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As summer begins NHRC asks govt to ensure potable drinking water across country https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/as-summer-begins-nhrc-asks-govt- to-ensure-potable-drinking-water-across-country20210329141912 The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) asked the Central Ministry of Jal Shakti to constitute a committee to look into the supply of potable drinking water to all the citizens of India. RadhakantaTripathy, a Supreme Court advocate and social activist in his plea before the NHRC raised the issue of fluorosis, water-borne diseases caused due to excessive fluoride in drinking water, which is not only a medical problem but a socio-economic issue. "A person affected by it becomes weak and his earning capacity goes down. The issue of fluorosis is not confined to one part of India, but prevalent all over India," said Tripathy. The Commission in its recently passed order termed the issue as "gross, grave and gigantic". Looking into the significance of the issue involved, the Commission had directed the Secretary, Water Resources of Union, States and Union Territories, Secretary, Science and Technology, Government of India, Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Director General, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), to submit their response on the subject as to what is the status of drinking water across the country. Upon perusal of the response received from all these authorities, the Commission has observed that the present complaint is in regard to the problem of excessive fluoride in drinking water, which is not only a medical problem but also a socio-economic issue as the person affected by it becomes weak and his earning capacity goes down, where the effected person is engaged in manual work and labour. Poverty alleviation and access to clean drinking water and sanitation remain the two significant problems the country has been facing since independence, Tripathi said and added that the majority of the citizen were devoid of any form of meaningful living conditions, with no access to safe water and lack of basic sanitation facilities. The NHRC in its order observed, "The Commission appreciates the complainant, RadhakantaTripathy, who filed the present case and raised the very basic and fundamental issue of availability of clean, clear, hygienic and safe drinking potable water." The NHRC also asked the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Union of India to look into the matter and constitute an appropriate committee, involving experts from the concerned field, to eradicate this problem of water-borne diseases. The NHRC further observed that even our ancient scriptures speak about PanchTatva, and Jal as one of the foremost needs of every flora and fauna to sustain life. The NHRC also took note of the fact that every citizen is entitled 'to safe, sufficient, affordable and accessible drinking water' that is adequate for individual requirements, that is, drinking, household sanitation, food preparation and hygiene. Tripathi in the plea contended that safe drinking water is fundamental for life and health and it 'is a precondition for the realization of all human rights'. The present matter involves providing clean and disease-free hygienic water to the general public, which happens to be the fundamental need for the bare survival of every living being and as also envisaged in the Constitution of India, Tripathy said. Article 21 of the Constitution of India states that no person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law. Article 47 said it is the duty of the State to raise the level of nutrition and the standard of living and to improve public health, Tripathy claimed.
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NHRC asks govt to ensure potable drinking water https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/268280343/nhrc-asks-govt-to-ensure-potable- drinking-water The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) asked the Central Ministry of Jal Shakti to constitute a committee to look into the supply of potable drinking water to all the citizens of India. RadhakantaTripathy, a Supreme Court advocate and social activist in his plea before the NHRC raised the issue of fluorosis, water-borne diseases caused due to excessive fluoride in drinking water, which is not only a medical problem but a socio-economic issue. "A person affected by it becomes weak and his earning capacity goes down. The issue of fluorosis is not confined to one part of India, but prevalent all over India," said Tripathy. The Commission in its recently passed order termed the issue as "gross, grave and gigantic". Looking into the significance of the issue involved, the Commission had directed the Secretary, Water Resources of Union, States