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Thai Fishing Industry: Abuses Continue In Unpoliced Waters, Greenpeace Claims

An international crackdown on human rights abuses in the Thai fishing industry has resulted in vessels travelling thousands of miles further into remote and lawless waters,...

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Human Rights

Over 61 Per Cent Scheduled Tribes population In Maharashtra Lives Below Poverty Line

The condition of Scheduled Tribes staying in the hinterland of Maharashtra appears to be one of the worst in the country with almost 61.6 per cent of them living below pove...

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Human Rights

The Hipster Hunger For Superfoods Is Starving India's Adivasis

Every morning, Baisa, a forest-dwelling Karbi woman, gets up at 4 am to forage fresh wild edible plants and insects from the forest. At the market in Diphu, Baisa is able t...

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Human Rights

Princesses, Presidents, Laureates join hands to

Royalty, presidents, prime ministers and spiritual leaders joined hands with Nobel peace prize winners on Saturday in the fight for child rights, saying they wanted to "glo...

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Human Rights

Programmes For Children Have To Take Centre-Stage In National Policy-Making: Pranab Mukherjee

President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said programmes and actions for children have to take centre-stage in national policy-making, adding that there should be commitment ...

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Human Rights

India’s Good Women Rights’ Laws Need Better Execution: UN

“India has a robust judiciary and there are good laws that can protect rights of women and improve gender equality but it needs to be implemented better,” said ...

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Human Rights

The Girl Child In The Tea Gardens Of Assam

A baby girl born in the rural areas of Assam has lesser chances of survival in comparison to its male counterpart before reaching the age of five. Prabir Kumar Talukdar fin...

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Human Rights

Rights In Education

It has been a little over seven years that one of the most comprehensive and radical education measures in modern history was introduced -- the Right of Children to Free an...

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Human Rights

Admit RTE kids, school not a money-making venture: Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court Monday said a school was not a commercial venture, while coming down heavily on an institute that refused to grant admissions to students from the eco...

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Human Rights

Corporates told to protect child rights

The corporate companies and the business organisations must conduct various programmes for protection of child rights and their implementation as part of Corporate Social R...

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