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NHRC issues advisory to Centre, states to prevent & minimise ocular trauma
NHRC issues advisory to Centre, states to prevent & minimise ocular trauma

The NHRC advisory has focused on five key areas for action by the Centre, states and UT administrations which include creation of a database on ocular trauma, prevention and minimisation of ocular trauma, treatment of ocular trauma, development of integrated ophthalmic trauma units and rehabilitation of victims of ocular trauma.

  • Tuesday, 11 October 2022
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Bilkis Bano case: Release of 11 convicts figures in NHRC discussion

NHRC chairperson Justice (retd.) Arun Kumar Mishra headed the discussion, they said.

  • Tuesday, 23 August 2022
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SC favours guidelines for juveniles' assessment for trial as adult in heinous offences

It further added that the world acknowledges that children in conflict with law should be treated differently than adults.

  • Wednesday, 13 July 2022
NHRC starts probing into Bolangir MBBS student’s death
NHRC starts probing into Bolangir MBBS student’s death

Nishant, a native of Haryana was forced to take the extreme step when he found the ragging done by seniors intolerable for him. 

  • Tuesday, 28 June 2022
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Bolangir medical student death: NHRC seeks report from Odisha Chief Secretary

First-year MBBS student and a native of Haryana, Nishant Kumar of Bhima Bhoi Medical College and Hospital in Bolangir reportedly died after falling off the hostel roof on April 22.

  • Wednesday, 25 May 2022
Mundka fire tragedy: NHRC seeks report from Delhi govt in two weeks
Mundka fire tragedy: NHRC seeks report from Delhi govt in two weeks

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of the horrific fire tragedy in a four-storey office in Mundka on Friday that claimed as many as 27 lives.

  • Sunday, 15 May 2022
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Odisha man forced to rub nose in own spit: NHRC seeks report

Taking suo-motu cognizance of media report, the NHRC has sought a report from Odisha Chief Secretary on the incident within six weeks. The Commission has also sought details on the status of investigation in connection with the case registered by the police.

  • Saturday, 23 April 2022
NHRC Case After 'Stampede' At Puri Srimandir, Rights Body Decries Limited Amenities For Devotees
NHRC Case After 'Stampede' At Puri Srimandir, Rights Body Decries Limited Amenities For Devotees

In the plaint, the president of PVP, Jagannath Bastia has raised the issues of how devotees are made to stand in sun for long periods during entry into the temple and darshan as well. 

  • Sunday, 20 March 2022
Continuing Migration Of Odisha Workers To Brick Kilns Indicates Severe Governance Deficit
Governance Deficit Fuelling Migration Of Odisha Workers To Brick Kilns!

Migration to work in brick kilns demonstrates human distress in most acute form. Children too are engaged in brick making while they ought to have been in school.

  • Wednesday, 03 November 2021
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NHRC Issues Notice To Centre, States; Seeks Reports On Farmers Stir

Apart from issuing notices to the Centre and the states, the NHRC has asked the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG) to examine the adverse impact of the farmers stir on industrial and commercial activities/production and disruption of transport services on commercial and normal consumers

  • Tuesday, 14 September 2021
NHRC Seeks Report From All States, UTs On Action Taken To End Child Labour
NHRC Seeks Report From All States, UTs On Action Taken To End Child Labour

The Commission noted that in 1992 India had ratified the UN Convention for Rights of Child; the UN General Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution declaring the year 2021 as the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, which necessitates calling for reports from all states and union territories.

  • Tuesday, 24 August 2021
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NHRC Issues Notices To Centre, Assam, Mizoram On Border Clash

Acting on a complaint by one Md Injamul Haque of Assam, the NHRC on Sunday issued notices to the Union home secretary and the chief secretaries of Assam and Mizoram, and asked them to file their reports within four weeks.

  • Monday, 23 August 2021
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Kunduli shame… What, when, how & what next?

Bhubaneswar: From Kunduli to Bhubaneswar, from Koraput to New Delhi, the controversy surrounding the alleged gang rape of minor girl Sasmita in October 2017 and her suicide last month is certainly not coming to an end. Beyond politics, administration and judiciary, the incident has created ripples in the society in general. Recently, chief minister Naveen […]

  • Wednesday, 28 July 2021
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OTV Impact: NHRC notice to states, UTs over children kept with jailed mothers

Bhubaneswar: The NHRC has sent notices to all states and Union Territories seeking details of children languishing in jails with their imprisoned mothers, after the case of 46 such children living in Odisha prisons without proper facilities for their upbringing came to light. The National Human Rights Commission in a statement today said it has […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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Sambalpur Custodial Death: Rs 3L compensation for kin of victim

Sambalpur: In a major development, the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) today directed the Additional Chief Secretary of Odisha Home Department to pay Rs 3 lakh as compensation in connection with the custodial death case where an under-trial prisoner died under mysterious circumstances at Jujumura in Sambalpur last year. As per sources, the Town Police […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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