and Union Territories, Secretary, Science and Technology, Government of India, Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Director General, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), to submit their response on the subject as to what is the status of drinking water across the country. Upon perusal of the response received from all these authorities, the Commission has observed that the present complaint is in regard to the problem of excessive fluoride in drinking water, which is not only a medical problem but also a socio-economic issue as the person affected by it becomes weak and his earning capacity goes down, where the effected person is engaged in manual work and labour. Poverty alleviation and access to clean drinking water and sanitation remain the two significant problems the country has been facing since independence, Tripathi said and added that the majority of the citizen were devoid of any form of meaningful living conditions, with no access to safe water and lack of basic sanitation facilities. The NHRC in its order observed, "The Commission appreciates the complainant, RadhakantaTripathy, who filed the present case and raised the very basic and fundamental issue of availability of clean, clear, hygienic and safe drinking potable water." The NHRC also asked the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Union of India to look into the matter and constitute an appropriate committee, involving experts from the concerned field, to eradicate this problem of water-borne diseases. The NHRC further observed that even our ancient scriptures speak about PanchTatva, and Jal as one of the foremost needs of every flora and fauna to sustain life. The NHRC also took note of the fact that every citizen is entitled 'to safe, sufficient, affordable and accessible drinking water' that is adequate for individual requirements, that is, drinking, household sanitation, food preparation and hygiene. Tripathi in the plea contended that safe drinking water is fundamental for life and health and it 'is a precondition for the realization of all human rights'. The present matter involves providing clean and disease-free hygienic water to the general public, which happens to be the fundamental need for the bare survival of every living being and as also envisaged in the Constitution of India, Tripathy said. Article 21 of the Constitution of India states that no person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law. Article 47 said it is the duty of the State to raise the level of nutrition and the standard of living and to improve public health, Tripathy claimed.
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मजोरमम क सरकेमामल कोलेकरमु यस चवकोसमन https://dailynews360.patrika.com/news/mizoram-summons-chief-secretary-for-cancer- cases-67209.html रा य मानवा धकार आयोग (NHRC) ने मजोरम के मु य स चव को सशत समन जार 31 मई को आयोग के सामने पेश होने के लए कहा है। आयोग ने मु य स चव से रा य म क सर के सार क रोकथाम और उपचार के लए उठाए गए कदम क आव यक रपोट लाने के लए कहा है।
सु ीम कोट के वक ल और जानेमाने मानवा धकार कायकता राधाकृ ण पाठ क ओर से दा खल अज पर रा य के जवाब एवं जांच रपोट पर वचार के बाद शीष मानवा धकार नकाय ने मु दे क जांच क और हाल ह म आदेश पा रत कया था।
एनएचआरसी ने अपने हा लया आदेश म कहा है क रपोट पेश करने म वफलता पर आयोग आपरा धक कार वाई शु करने के लए बा य होगा। इसके अलावा आयोग के नद श के बावजूद जानबूझकर द तावेज पेश नह ं करने के लए द वानी या सं हता के तहत भी कदम उठाया जाएगा।
पाठ ने आरोप लगाया क मजोरम म पछले पांच साल के दौरान 3,137 लोग क क सर के कारण मौत हुई है। इस बीमार क रोकथाम के लए सरकार क ओर से कोई कदम नह ं उठाया गया है।
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Antilia bomb scare case: What the post-mortem report tells us about Mansukh Hiran’s murder |India Today Insight https://www.indiatoday.in/india-today-insight/story/antilia-bomb-scare-case-what-the- post-mortem-report-tells-us-about-mansukh-hiran-s-murder-1784644-2021-03-28 On the evening of March 4, when Mansukh Hiran, the 48-year-old businessman who ran a car interiors business in Thane, left his shop for Ghodbunder Road, a busy highway in the north of the city, he had called his wife Vimal. He told her that ‘Tawde’, a police officer from Kandivali, had called him to meet there in connection with the Antilia car case. He also told her his police officer friend would be there. Hiran then went missing. His dead body was found the next day at the Thane creek at Reti Bunder in Mumbra, around 10 km from his house.
Investigation by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which took over the murder case on March 24, has revealed that the police officer friend Hiran had mentioned was none another than SachinVaze, the suspended assistant police inspector. The agency suspects Vazewas present when Hiran was killed and later thrown in the creek sometime in the intervening night of March 4 and 5.
