maneuvering to dissipate foreign concern
Berlin: Extreme weather caused by climate change could cost Germany up to 900 billion euros in cumulative economic damage by mid-century, a study showed on Monday, as Europe’s biggest economy seeks climate adaptation measures to cut the damages bill. The study, by economic research companies Prognos