Day: September 7, 2020

NHRC issues show cause notice to J&K govt for compensation in infants’ death cases

10:15 pm September 7, 2020

Jammu: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday issued a show cause notice to the Jammu and Kashmir administration for compensation to the families of 11 children who died due to consumption of spurious medicines in Udhampur district between December 2019 and January this year. The notice was issued to the Chief Secretary of the Union Territory, directing him to show […]

Climate activists block Warsaw street against gov’t inaction

10:12 pm September 7, 2020

Warsaw: A few hundred Polish climate activists blocked traffic in downtown Warsaw Monday to spur the government into better protection of the environment. It was the second action since Saturday by Poland’s chapter of the international Extinction Rebellion climate protection group that says world leaders are not doing enough to counter climate change. With chants […]

Sushant case: NCB questions Rhea Chakraborty for 8 hours on day two

10:08 pm September 7, 2020

Mumbai: Actress Rhea Chakraborty was questioned by the NCB for around 8 hours on Monday, the second consecutive day of her interrogation, in the drugs case linked to the death of her live-in partner and actor Sushant Singh Rajput. The 28-year-old arrived at the agency’s office in Ballard Estate around 9:30 am and she left around 6 PM. Dressed […]

Sushant case accused to appear for remand on video link: Court

10:02 pm September 7, 2020

Mumbai: Keeping in mind the COVID-19 pandemic and to maintain law and order, the Chief Metropolitan Magistrates court here on Monday said any accused arrested in the actor Sushant Singh Rajput case shall be produced before it for remand only through video-conferencing. The court also said investigating agencies should carry out antigen test for COVID-19 of the […]

Navalny daughter accepts human rights award on his behalf

Hospital: Russia’s Alexei Navalny out of coma, is responsive

9:59 pm September 7, 2020

Berlin: The German hospital treating Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he has been taken out of an induced coma and is responsive. German experts say Navalny, who fell ill Aug. 20 on a domestic flight in Russia, was poisoned with a substance belonging to the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok. Berlin’s Charite hospital said Monday […]