Vaze and Hiran had known each other for a long time. Hiran, at Vaze’s behest, had left his Scorpio abandoned near Vikhroli on the Eastern Express Highway on February 17 and filed a stolen car complaint the next day. The same vehicle was found laden with 20 sticks of gelatin and parked around 500 metres away from ‘Antilia’, Mukesh Ambani’s home on Carmichael road in south Mumbai, on February 25.
Post-mortem Revelations
“Greenish black discolouration over right iliac fossa. Abdomen distended. Eyeballs bulging out. Face livid. Marbling over left shoulder. Foul smelling-blood tinged with fluid oozing from nostrils.”
This was what a post-mortem report of Hiran’s body, which the Thane police had taken to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital in Kalva on March 5, states. The report, accessed by INDIA TODAY, has recorded that Hiran’s body had signs of decomposition. His eyes and mouth were closed, the tongue within the mouth. The body was also stained with mud in places.
“Cyanosis of nails present. Three incisions taken over chest on right side and one incision taken on lower lip and stitched during post-mortem examination.”
The report also records abrasions on the face on the left cheekbone, the left nostril, the right cheek along the ramus of the mandible up to the chin on the right-hand side, and the face lateral to the outer corner of the right eye. His brain was soft and the membranes intact. The small and large intestines were filled with decomposed gases; the liver and pancreas were intact but soft due to decomposition.
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A senior doctor from a government hospital, who does not wish to be identified, says the post-mortem report indicates that Hiran was brutally beaten before he was smothered to death. The mention of his tongue being within the mouth suggests he was not strangulated. The abrasions on his face seem to suggest that the big-built Hiran possibly had a scuffle with his killers.
The Opposition Charge
The CCTV footage at the Kalva Hospital reveals that Vaze, a prime suspect in the murder case, had visited the hospital before the post-mortem was conducted. He also briefly talked to the doctors who conducted the procedure. This has led the NIA to suspect that Vaze may have tried to pressurise the doctors to leave some loopholes in the post-mortem report. The agency interrogated the doctors on March 25.
Ashish Shelar, a BJP MLA from Bandra (west), alleges that someone has tried to fabricate the evidence in Hiran case. He says the video recorded while Hiran’s body was fished out clearly shows there were a few handkerchiefs in his mouth. There is no mention of these handkerchiefs in the post-mortem report. He also points that only seven to eight clips of one minute each were made during the post-mortem as opposed to the rule of recording the entire procedure. “This is also a violation of the guidelines of the National Human Rights Commission,” says Shelar. The NIA is likely to consult the senior doctors from state-run J.J. Hospital to check the veracity of the post-mortem report.
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As summer begins NHRC asks govt to ensure potable ... https://english.lokmat.com/national/as-summer-begins-nhrc-asks-govt-to-ensure- potable-drinking-water-across-country/ The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) asked the Central Ministry of Jal Shakti to constitute a committee to look into the supply of potable drinking water to all the citizens of India. RadhakantaTripathy, a Supreme Court advocate and social activist in his plea before the NHRC raised the issue of fluorosis, water-borne diseases caused due to excessive fluoride in drinking water, which is not only a medical problem but a socio-economic issue. "A person affected by it becomes weak and his earning capacity goes down. The issue of fluorosis is not confined to one part of India, but prevalent all over India," said Tripathy. The Commission in its recently passed order termed the issue as "gross, grave and gigantic". Looking into the significance of the issue involved, the Commission had directed the Secretary, Water Resources of Union, States and Union Territories, Secretary, Science and Technology, Government of India, Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Director General, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), to submit their response on the subject as to what is the status of drinking water across the country. Upon perusal of the response received from all these authorities, the Commission has observed that the present complaint is in regard to the problem of excessive fluoride in drinking water, which is not only a medical problem but also a socio-economic issue as the person affected by it becomes weak and his earning capacity goes down, where the effected person is engaged in manual work and labour. Poverty alleviation and access to clean drinking water and sanitation remain the two significant problems the country has been facing since independence, Tripathi said and added that the majority of the citizen were devoid of any form of meaningful living conditions, with no access to safe water and lack of basic sanitation facilities.
