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Peoples Dispatch
Saudi-led Coalition Announces a Halt to Airstrikes Targeting Houthis in Yemen
12 Jun 2021
The breakthrough, which is reportedly a result of Omani mediation, comes even as the Houthis and forces of Saudi-backed Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi continue fighting over the Marib province.
PTI
Kerala Retains Top Rank in NITI Aayog's SDG India Index 2020-21, Bihar Worst Performer
03 Jun 2021
The Index for Sustainable Development Goals evaluates progress of states and Union territories on social, economic and environmental parameters.
Yoshita Singh/PTI
COVID-19: India Declines UN's Offer of Assistance from Integrated Supply Chain, Says it Has 'Robust System'
28 Apr 2021
'We've been told at this point that it's not needed because India has a reasonably robust system to deal with this. But our offer stands, and we're willing to help in whatever way we can.'
Newsclick Report
Hundreds of Millions of Women Have No Bodily Autonomy: UN Report
15 Apr 2021
The latest UNFPA report shows that only 55% of girls and women in 57 countries are able to make their own decisions with regards to sexual relations, contraceptives and reproductive health care.
Azra Musavi, Juhi Gupta, Shah Alam
International Women’s Day: Struggles and Solidarity
08 Mar 2021
A day to reflect on why we need to designate a special day to highlight gender inequality, which affects women’s lives, health, and opportunities.
Peoples Dispatch
International Criminal Court Announces Investigation into War Crimes in Palestine
04 Mar 2021
The announcement comes a month after the ICC ruling which declared that it had jurisdiction to conduct an investigation into suspected war crimes in Palestine.
Peoples Dispatch
UN and Others Urge Egyptian Government to Stop Persecution of Activists in the Country
14 Feb 2021
Thousands of activists, journalists, lawyers and opposition figures have been thrown in prison in the country as part of a massive, ongoing crackdown on human rights and dissent since the regime of…
Newsclick Report
Disability Rights Organisations, Activists Write to Amit Shah, Ask that NCRB Maintains ‘Disaggregated Data’ on Violence Against Disabled Women
22 Jan 2021
They added that in an advisory issued on September 28, 2020 the National Human Rights Commission had recommended that the NCRB maintain data on PwDs too.
Newsclick Report
India Drops to 131 Among 189 Countries in UN’s Human Development Index
17 Dec 2020
India's HDI value for 2019 was 0.645, which put it in the medium human development category. Singapore, Saudi Arabia and Malaysia performed the best among the Asian countries and were deemed to have…
Newsclick Report
Farmer Protests Draw Strong Diaspora Support; Solidarity Rallies in US, UK, Canada, Australia
07 Dec 2020
The ongoing farmer agitation has gotten support from Indians living abroad in several nations like the US, UK, Canada, and Australia.