The government would ensure “complete” freedom of faith for all to have an “undeniable” right to practice any religion without “coercion”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday. Addressing a gathering of Christian leaders here, Modi said: “My government will ensure that there is complete freedom of faith. Everyone has the undeniable right to retain or…
Driving greater technology adoption is the government’s agenda, with good governance and economic recovery as the topmost priorities. With the government’s continued focus and investment in leveraging cloud computing for effective delivery of e-services by DeiTY (Department of Electronics and Information Technology), this is an opportunity for the government to enhance frameworks and policies for…
The head of a UN inquiry into rights violations in North Korea said today that Pyongyang’s actions, while constituting a crime against humanity, fell short of genocide. Michael Kirby, the Australian former judge who headed the UN Commission of Inquiry into North Korea’s human rights violations that concluded last year, reiterated the panel’s finding that…
The UN Human Rights Council has delayed by six months the release of a report into alleged war crimes committed during Sri Lanka’s civil war, following request by the country’s newly-elected government for more time to conclude its internal probe. The report, which was earlier scheduled to be released on March 25 during the 28th session…
The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of a TOI report that said more than half of the families of farmers who committed suicide in the last four years in the state were not eligible to receive even Rs 1 lakh in compensation under government rules.
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National Human Rights Commission today took “serious view” of delay in payment of retirement dues to a BSNL employee and directed the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to thoroughly enquire the case and fix responsibility of delinquent officials.
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After the dna report, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRM) has asked Maharashtra government to address thefarmers issues and look after the compensations package to farmers as well.
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Facing growing competition from brands like Micromax and Xiaomi, Samsung on Monday launched the Galaxy J1 4G — to be priced at Rs 9,900 in India — as the Korean electronics giant looks to protect its turf in one of the world’s fastest growing smartphone markets. It launched two other 4G enabled smartphones — Galaxy…
Unless market access handicaps are done away with and raw materials are made available at international competitive prices, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Make in India plan will not be successful, according to Manikam Ramaswami, CMD of Loyal Textiles Group.
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Driving greater technology adoption is the government’s agenda, with good governance and economic recovery as the topmost priorities. With the government’s continued focus and investment in leveraging cloud computing for effective delivery of e-services by DeiTY (Department of Electronics and Information Technology),
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