Ecuador`s Correa rebukes `intrusions` by UN, Americas court

Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 04:53

Ecuador`s President Rafael Correa has rebuked requests by major international bodies for clarification on his anti-abortion position and decision to extract oil from an Amazon reserve.

Stop evicting people from UP camps: Rights body

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 15:03

Authorities in Uttar Pradesh should immediately stop evicting people from camps after they fled their homes following communal violence in September, Human Rights Watch said Friday.

Silver: Rodman brought attention to North Korea regime

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 08:41

While critical of Dennis Rodman`s trips to North Korea, incoming NBA commissioner Adam Silver says the former All-Star also helped raise awareness of leader Kim Jong Un`s "repressive regime."

Finnish minister to boycott Sochi opening ceremony

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 16:15

Finland`s sports and culture minister will boycott the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Sochi next month due to concerns over Russia`s human rights violations.

Dolphins 10 times stronger than fittest human athletes

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 13:03

Refuting Gray`s paradox that dolphins do not have sufficient muscle power for obtaining high speeds and accelerations and must use a trick of fluid mechanics, researchers have found that dolphins are in reality stronger than the fittest human athletes.

NHRC sends reminder notice to Odisha on man`s death

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 16:27

The apex rights panel has issued a reminder notice to Odisha on the death of a man who allegedly escaped from police custody more than two years ago and was found dead in the state, a petitioner said on Wednesday.

Human ancestors may have lived with dinosaurs millions of years ago

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 12:14

A new study suggests that an ancestor of humans-albeit one that is at the root of our family tree-shared the planet with dinosaurs.

NHRC enquiry into Madhyamgram gang-rape case demanded

Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 12:49

Lashing out at the West Bengal government for its alleged apathy towards the Madhyamgram gang-rape victim, a state BJP leader has urged the National Human Rights Commission to conduct a probe into the incident.

Scientology `being investigated for human trafficking` by FBI

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 09:20

Tom Cruise`s controversial religion Scientology is being investigated by the FBI for its alleged involvement in human trafficking, according to reports.

US releases pics of civilian deaths during Lankan civil war

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 19:42

American embassy here on Thursday posted pictures of places where civilians had died allegedly during Sri Lanka`s final war against rebel Tamil Tigers four years ago.

Human ancestor `Nutcracker Man` lived on tiger nuts 2 mln yrs ago

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 18:42

An Oxford University study has found that our ancient ancestors who lived in East Africa between 2.4 million-1.4 million years ago survived mainly on a diet of tiger nuts, which are edible grass bulbs still eaten in parts of the world today.

UN agency wants probe of Brazil prison violence

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 08:13

The United Nation`s human rights agency called for an "immediate, impartial and effective investigation" into the violence that has swept through a penitentiary in northeastern Brazil where at least 60 inmates were killed in 2013 in clashes between rival gangs.