In a significant victory, India re-elected to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the period of 2015-17, receiving the highest number of votes in the Asia-Pacific group.
In view of public outrage over people being arrested for making comments or liking posts on Facebook, Centre had on January 9 issued advisory to all states and UTs asking them not to arrest a person in such cases without prior approval of a senior police officer.
India’s 29th state Telangana was born on June 2 in the southern region of India.
After almost fighting for twenty years, India made its mark in the polio-free nation.
Kailash Satyarthi is an Indian children' rights advocate and shared Nobel Peace Prize of 2014, with Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan. He founded Bachpan Bachao Andolan in 1980 and has acted to protect the rights of more than 83,000 children from 144 countries.
On the April 15, the Supreme Court of India decided to recognise the transgender community as a third gender in Section 377.
India becomes the first nation to reach Mars Orbit on its first attempt, and the first Asian nation to do so.
Aamir Khan’s ‘PK’ become the first movie which have highest ever Bollywood opening in US.
For the very first time, Cricket crazy India hosts Football league and Kabaddi league and offered hope to other sports lovers and sportspersons.
The Worst in 60 years, Kashmir Floods Heavy and incessant rain that started from September 2, triggered floods and landslides in Jammu and Kashmir region of India and Punjab regions of Pakistan.
The Supreme Court of India recognised the right to negative vote for the electorate in the country. The voters will now have a “None of the Above” option if they don’t feel the candidate deserves a vote.
Indian social, political and judicial systems as a composite society are able to sensitise and inflict severe deserved punishment to all culprits. Justice JS Verma panel provided a valuable blueprint for women's safety on the basis of which the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013.
Being the world’s fourth-largest oil consumer, India imports around 190 million tonnes of crude oil a year at $145 billion, or more than a third of its total import bill. With every dollar decrease in oil prices, the government’s oil import bill comes down by Rs. 4,000 crore.
Indian social, political and judicial systems as a composite society are able to sensitise and inflict severe deserved punishment to all culprits. Justice JS Verma panel provided a valuable blueprint for women's safety on the basis of which the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013.
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