India

In the words of Justice BP Reddy, AFSPA is a sketchy and bald Act, and needs to be repealed. These words from his report of 2005 need to be resounded for the Parliament to pay heed, to understand that a colonial era law is being used to blatantly take away innocent lives and destroy unsuspecting families

On the funeral day of Brigadier Lidder, who was among those killed in the chopper crash, trolls targeted his daughter Aashna, for being ‘woke’

While the rich accumulated more and more wealth, the poor grew poorer; women still earn significantly less

Only 1 Commission, namely the Child Rights Commission has a full panel of members appointed along with the Chairperson, while the rest lack either full panel or have only a few members appointed

Global human rights body demands repeal of draconian law that grants security forces wide range of powers that they often abuse to commit excesses like the killing of 14 civilians in Nagaland

The chopper went down shortly after noon, in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiri Hills

Rescue operations on, IAF sets up inquiry; Rawat's wife, staff members, including his Defence Assistant, security commandos and other Air Force personnel were on board

Notice issued to Union Home Secretary, Union Defence Secretary, Chief Secretary and DGP, Nagaland

After killing mine workers near Oting village, security forces put the bodies in a truck, covered it with tarp and tried to whisk them away, but villagers intervened

21 people have tested Omicron-positive so far and over 2,000 deaths due to Covid-19 recorded on Sunday, despite GoI assurances that Covid-cases are lowest in 552 days