Tuesday 22 May 2012 Government 2.0: The Road Ahead

Human Rights

UN to review India’s human rights records

New Delhi: The United Nations Human Rights Council will review India's human rights records in Geneva on May 24.

Assam to revamp higher education system

The state government will launch a higher education mission on the recommendations of a panel of experts to make drastic changes in higher education

NHRC summons Kerala's Chief Secretary

The move follows failure of the state government in submitting the compliance report of compensating people affected from the pesticide Endosulfan

NHRC notice to Haryana govt on child’s death

Allegedly punished by a teacher in a private school in Haryana, the six year old child later succumbed to the mental trauma

NHRC notices to TN into encounter of 5 persons

It has asked the state DGP, DM and SSP of Chennai to investigate the killing of five suspects in a police encounter in Chennai

NHRC notice to MP govt on tribal’s death

It has asked the Chief Secretary to furnish details about measures taken to check silicosis in Panna area where a tribal reportedly died of it

NHRC notice to govt on BSF Jawans’ excesses

The rights’ panel has asked the Union Home Secretary to submit a report on alleged thrashing of a man by BSF jawans near Indo-Bangladesh border

CBI sets up anti-human trafficking unit

It will keep a tab on human trafficking and abductions by developing actionable intelligence to conduct operations against gangs involved in it

Bihar to set up Women University

Being set up in the backdrop of rising literacy rate of women in the state, it will bring all women colleges of the state under one roof

NHRC plans to effectively curb child labour

The rights’ panel has formed a core group which will suggest changes in the existing laws that prohibit child labour to make it stricter

 
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