The NHRC in its order observed, "The Commission appreciates the complainant, RadhakantaTripathy, who filed the present case and raised the very basic and fundamental issue of availability of clean, clear, hygienic and safe drinking potable water." The NHRC also asked the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Union of India to look into the matter and constitute an appropriate committee, involving experts from the concerned field, to eradicate this problem of water-borne diseases. The NHRC further observed that even our ancient scriptures speak about PanchTatva, and Jal as one of the foremost needs of every flora and fauna to sustain life. The NHRC also took note of the fact that every citizen is entitled 'to safe, sufficient, affordable and accessible drinking water' that is adequate for individual requirements, that is, drinking, household sanitation, food preparation and hygiene. Tripathi in the plea contended that safe drinking water is fundamental for life and health and it 'is a precondition for the realization of all human rights'. The present matter involves providing clean and disease-free hygienic water to the general public, which happens to be the fundamental need for the bare survival of every living being and as also envisaged in the Constitution of India, Tripathy said. Article 21 of the Constitution of India states that no person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law. Article 47 said it is the duty of the State to raise the level of nutrition and the standard of living and to improve public health, Tripathy claimed. NORTH EAST TIMES, Online, 30.3.2021 Page No. 0, Size:(0)cms X (0)cms.
NHRC asks Centre to ensure potable drinking water across https://www.thenortheasttoday.com/current-affairs/national-news/nhrc-asks-centre-to- ensure-potable-drinking-water-across-the-country The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has urged the Central Ministry of Jal Shakti to constitute a committee to look into the supply and quality of drinking water to all Indian citizens.
The decision comes after Supreme Court advocate and social activist Radhakanta Tripathi put up a plea before the NHRC and raised issues concerning water-borne diseases because of the quality of available drinking water.
The NHRC passed an order terming the water problem, a serious issue at most places, especially during summer.
The commission has directed the Secretary of Water Resources of Union, States and Union Territories, Secretary of Science and Technology, Government of India, the Director-General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), and the Director- General of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (ICAR), to submit reports on the status and quality of drinking water across the country.
Tripathi, in her appeal, said that poverty alleviation and access to clean drinking water are two of the most significant problems in the country that need to be addressed.
The NHRC, in its order, observed, “The commission appreciates the complainant, Radhakanta Tripathi, who filed the present case and raised the very basic and fundamental issue of availability of clean, clear, hygienic and safe drinking potable water.”
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Ensure supply of potable drinking water across country, NHRC to govt https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/news/india/ensure-supply-of-potable-drinking-water- across-country-nhrc-to-govt/articleshow/81749339.cms The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) asked the Union ministry of Jal Shakti to constitute a committee to look into the supply of potable drinking water to all the citizens of India. RadhakantaTripathy, a Supreme Court advocate and social activist, in his plea before the NHRC raised the issue of fluorosis, water-borne diseases caused due to excessive fluoride in drinking water, which is not only a medical problem but a socio-economic issue. “A person affected by it becomes weak and his earning capacity goes down. The issue of fluorosis is not confined to just one part of India,” said Tripathy. Looking into the significance of the issue involved, the Commission had directed the Secretary, Water Resources of Union, States and Union Territories, Secretary, Science and Technology, Government of India, Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Director General, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), to submit their response on the subject.
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NHRC flags concerns over rise in crime against women https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/nhrc-flags-concerns-over-rise-in-crime- against-women-231708 The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has flagged concerns to the Rajasthan government on complaints of an “exponential” increase in the incidents of crime against women in the state.
It has sought a report from the state government which must detail inquiry and action taken into the incidents.
Reportedly, 80,000 cases were registered in the state pertaining to the crime against women in the last one year. More than 12,000 of them include rape cases.
“It appears that there has been an unabated crime against women in the state, which raises a question mark on the efficacy of the State machinery in curbing such crimes. It is the cardinal duty of the state to protect the rights of the women and punish the perpetrators without fail,” the Commission in its communication to the state observed.