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New Delhi: Revisiting its own verdict of 2013 which had reversed a 2009 Delhi High Court judgement decriminalizing homosexuality in India, a five-member Supreme Court bench on Tuesday started hearing the pleas against section 377 which holds gay sex as an offence in the eyes of law. more
Outrage and dismissal follow "perception-driven" Reuters Foundation report ranking India as most unsafe for women

New Delhi: Outrage and distrust followed a report by Thomson Reuters Foundation which in a survey- admittedly based on perception and not scientific data- ranked India as the worst place ...

Pakistan says it's considering visa for Kulbhushan's mother

Islamabad/New Delhi, Jul 14 (JEN): Pakistan Foreign Office said on Thursday that it was considering granting visa to Indian prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav's mother, report said.

UN experts urge India to restore internet and social media services in Jammu and Kashmir

New York, May 11(Just Earth News): Raising alarm over the impact of internet and social media restrictions imposed by authorities in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, United Nations hum ...

Nine countries join UN-supported network to halve maternal, newborn deaths in clinics

New York, Feb 15 (Just Earth News): A health network is being created, with support of United Nations agencies, in nine countries – Bangladesh, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Malaw ...

India: UN experts urge release of prominent human rights defender after month-long detention

New York, Oct 20 (Just Earth News): A group of United Nations human rights experts on Wednesday called on the Government of India to immediately release a prominent human rights defender who ...

Concerned by violence along India and Pakistan ‘line of control,’ Ban urges countries to resume dialogue

New York, Aug 19 (JEN) United Nations Secretary-General on Tuesday expressed serious concern about the recent escalation of violence along the Line of Control between India and Pakistan, whi ...