* International Day of the World’s Indigenous People On the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, Indigenous people’s organisations and trade unions, highlight the extreme forms of discrimination faced by native groups. This includes: The lack of rights to self-governance or access to their lands.The exploitation and pollution of their lands that effectively destroys livelihoods and displaces them.The absence of or deficient access to basic services, such as education and healthcare, that continues the negative legacy of historical subjugation. The global trade union movement will work to end the economic ghettoization of the world’s Indigenous peoples into low-paid jobs…
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The Rajya Sabha on Monday passed the Delhi Services Bill with a vote; 131 members voted in favour of the bill and 102 against it. The bill will come into force once the President gives her assent as Lok Sabha has already cleared it. The Opposition wanted to counter the bill by jointly opposing it but government had the majority. Home Minister Amit Shah had dared the Opposition to stop it as the government had the numbers. The bill was a test case for Opposition unity as AAP had made it a pre-condition for joining the coalition, INDIA. Shah hit…
As Manipur sank deeper in ethnic violence, the Supreme Court on Monday announced setting up of a committee of three former women high court judges to look into relief and rehabilitation of those affected. A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud said the committee will be headed by former Jammu and Kashmir High Court Chief Justice Gita Mittal and include Justices (retd) Shalini P Joshi and Asha Menon. The bench, also comprising Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, said the effort of the apex court is to restore a sense of confidence and faith in the rule…
The solar industry, a critical player in the global shift towards renewable energy, found itself entangled in controversy in 2021 when evidence was found that the Uyghur Region alone produces almost half of the world’s solar-grade polysilicon, a key component of solar panels. A fresh report reveals that solar giants continue to rely on the Uyghur Region, where the risk of forced labor is high, for key inputs, raising questions about the industry’s commitment to ethical supply chains and human rights. The comprehensive report led by Sheffield Hallam University, spearheaded by Alan Crawford and Professor Laura Murphy, assesses ten solar module…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the opposition of playing “negative politics” and said now the entire country is rooting for corruption, dynasty and appeasement to ‘quit India’. Addressing an event after laying the foundation stone for the redevelopment of 508 railway stations across the country via video conferencing, he alleged a section of the opposition is driven by the principle of neither working nor letting others work. “Unfortunately, in our country, there is a section of the opposition who even today won’t do anything themselves and won’t allow others to do anything either. They are stuck with this…
Five police personnel were suspended by the Manipur Police in connection to the incident where two women were stripped and paraded naked by a mob on May 4 this year. According to officials, immediately after the video of the incident surfaced on July 19, Manipur police decided to suspend the station in-charge of Nongpok Sekmai police station in Thoubal district and four other police personnel. The action was taken promptly and has not been reversed despite daily protests by some sections of people from the majority community for their reinstatement, they said. The state police has also ordered a time-bound inquiry…
Global crises, conflicts, and the climate emergency are escalating trafficking risks, the UN warned on Sunday, the World Day against Trafficking in Persons. People lacking legal status, living in poverty and without decent work often become the primary targets of traffickers. In his message for the Day, UN chief António Guterres called human trafficking “a heinous violation of fundamental human rights and freedoms.” He said that this crime preys on vulnerability and thrives in times of conflict and instability, with more and more people targeted today. “The majority of detected victims are women and children, many of whom suffer brutal violence, forced labour, and horrific…
Congress leader and former union minister Jagdish Tytler instigated the mob to kill Sikhs near Gurudwara Pul Bangash in Delhi, says the Central Bureau of Investigation’s chargesheet against him, filed on May 20. Tytler has been charged with murder in the 39-year-old anti-Sikh riots case. The CBI said, “Tytler provoked the mob to kill the Sikhs which resulted in Gurudwara Pul Bangash being set on fire by the mob and killing of three persons belonging to Sikh community on 1.11.1984,” adding that he incited the mob, which burnt Gurudwara Pul Bangash and killed Thakur Singh and Badal Singh. Earlier, a Delhi court…
India’s ambitious third moon mission, Chandrayaan-3 was successfully inserted into the lunar orbit on Saturday, the ISRO said. The required manoeuvre was done from an ISRO facility here, the city-headquartered space agency said in a tweet. “Chandrayaan-3 has been successfully inserted into the lunar orbit. A retro-burning at the Perilune was commanded from the Mission Operations Complex (MOX), ISTRAC (ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network), Bengaluru,” the agency said in a tweet. Perilune is the spacecraft’s closest point to the moon. The next operation – reduction of orbit– will be done at 11 PM on Sunday, ISRO added. ISRO also shared a message…
An Islamabad trial court on Saturday declared former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan guilty of “corrupt practices” in the Toshakhana case and disqualified him from politics for five years. Soon-after, Pakistan police have arrested the former premier from his Zaman Park residence in Lahore. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief was sentenced to three years in prison and was slapped with a fine of one lakh Pakistani rupees (approx. Rs 29,390). He was shifted to Kot Lakhpat Jail after his arrest, according to a tweet by his party’s Punjab chapter. Additional District and Sessions Judge Humayun Dilawar stated “Imran Khan deliberately submitted fake…