India wakes up to its child malnutrition epidemic
By K S DAKSHINA MURTHY With the world’s largest amount of malnourished children, can India come to grips with its problem? It is normal for motorists […]
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India: Ministry Of Health Releases First Patient’s Charter In The Country
On August 30, 2018, the Ministry of Health and Family welfare notified the first ‘Charter of Patient Rights’ (the ‘Draft Charter’) in the country which […]
India plans to implement Charter of Patient Rights
The charter lists right to information, informed consent, second opinion and right to choose alternate treatment options among 17 specified rights After having stopped short […]
For better protection of human rights
By Krishnadas Rajagopal Giving teeth to the National Human Rights Commission The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has been often described as a paper tiger, unable […]
The ‘Inside–Outside’ Body “National Human Rights Commission of India”
By Ujjwal Kumar Singh In the context of the stand taken by the National Human Rights Commission of India on the Rohingya refugees, this article probes […]
India rights panel to probe failure to support rescued slave workers
By Roli Srivastava MUMBAI: India’s National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will investigate the failure of authorities to provide a group of enslaved workers with legal and […]
Child’s death highlights slavery, the Indian textile industry’s ‘dirty secret’
By Anuradha Nagaraj CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu state must compensate the parents of a girl who was electrocuted to death in a textile mill where they worked […]
Adopt zero-tolerance policy on child marriage: NHRC
Bhubaneswar: With India recording around 3,600 child marriages every day, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked states to adopt a zero-tolerance policy to […]
Encounter killings: SC asks states to reply to NHRC plea
New Delhi : The Supreme Court today directed various states to file their replies on a plea of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking […]
NHRC chairperson highlights role of media in protection of human rights
New Delhi : National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairperson Justice H.L. Dattu on Thursday highlighted the significance of media saying that it plays a key […]