Category : Humanitarian Affairs

After completing her first fact-finding mission in the country, Margaret Sekaggya, rapporteur on human rights defenders appointed by the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, warned that the space for civil society has contracted in India. She said that the country’s human rights defenders are

The Direct Taxes Code Bill, which is scheduled to replace the Income Tax Act from April 1, 2012, proposes that charitable and not-for-profit organizations (NGOs) will be allowed a basic exemption of only one lakh rupees and any income over it will be

One month from now, nearly 21,000 kids from 30 schools in Chandigarh might not get their midday meal as NGO Swami Shivananda Memorial Institute will withdraw its services and not supply food. The NGO says it is not being able to meet the

The United Nation’s (UN) human rights wing has come forward to help the families of Kashmiris who have been missing for the past two decades. The families allege that the missing were picked up by the security forces and never returned. Srinagar-based Association

The data on cases registered for violation of human rights, gathered by National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), shows that Uttar Pradesh and Delhi account for 67 per cent of the total violations registered across the country between December 1, 2009, and October 31,

The first-ever report tracking global progress against pneumonia, the leading killer of children under five years of age, finds that India is witnessing the highest number of pneumonia-related child deaths in the world. The infection is killing 16 lakh children under five every

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) says obesity levels are rising fast in developing countries, with India being on the top.Between 1998 and 2005, India’s overweight rates increased by 20 per cent, the highest among the six countries – Brazil, China, India,

Transcervical Reversible Female Contraception (TRFC) – a non-surgical and completely reversible alternative to tubectomy – will go into trials on humans in a year as the research project has got considerable funding from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The research is one of

The history of the world, particularly of Asia, over the last 60 years shows that poverty can be removed through sustained growth of over seven per cent. Poverty-eradication schemes plastered upon with some Gandhi’s name cannot help the poor in the country. Such

In India, over two lakh people, including about 80,000 children below the age of 15 years, die because of malaria. The claim is made by a study published in reputed medical journal The Lancet. The researchers have provided a range with a lower