In a statement, the National Human Rights Commission said the recommendations include enacting of a specific legislation to protect the rights of the dead, adding that "mass burial or cremation should not be allowed to take place as it is in violation of the right to dignity of the dead".
Central government has now made it mandatory for disability certificates to be issued online. The Ministry of Social justice and empowerment has issued a gazette notification for this on Monday.
The bench, headed by Justice DY Chandrachud, said till the formulation of a national policy by the Centre on admissions to hospitals, "no patient shall be denied hospitalisation or essential drugs in any state/UT for lack of local residential proof of that state/UT or even in the absence of identity proof."
Delhi HC on Saturday posed questions to the Centre asking them why four cryogenic tankers haven't been released by Rajasthan Govt to Delhi despite court orders.
The advance release of 1st installment of central share towards SDRF has been released as a special dispensation on the recommendations of the home ministry.
The decision to exempt customs duty was taken at a meeting chaired by PM Narendra Modi to boost oxygen availability in India.
Gandhi said vaccine shortage is a very serious problem during times of coronavirus and it is not a celebration. He also called upon the central govt to help states without any bias and provide them with more vaccines.
The appeal comes on the occasion of 'No Smoking Day' with the idea to make the country 100 per cent smoke-free and to check the spread of COVID-19 infection.
Central government employees and pensioners will get full benefits of dearness allowance starting July 1, with all the three pending installments being restored prospectively, Minister for State for Finance, Anurag Thakur said in Parliament on Tuesday.
On being asked about fuel price rise, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that both State government and Central government have duties on petroleum price.
In India, the South Africa strain has been detected in four returnees, one from Angola, one from Tanzania and two from South Africa in January, ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava said.
The submissions were made before Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva by Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma during the hearing of a petition by a lawyer against the new privacy policy of the social networking platform owned by Facebook.
In a significant move, the Centre has notified the new Land Laws for Jammu & Kashmir. In a gazette notification, the union home ministry has notified this on Monday.
The central government has mandated all ministries, public departments and public sector units to use telecom services of state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL).
Farmers in Kanpur district welcomed the new agriculture reform bills.
Farmers staged a protest against the central government in Amritsar.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren while addressing media on September 04 over his letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he had informed the PM about the condition of the state.
The Central government is planning to sell part of its shares in the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corp (IRCTC) through an offer for sale (OFS).
The Central government is considering reducing the minimum eligibility condition for gratuity payments to employees. The Centre may reduce the threshold from five years of continuous employment to between one and three years amid growing demand to make the gratuity eligibility criteria shorter.
The central government has released Rs 19,950 crore as GST compensation to states, taking the total amount released to them to over Rs 1.2 lakh crore. In a statement, the finance ministry said Rs 19,950 crore was released to states and union territories on last Monday.
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