-Petition submitted by National Network of Sex Workers to NHRC, dated 28th May, 2019 The National Network of Sex Workers (NNSW) has recently submitted a petition to the Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Hon. Justice HL Dattu regarding police brutality and raids on sex workers in Mumbai on 24th-25th May 2019. According to that petition, there has been misuse of anti-trafficking provisions of Section 370, IPC by the police...
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Amnesty lens on abusive tweets against 100 women LS candidates -Priscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu ‘It’s not just trolling, it’s an abuse of Human Rights’ New Delhi: Launching a crowd-sourced study on the abuse that Indian women politicians face on Twitter, Amnesty India says online trolling aimed at threatening and silencing them must be considered a Human Rights violation. “It’s so easy for men to dismiss it as just ‘trolling’, but we are talking about rape threats, death threats, stalking…words which can lead to deep physical...
More »NYAY is an important first step toward social justice -Vani S Kulkarni and Raghav Gaiha
-Hindustan Times Better health and education facilities, and expansion of old age pension and insurance must follow to improve the socio-economic status of the people . A battle cry of the Congress in the current election is the Nyuntam Aay Yojana (Nyay), which promises Rs 6,000 per month to the poorest 20% of the households. Some have questioned its rationale. Others have questioned its feasibility. Still others have been laudatory about it....
More »The middle income trap that India must avert
-Livemint.com A top economic adviser has flagged the risk of stagnation that lack of inclusive growth could cause. We must reduce inequality and help everyone achieve upward mobility The warning by Rathin Roy, a member of an economic panel advising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, that India could be headed for a “structural crisis" has sparked a debate on whether the economy’s days of high single-digit growth rates are a thing of the...
More »Mumbaikars can now drink water straight from tap: BMC -Clara Lewis
-The Times of India MUMBAI: Mumbaikars can now drink water straight from the tap, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC’s) hydraulic engineer Ashok Tawadia said. According to BMC, an average 0.7% of water samples collected daily across Mumbai between April 2018 and March 2019 tested positive for Coliform bacteria, a group of microorganisms present in water bodies that indicate water may not be fit for drinking. This is far better than the WHO...
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