A study conducted by a Bengaluru-based NGO rates the three south Indian states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka as the three best governed states in India. The study by the Public Affairs Centre ranked the various Indian states on the basis of the Public Affairs Index computed on 10 equal parameters including human development,…
Jaipur: Fifteen-year-old Babli (name changed), a resident of a tribal area in southern Rajasthan’s Dungarpur district, was being raped by her father for the past two years. The ignorant tribal girl would have kept bearing it all in silence, but for a policeman who visited her school and counselled students on sexual abuse. Babli gained…
When most people think or speak about internet freedom, they are often concerned with the right, for example, to say what you want online without censorship and without being subject to the chilling effects of surveillance. By Indra de Lanerolle These kind of freedoms are sometimes called “negative freedoms” or “freedoms from…”. They address the right…
United States (US) Senator Ben Cardin, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Wednesday (June 01) said the issue of alleged human rights violations in India is on the agenda for talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his trip to Washington next week.