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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Ugly face of football industry
In Pakistan and India, the main producers of footballs in the world, child labour is rampant in its worst form. While the Punjab government turns a blind eye to the blatant violation of law and
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53 child labourers rehabilitated
Fifty three children were rehabilitated in schools in Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu since April 30, marked as Anti Child Labour
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WB move on child education programme
The World Bank has invited 23 countries to join the Education For All Fast Track aimed at helping developing countries meet the Millennium Development Goal of providing every child with primary
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Allocation on child labour to be raised
The Union Minister of State for Labour, Muni Lall, said today that India proposed to raise allocation for eradication of child labour during the current plan to $ 100 million as against $ 50 million
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Jharkhand to set up panel on child labour
The state government would set up a commission to check the 'growing menace' of child labour in Jharkhand. The Child Labour Commission would be set up within a month, ,the minister for labour and
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Legislation against child labour demanded
The leaders of the All Pakistan Federation of Trade Unions have urged the government to legislate laws against child labour and implement the same effectively. They were speaking at a seminar on
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NGO to make headcount of child labourers
International Labour Organisation has selected a Hyderabad city based NGO to identify the number of child labourers in old city and subsequently launch a programme to eliminate the social evil. The
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Child labour-free village declared
A programme to declare Arthunge VDC in Beni Bazar of Myagdi district (Nepal) as child labour free was initiated. The Child Labour Free Project was being launched in Myagdi Baglung and Parbat
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ILO praises trade unions in state
The international labour organisation has hailed various trade unions in the Andhra Pradesh state as "highly effective" in fighting child labour as against their counterparts in neighbouring South
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Over 10 lakh children deprived of education in Rajasthan
A "Shiksha Darpan" survey conducted recently by the Rajasthan government has revealed that there are 9.48 lakh children in rural areas and 1.17 lakh in urban areas, who are still deprived of basic