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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ILO project to abolish child labour in AP
Their tender hands no more had to do strenuous work for survival. The International labour organisation (ILO) has come to the rescue of millions of child labourers in Andhra Pradesh, who sans any
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UK-aided projects to curb child labour
Initiated by the International Labour Organisation, five pilot projects aimed at eradicating child labour from Andhra Pradesh would take off in early August.
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'Over 75 pc child labours aged between 10 to 15'
A two day workshop on report of 'Child Labour' organised by the Human Rights and Environment Forum in association with UNICEF concluded in Biratnagar (Nepal). More than 75 percent of child labourers
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AP gets Rs 1.5 cr to fight child labour
The International Labour Organisation has granted Rs 1.5 crore to the federation formed of various trade unions for the implementation of a child labour elimination project in Andhra
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Italian protester is killed by police at Genoa meeting
A 23- year-old Italian protester was shot and killed today by a police officer during a riot less than two miles from a gathering of leaders of the world's largest industrialized nations, who were
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Slogans fail to help the poor
No one will be surprised by the now customary anti-globalisation protests that are certain to coincide with the Group of Eight heads of state summit in Genoa. But we should all be alarmed when
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Sehba pledges to raise her voice for S Asian girl child
Sehba Musharraf, wife of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, has said she would henceforth work for the upliftment of the South Asian girl child and promise to raise her voice to articulate the
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Babu vows to remove child labour in four years
The Andhra Pradesh State government is collecting the data of children below 14 years of age with an intention to eradicate child labour within four years and to achieve cent per cent literacy among
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Children to decide UN agenda on problems confronting hem
As the United Nations hosts its special session in September this year, children all over the world will, for the first time, add their voice to decide what issues are of prime importance for them.
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National tribal policy mooted
The final report of the Working Group on 'Empowering the Scheduled Tribes' has called for a comprehensive national tribal policy to safeguard the tribal interest, particularly that of the primitive