NHRC-MEA Launch Human Rights Training for Global South Officials in Delhi

04 Mar 2025 CW Team

Justice V Ramasubramanian, Chairperson, NHRC, India in his inaugural address said that India is a country of rich diverse cultural ethos with various castes, communities, art forms and languages and yet it thrives in its unity of shared values and traditions for centuries. However, he said that diversity also comes with diverse problems requiring diverse solutions. Every country has its socio-cultural, political, and economic traditions and diversities may face challenges while addressing the human rights issues given their standardised approaches set to dealing with them following the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Therefore, solutions to the problems can’t be tailor-made for every country to follow.

Justice Ramasubramanian said that such platforms like ITEC provide an opportunity to share and exchange each other’s rich cultural diversity and human rights values to think and find ways how best to address the ever-emerging human rights challenges in each country with its social, cultural, political and economic realities.

He expressed his gratitude to the participating senior functionaries of the NHRIs of Global South and their countries for accepting NHRC, India’s invitation to depute them for participation. He also referred to many ancient Indian texts highlighting the human values and ethos practiced in the countries or centuries, which hold relevance even today for the whole world.

News source: PIB

The six-day Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Executive (ITEC) Capacity Building Programme on human rights for the NHRIs of Global South, being organized by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India in partnership with the Union Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) began in New Delhi today. About 47 participants from the NHRIs of 14 countries of the Global South have confirmed their participation. These are Madagascar, Uganda, Samoa, Timor Leste, DR Congo, Togo, Mali, Nigeria, Egypt, Tanzania, Mauritius, Burundi, Turkmenistan, and Qatar. Justice V Ramasubramanian, Chairperson, NHRC, India in his inaugural address said that India is a country of rich diverse cultural ethos with various castes, communities, art forms and languages and yet it thrives in its unity of shared values and traditions for centuries. However, he said that diversity also comes with diverse problems requiring diverse solutions. Every country has its socio-cultural, political, and economic traditions and diversities may face challenges while addressing the human rights issues given their standardised approaches set to dealing with them following the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Therefore, solutions to the problems can’t be tailor-made for every country to follow. Justice Ramasubramanian said that such platforms like ITEC provide an opportunity to share and exchange each other’s rich cultural diversity and human rights values to think and find ways how best to address the ever-emerging human rights challenges in each country with its social, cultural, political and economic realities. He expressed his gratitude to the participating senior functionaries of the NHRIs of Global South and their countries for accepting NHRC, India’s invitation to depute them for participation. He also referred to many ancient Indian texts highlighting the human values and ethos practiced in the countries or centuries, which hold relevance even today for the whole world. News source: PIB

Equipment

12 Dec 2025

Schwing Stetter India Unveils New Innovations at Excon 2025

Schwing Stetter India unveiled more than 20 new machines at Excon 2025, marking one of its most significant showcases and introducing several India-first technologies to the construction equipment sector. The company launched the country’s first 56-metre boom pump designed and manufactured in India, the first fully electric truck mixer, the first CNG mixer variant and the first hybrid boom pump. Executives said the launch portfolio was engineered to support India’s move toward faster, greener and more vertically oriented infrastructure through advanced engineering, clean-energy solutions a..

Infrastructure Energy

12 Dec 2025

SEPC Resolves Hindustan Copper Dispute, Wins Rs 725 Mn Order

Engineering, procurement and construction firm SEPC Ltd has recently settled a dispute with Hindustan Copper Ltd (HCL) and secured a mining infrastructure order valued at Rs 725 million from the state-owned company. SEPC informed the stock exchanges that it has executed a settlement deed with HCL, bringing closure to all inter-se claims and counterclaims arising from arbitration proceedings. As part of the settlement, SEPC will receive Rs 304.5 million as full and final payment, marking the resolution of all pending disputes between the two entities. The company also stated that Hindustan Co..

Infrastructure Energy

12 Dec 2025

20% Ethanol Blending Cuts India’s CO2 Emissions by 73.6 Mn Tonnes

Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari recently said that India has reduced carbon dioxide emissions by 73.6 million metric tonnes due to the adoption of 20 per cent ethanol blending in petrol. He made the statement while replying to supplementary questions during the Question Hour in the Lok Sabha. Describing ethanol as a green fuel, the minister said it plays a key role in reducing pollution while also supporting higher incomes for farmers. He underlined that ethanol blending contributes both to environmental sustainability and rural economic growth. Nitin Gadkari also po..