SC orders compensation for silicosis patients
Migrant workers contracted the disease while working in quartz-crushing factories
Sugarcane farmers’ suicides: national rights body urged to intervene
Unscientific pricing of sugarcane, harassment by money lenders and delay in receiving payments are plaguing cultivators
NHRC raps Mamata govt on silicosis rehabilitation
At least 250 people from Minakhan block in Sunderbans contracted the disease when they left home to work as labourers in stone and mineral …
NHRC orders relief payment to seven children who suffered fluorosis after drinking water
Human rights commission rules that children's basic right to clean drinking water had been violated
Politicians, activists condemn killing of alleged sandalwood smugglers in Andhra
Amnesty International and National Human Rights Commission seek explanation from Andhra Pradesh government
Okhla waste-to-energy plant will be closed, assures Arvind Kejriwal
Aggrieved residents meet Delhi chief minister with the list of violations by the plant owned by the Jindal group
States neglecting silicosis: NHRC
Human rights commission calls for collective efforts to provide healthcare, compensation to victims and kin
NPCIL pays compensation to workers injured at Kudankulam
The compensation was issued after the National Human Rights Commission intervened in the matter
Seshachalam killing: Hyderabad High Court orders fresh post-mortem
Killing of 20 people has also led to uproar by human rights activists who have called it a brutal police action
NHRC raps states for denying silicosis deaths
Issues show-cause notices to Jharkhand and Delhi for payment of monetary relief
Relief given at last to Kerala’s endosulfan victims
Package includes committee to examine need for tribunal to provide compensation; excluded victims, kin and caregivers to benefit
India softens its stand on endosulfan
Endosulfan: meet in Geneva begins, India still in denial
Sharad Pawar says many states had asked him not to ban the pesticide
Drug trials: Irked NHRC issues notices to Centre and Andhra Pradesh government
Says respond else face action