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Over “emergency like situation” in Hyderabad University, NHRC sends notice to Education Ministry

by Rajdeep
written by Rajdeep

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday raised its voice over the ongoing action taken against Hyderabad University students.

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After taking suo motu cognizance of the media reports, NHRC  has issued notices to the Human Resource Development Ministry (HRD), the Hyderabad police commissioner and the Telangana government.

In a statement, NHRC said that a notice was sent after taking a note from “media reports that there is an emergency-like situation at the University of Hyderabad, and there is no water, electricity, food and Internet services, and the ATMs are out of order”.

“Reportedly, there is heavy police presence on the campus. The university students are under immense fear and trauma due to indiscriminate arrests of about 25 students and two faculty members,” said in the NHRC statement.

In addition to this, the Commission has issued notices to the ministry of human resource development, chief secretary, secretary, Telangana government, and the police commissioner of Hyderabad  and have asked them to give a report in this regard within one week’s time.

Also, the human rights state said, “No one can be deprived of the basic amenities like water, food and electricity by willful act of the State.”

So far, around 25 students and two faculty members have been detained after students and teachers protested against the return of Vice Chancellor Appa Rao.

Meanwhile, on Tuesday, the Vice Chancellor Appa Rao, who was named in the First Information Report (FIR)  relating to the suicide of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula, has  joined the office again and took over all duties.

[Source:- Intoday]

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Blue Whale Challenge: Delhi High Court Sends Notice to Facebook, Google Over Centre’s Direction

by Loknath Das
written by Loknath Das

Blue Whale Challenge: Delhi High Court Sends Notice to Facebook, Google Over Centre's Direction

HIGHLIGHTS

  • HC has sought response from Facebook, Google, Yahoo on Blue Whale game
  • Blue Whale challenge links/websites have been asked to be taken down
  • This game requires the player to commit suicide as the last game task

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought the response of Facebook, Google and Yahoo on a plea to direct them to take down the links of Blue Whale challenge, an Internet-based suicide challenge that has been allegedly linked to several deaths of children worldwide.

A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar also issued notice to the Centre and the Delhi Police asking them to inform about the steps they have taken in this regard.

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While issuing notice to the Indian units of the Internet giants, the bench also directed them to file a status report with regard to the steps they have taken in pursuance to Centre’s direction to ban the online challenge called the ‘Blue Whale Challenge’.

The plea, filed by advocate Gurmeet Singh, has sought immediate directions to restrain the Internet firms from uploading any material pertaining to the challenge challenge, citing cases of suicide by children in India and abroad.

The court listed the matter for August 28 by when it has sought the responses from all the authorities.

Meanwhile, Delhi Police counsel Sanjoy Ghose informed the court that the cyber security cell was active in this regard and the Centre has also issued a direction.

On August 15, the Ministry of Electronics and IT had directed the Internet majors – Google, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Microsoft and Yahoo – to immediately remove the links of the deadly Blue Whale Challenge.

The sudden popularity of the lethal online challenge – Blue Whale Challenge, in which the final task requires the player to commit suicide, had forced the government to issue the directions to the Internet firms to remove the links of the dangerous challenge.

The high court had on August 17 expressed concern over children allegedly committing suicide while playing the challenge.

The Blue Whale Challenge is reportedly a suicide challenge in which the player is given certain tasks to complete over a period of 50 days and the final task leads him or her to commit suicide. The player is also asked to share photos after finishing each challenge.

More than six children across India in the age group of 12-19 years have taken their lives playing this challenge within a span of two weeks, reports have said.

Deaths of teenagers have also been reported from other countries including Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Argentina, Bulgaria, Chile and Italy, the PIL has said.

[“Source-gadgets.ndtv”]

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