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This article is a summary of important events that have taken place in last one week affecting, India's national security. Apple’s India Sales Surge 33% to a Record After Shift From China
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India on Friday abstained on a UN resolution against Israel calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and urging an obligation to ensure accountability and justice for war crimes.
India slammed United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk over his "unwarranted" concerns regarding the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in the country.
India blasted Pakistan and Turkey on Wednesday after they brought up the Jammu and Kashmir issue at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
Local villagers continued to protest in North 24 Parganas's Bermazur village in Sandeshkhali on Friday as tensions continued to brew in the region that has been witnessing unrest for the last over 10 days.
The parliament of Greece passed a law legalizing same-sex marriage making it the first majority Orthodox Christian country to establish marriage equality for all, following months of polarised political and public discourse.
Woman seen in the spine chilling video from Israel-Palestine war has been identified as German citizen; Shani Louk . She was one of the 12 victims killed by Palestinian terrorists.
Rashmi Samant, the first Indian woman to become President of Oxford University Students' Union, had come to Pune for the launch of her book, 'A Hindu in Oxford', organized by Panchjanya Foundation & Samvad Madhyam Seva, in association with News Bharati.
OPCA) and GHRD organized a major demonstration in the Netherlands’ The Hague to voice their concerns over the recent attack on churches and Christians in Pakistan.
Pakistan's interim Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has included Mishaal Hussain Malik, the wife of imprisoned separatist leader Yasin Malik, in his cabinet.
Referring to the arrest of a Kashmiri boy in the death case of a student from Jadavpur University, West Bengal Assembly LoP Suvendu Adhikari demanded a probe by CBI & NIA
NCPCR ) chief Priyank Kanoongo has written to West Bengal Police Director General (DG) Manoj Malviya to initiate necessary action and inquiry into the Jadavpur University student death case.
US-based Jewish human rights body has asked Amazon Prime Video to “stop monetising” Bawaal with immediate effect and called the film a “banal trivialisation of the suffering and systematic murder of millions of victims of the Nazi Holocaust.”
But before giving lessons to India about Human Rights, it is high time that Barack Hussein Obama first look at his record, where he bombed the entire Middle East and helped in the rise of ISIS.
Two months after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for President of Russia , Vladimir Putin, Russia has put Karim Khan, a British prosecutor at the Hague-based court, on its "wanted" list.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee alleged that violent incidents in Hooghly & Howrah over Ram Navami processions occurred "because of Bharatiya Janata Party" & questioned the need for fact-finding team "when normalcy has been restored"
After taking suo moto cognizance of media reports about the deaths of seven sanitation workers in two different incidents in Jhajjar and Bharuch Districts of Haryana and Gujarat respectively.
London-based World Sindhi Congress (WSC) has urged the United Nations and the international community to press upon Pakistan for the release of all missing people in Pakistan, including Hidayat Lohar.
The 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) was a platform for Kashmiri activists from India to voice their aspirations and concerns regarding cross-border terror, radicalisation and serious human rights violations
Weeks after launching a massive crackdown against Child Marriage in the state, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday (Mar 20) said that his government is committed to ending the menace by 2026.
Khalistanis forced to close down the Indian Consulate in Brisbane, days after Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese assured to curb anti-India elements in the country.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni on Thursday (Mar 2) agreed on the potential for defence equipment co-development and co-production in India.
Under the Presidency of the European Research Council (ERC), some thirty senators from different political formations have created an interparliamentary group to support Tibet's autonomy from China, reported Europe Press.
Another shocking incident from Australia surfaced on social media platforms where the men from alleged pro-Khalistan groups attacked Indians carrying the national flag in their hands.
Regarding the isue of Myanmar refugees, UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk has called for a coordinated regional approach to protect the thousands of desperate Rohingya who risk their lives by undertaking perilous sea voyages. More than 2,400 Rohingya have sought to leave Bangladesh and Myanmar in 2022 alone.
A boat carrying Rohingya refugees which was adrift for a month at sea has finally landed in Indonesia's Aceh, reported international media citing the two rights groups that have been tracking the vessel.
NHRC issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh chief secretary over an alleged incident of a tantrik being called to treat 15 girl students who fell ill after eating a mid-day-meal at govt school.
NCPCR has written to the chief secretaries of all states and union territories and directed them to conduct a detailed inquiry of all recognized madrasas admitting non-Muslim children
Nirav Modi has reportedly filed an application in the High Court in London, seeking permission to appeal against his extradition order, two weeks after a UK court dismissed his plea against extradition back to India.
Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad ( ATS ) on Monday (Nov 14) arrested a member of the banned outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) for alleged involvement in anti-national activities, the ATS officials said.
Human rights activists welcomed the introduction of a US resolution on the 1971 Bangladesh genocide by Pakistan during a press conference in Washington, US. On Oct 15, a proposed resolution was made in the House of Representatives urging US President Joe Biden to consider recognizing the atrocities committed by the Armed Forces of Pakistan in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971.
As per the media reports, whenever there is a dispute between the two parties particularly involving financial transactions and loans etc, the girls aged between 8-18 are auctioned to recover money. These girls are being sent to UP, Mp, Mumbai, Delhi, and foreign countries and subjected to physical abuse, torture, and sexual assault in slavery. Media reports have documented the ordeal of many victims of such heinous crimes.
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) rejected the bid by the US and European countries to debate rights abuses against Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China.
India said its decision to abstain from voting on the rights situation in China's Xinjiang at the UN Human Rights Commission was in line with the practice of not voting on country-specific resolutions.
While abstaining to vote on the UNHRC draft resolution on human rights in Sri Lanka, India on Thursday said it has always been guided by two fundamental principles -- "support to the aspirations of the Tamils for equality" and "peace and sovereignty of Sri Lanka."
A intellectual from Kashmir and human rights activist raised the issue of Islamabad's repeated attempts to change the status of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) by amending the 1974 Interim Constitution. Junaid Qureshi also urged the council to prevent Pakistan from carrying out any changes to the status of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
According to a recent update, the Central Government has informed the Delhi High Court that there is contemporary data from security agencies' inputs and other authentic material indicating linkages of some of the unauthorized Rohingya migrants with Pakistan - based terror organizations and similar organizations operating in other countries.
Sri Lanka's new govt should embark on a national dialogue to advance human rights and reconciliation, a UN report urged on Tuesday (Sept 6), calling for accountability and deeper institutional reforms to prevent a recurrence of past violations.
Taiwan Parliament Group along with other rights groups has called for the Dalai Lama's visit to Taipei over the human rights situation in Tibet. Celebrating the 62nd anniversary of Tibetan Democracy Day on Friday (Sept 2), the Taiwan Parliament Group for Tibet held a commemorative event along with other groups concerned with the development of human rights.
NHRC has sought an action taken report (ATR) from the Superintendent of Police, Sibsagar district over the alleged custodial death of a Naga tribal man -E Henveih Phom - who was allegedly tortured by police at Gelekey police station in the Sivasagar district of Assam on Aug 21.
Ahead of Gotabaya Rajapaksa's return to Sri Lanka, a rights group said the government should provide protection to the former president and his family. Rajapaksa had relinquished power after a series of violent protests amid an unprecedented economic crisis in the country.
She was accused of spreading false information and aiding dissidents seeking to disrupt public order with her tweets, retweets and follows on Twitter.
This article of Security Scan is a summary of important events that have taken place in last one week affecting, India's national security. Attempt has also been made to analyze these events and recommend certain specific actions that can be undertaken by India.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet will conduct an official visit to Bangladesh on 14 August, upon the invitation of the govt, the UN Office of the high commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Friday (Aug 12).
he delegation of the European Union ( EU ) to Sri Lanka met Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe and urged him to devote special attention to Generalized Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+), IMF and Human Rights Council as it assured the island country of its support to overcome the ongoing crisis.
In yet another tragic incident a Hindu woman from Bangladesh was raped and later butchered. It is being assumed that the crime was committed in front of the 10 year old daughter as the little girl was found unconscious lying next to her mother's nude and abused dead body.
Myanmar's military junta today reported the execution of four men in the country's first death sentences carried out in over three decades. New York-based human rights group has condemned the Myanmar military regime's execution of pro-democracy leaders and elected officials.
The Railway police on Friday (Jul 22) rescued four Bangladeshi minor girls from Kamakhya railway junction in Guwahati. The Police suspect that a human trafficker brought the girls from Bangladesh under the pretext of providing them jobs in India.
Senior advocate said that they "chose not to disclose" about an international conference on terrorism and the government should initiate a probe into the matter as it "relates to national security and espionage".
Describing the remarks by the UN Human Rights office over the arrest of social activist Teesta Setalvad as “completely unwarranted”, MEA said these comments “constitute an interference” in the country’s independent judicial system.
