World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
People
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Paris faces fine over work ban
The European Commission agreed to ask the European Court of Justice to impose a fine of more than $108m on France over its refusal to annul legislation banning women from working at night. If
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Machel tells of tragedy of Africa's child soldiers
More than 120,000 children, some as young as seven, are serving as soldiers in Africa's numerous wars, according to a report released at a conference in the Mozambican capital Maputo. "We have to
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Burmese sue U.S. firm on rights
As the Burmese woman told her story to Ka Hsaw Wa, a fellow refugee and member of the Karen ethnic minority, her anger began to build. It was 1992 and she had been forced to flee her village in
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Haryana launches special drive for poor
The Haryana Government has launched a special drive to scrupulously and strictly implement various schemes for the welfare of weaker sections and indigent families. The Chief Minister, Chaudhary
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Centre pulls up state govt on delay in rehabilitation of scavengers
Close on the heels of the powerful New York-based Human Rights Watch indicating Gujarat for the continued despicable practice of manual scavenging, the central government has taken a serious view of
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UP devises plan on child, bonded labour
In a bid to eradicate child and bonded labour in the carpet belt of Uttar Pradesh, a special project and action plan have been launched at the initiative of the National Human Rights Commission.The
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1443 labourers freed
Altogether 1,443 bonded labourers, mostly belonging to the Sullung tribe, had been freed in east Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh in the past two years, official reports said at Itanagar today.
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India, Pak make headway in checking child labour
An influential US lawmaker, who has been a long-time campaigner against child labour, has acknowledged progress by India and Pakistan in alleviating the problem. Senator Tom Harkin said the two South
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Malappuram tribals dying of hunger
Kerala House panel : The Kerala Legislative Committee for SC-ST welfare, which probed the veracity of a Malayalam daily's report on the dwindling population of the Malamuthan tribe in Malappuram
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SC favours absorption of contract labourers
The Supreme Court, in a ruling favouring lakhs of contract labourers, has held that they have a right to be absorbed in regular service after working for more than 240 days a year in an