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
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India has 5 million bonded labourers, says US report
The US has alleged that India has as many as five million bonded labourers, an unknown number being children, and accused the country of being lax in implementing laws banning such
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Maneka unveils scheme for street kids
The Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is preparing to provide "justice with compassion" to an estimated 30 million children in the country who belong to families living below the
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For Saipan's laborers, exploitation or opportunity?
A $1 billion class-action suit alleges that companies in Saipan, mistreat their employees. The suit says that in dozens of factories in Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S.
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Child labour will be curbed, says Rashid
The Pakistan government has chalked out a four-pronged strategy to curb child labour in the country, labour and manpower minister Sheikh Rashid said . He said first those children
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Tribal settlement discovered at Tejgadh
An ancient settlement has been discovered at Tejgadh which feel will explain, perhaps for the first time, the continuity in history of a tribal civilisation. The settlement, however, lies buried
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US team to visit India to probe child labour
India and the United States are engaged in a 'war of nerves' over the visit of customs officials from Washington to check prevalence of forced child labour in the textiles industry.The US customs
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Kids losing out under environment rules
While strict rules govern environment conditions in the workplace, children are often forced to sit on uncomfortable chairs, use outside toilets and eat their lunch in unhygienic conditions. The
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Maharashtra sets up corporation for tribals
The Maharashtra Government has set up a 'Shabari Tribal Finance and Development Corporation' for the economic development of 90 lakh tribals in the
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NGO pleads for cracker-free Diwali
The National Foundation of India, a non Government organisation, has urged people not to use fire crakcers during Diwali in a bid to discourage child labour. The NGO has also launched an awareness
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UNDP award for woman sarpanch
The sarpanch of Kalva in Orvakal Mandal of Kurnool district, Mrs. Fathima Bi will receive an award from the U.N. Secretary General, Mr. Kofi Annan, at New York next month. This was formally announced