NNWN/2017-04-19
Greenpeace has become the first organisation in UK to be fined under the UK government’s Lobbying Act. According to critics, this would silence legitimate campaign groups. The act introduced in 2014, holds lobbyists accountable.
Greenpeacerevealed that it has been fined 30,000 US dollars for refusing to register as a “third-party campaigning…
NNWN / New Delhi, 2017-04-16
The Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), under the aegis of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, is set to launch its own portal and mobile app by Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday.The portal is a one-stop for States’ Higher Education Plans, decision of…
NNWN/Rome, 2017-04-16
Delporing European Union for its failure to rescue refugees caught in the troubled waters in Mediterranean , Charity and NGOs claimed to have rescued over 2,000 refugees in a single day.
According to the Italian coastguard, 19 rescue operations by NGOs, including the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres…
NNWN/Kathmandu, 2017-04-15
The Metropolitan Traffic Police Division has imposed a ban on honking horn needlessly in the Kathmandu valley in an apparent move to curb noise pollution, The valley which attracts thousands of international and south asian tourists throughout the year is facing a major problem from noise pollutionas more than…
NNWN / New Delhi,2017-04-15
On the lines of cow protection, the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO) has launched a campaign against reported cruelty in dairies. The NGO, FIAPOwhich promotes veganism, has decided to create an awareness among the people by how at some dairies cattles are ill-treated. The…
NNWN/New Delhi,2017-04-13
Prime Minister Narendra Modi questioned why is it that properties and houses are in the name of husbands thereby raising a debate on the status of women in the patriarchal society. Modi was addressing Indian merchant Chamber's Ladies wing on its golden jubilee celebration in the Capital on Thursday.…
NNWN/ New Delhi, 2017-04-11
National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to Chhattisgarh Director General of Police and Home Secretary over allegations that some un-indentified CRPF/Police personnel allegedly entered a house at Patel Para of Chintagufa Village in Sukma district while looking out for a man said to be a…
NNWN / New Delhi. 2017-04-11
International rights organisation has deplored Pakistan Military Court's decision to hand a death sentence to ex navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav. Amnesty International's South Asia Director, Biraj Patnaik said, "the death sentence given to Kulbushan Jadhav shows yet again how Pakistan's military court system rides roughshod over…
NNWN/ Geneva, 2017-04-10
Expressing deep convern over the asylum seekers conditions, he United Nations has urged European countries should stop returning asylum seekers to Hungary, due to deteriorating conditions and allegations of abuse there for new arrivals.
As of now, the situation for asylum seekers and other migrants has long…
NNWN / Moscow, 2017-04-10
The condition in Russian region of Chechnya are not conducive. According to human rights organisations and local newpapers, more than 100 gay men have been detained in concentration camp-style prisons in the Russian region of Chechnya.The arrests are being made as part of a widespread anti-LGBT…
NNWN /Guwahati, 2017-04-10
A draft population policyby the Assam govtby the Assam government has made few new suggestions. Among the suggestions are denial of government jobs to people with more than two children and making education up to university level free for all girls in the state. Speaking to newspersons…
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