June 4, 2026 : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has urged governments and urban authorities across India to adopt stronger and more coordinated measures to combat the growing threat of heat waves, describing extreme heat as a significant human Read more…
June 3, 2026 : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report alleging the trafficking, sale, and repeated sexual assault of a 17-year-old tribal girl from Odisha’s Dhenkanal district in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. Read more…
June 2, 2026 : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report highlighting the deaths of 53 pregnant and postpartum women in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi district between April 2025 and March 2026. The Read more…
June 1, 2026 : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India on Monday inaugurated its four-week Summer Internship Programme (SIP) 2026 at its headquarters in New Delhi, bringing together 100 postgraduate students selected from 1,668 applicants across 21 States Read more…
May 20, 2026 : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports concerning the killing of a political activist and the assault on a Mandal Revenue Officer (MRO) during an inspection of an Read more…
May 29, 2026 : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report regarding the death of six persons and injury to another after inhaling toxic gases inside an under-construction septic tank in Read more…
May 29, 2026 : The two-week Online Short-Term Internship Programme (OSTI) of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India concluded with 98 university-level students successfully completing the programme. The participants were selected from 1,417 applicants representing 29 states and Union Read more…
May 28, 2026 : The National Commission for Women (NCW) has submitted a comprehensive recommendatory report on the rights of Muslim women in India to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Women and Child Development, and Ministry of Minority Read more…
May 27, 2026 : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India, has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report concerning the death of a worker and serious injury to another while cleaning a sewage tank at a residential property Read more…
May 26, 2026 : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of reports that around 60 students fell ill after consuming a mid-day meal at a government-run school in Bihar’s Nalanda district on May 21, Read more…