The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports on hooch tragedy resulting in the death of many people in Malihabad nearLucknow and its bordering Unnao district. The Commission has observed that the contents of the press reports, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of human rights of the victims. It has issued notices…
W. J. Basil Fernando is a Sri Lankan jurist, author, poet and human rights activist. Having been a lawyer engaged with human rights issues, he had to flee Sri Lanka decades ago. After that he became a legal adviser to Vietnamese refugees in a UNHCR-sponsored project in Hong Kong before joining the United Nations Transitional…
The Human Rights Initiative has said that it has submitted to the CBI a list of persons (22 persons) who have been reported victims of enforced disappearance/missing suspected in the hands of security forces since 1980 for further investigation under UD Case No. 9/City-PS/2014 U/s 174 Cr PC regarding discovery of human skulls and bones…
“The founders of the United Nations well understood that if we ignore one pillar, we imperil the other two,” said Ban during today’s Security Council debate on inclusive development for the maintenance of international peace and security, which was chaired by Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile, which holds the 15-member body’s presidency for the month. Read…
A unique mix of capitalist and socialist policies has positioned the Indian economy as one of the ten largest economies in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) growth and per capita income. The country’s focus on building infrastructure, political stability, favourable demographic dividend, and a large under-30s population have been attracting foreign direct investment (FDI)…
A unique mix of capitalist and socialist policies has positioned the Indian economy as one of the ten largest economies in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) growth and per capita income. The country’s focus on building infrastructure, political stability, favourable demographic dividend, and a large under-30s population have been attracting foreign direct investment (FDI)…
The stereotyped image of government offices – with piled papers and stacks of files – may change soon. The Modi government wants its top bureaucrats and ministers to tap into tablets and e-readers that will be powered by a new app to make cabinet meetings paperless with an online portal called Cabinet, reveals a report by Hindustan Times.…
Jammu and Kashmir has bagged the National Award for e-Governance for the best district-level initiative in the country. The Department of Administrative Reforms, Ministry of Personnel and the PMO have selected Jammu and Kashmir for National Award e-Governance 2014-15 for the best district- level initiative in the country, an official spokesman said today. The award…
Rajasthan may be the number one state in terms of IT-enables services, but it lags behind several states, including Himachal Pradesh, in e-transactions. As per eTaal, a portal of the department of electronics and information technology, Rajasthan doesn’t figure even in the top five states in terms of e-transactions per 1,000 population. E-governance continues to…
President of the United States, Barack Obama, recently requested Congress to pass legislation to increase cybersecurity. This would be to aid private industry as well as government security. There have been recent computer breaches that have increased the threat to national security and so Obama has capitalised on this growing concern. Mr Obama hopes to increase the…