In a society that routinely visits abuse and punishment on those who are deemed low, would the refusal of dignity at the moment of one’s passing on leave a scar on the social conscience?
NHRC Issues Notice To Centre, Bihar And UP Govt Over Bodies Found Floating In Ganga
The National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) has demanded for an action-taken report in 4 weeks.
Outlook Web Bureau 13 May 2021, Last Updated at 6:18 pm PTI Outlook Web Bureau 2021-05-13T18:14:27+05:30 NHRC Issues Notice To Centre, Bihar And UP Govt Over Bodies Found Floating In Ganga outlookindia.com 2021-05-13T18:18:43+05:30
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The human rights body has demanded for an action-taken report in 4 weeks.
As many as 52 bodies were found floating in Ganga in the Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh.
According to Ballia residents, at least 45 bodies were seen floating near the Ujiyar, Kulhadia and Bharauli ghats in the Narahi area on Tuesday evening.
ANI | Updated: May 13, 2021 16:21 IST
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): Slum dwellers and homeless people moved the Delhi High Court on Thursday seeking direction to the Central Government, National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC), Delhi government, Delhi police and other authorities to make adequate arrangements for their food, shelter, financial help, and employment skills and to provide them with ration cards, labour cards or other beneficiary cards.
Around six people, who are slum dwellers, homeless and belongs to the poor section of the society with the help of two law students, filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Delhi HC.
Centre, States should expeditious implement second wave of Covid-19 Advisory: NHRC ANI | Updated: May 11, 2021 17:40 IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) on Tuesday emphasized that the Centre and States need to put their acts together in order to meet the response by setting up universally functional COVID-19 dashboards for real time information in the public domain on the availability of hospital beds, oxygen, critical care medicines and devices.
It has also asked for setting up 24X7 functional toll-free helplines and fixing the prices of Covid treatment resources.
The Commission, appreciating and taking a note of the ground realities and challenges, as also reported in the media, related to the management of the second wave of Covid -19, has recommended to the Centre and States, through its 2.0 Covid Advisory, that they need to take immediate action against those hoarding and black-mark
According to the
Hindustan Times (May 6, 2021), “Three terrorists were killed after an encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on May 5 Killing Innocent civilians, after dubbing them “Pakistani militants”, is a known phenomenon in Indian-held Kashmir. The people killed incommunicado in army custody are secretly buried in remote villages of Kashmir.
India’s reign of terror continues unabated during the peace month of Ramadhan and distress by raging pandemic. India is unconcerned about oxygen cylinders and concentrators being sold at cow shed (
gaoshalas), and wayside eateries. Viral videos show people mourning their dead outside hospitals for want of healthcare.