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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Pakistan's bonded labor-brutal, illegal and pervasive
Covered with sweat and grime, the teenage boys, old men and women who stoked the kiln were working almost literally in an inferno as they lifted the cover off a small hole and dropped in coal. This
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FFW scheme benefits elude tribals
Though developmental works have been taken up under the 'Food for Work' programme on a massive scale all over Andhra Pradesh, its benefits are eluding those living in tribal areas. The tribal welfare
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Child labour elimination program delayed
The launching of program for the elimination of child labour in Pakistan has been delayed. The program was planned to be launched on the first International Day against Child Labour on June 12 but
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The challenge of child labour
Among the social failures for which the country has been unable to find a meaningful solution, child labour is one of the worst. Linked with this failure are several other social weaknesses that have
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Talking tribes
This documentary film, is worth watching. It traces the life pattern of the Idu Mishmis, who inhabit the border areas of the eastern Himalayas in the state of Arunachal Pradesh. The Dibang Valley,
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' Trade union rights violated in India'
The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions has condemned the "flagrant violation" of workers trade union rights, including violence against trade union activists in India. The report also
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Firm pledges not to employ child labourers
In what seems to be another major step in terms of elimination of child labour, the employees of Hyderabad city based 'Rendezvous on chip (I) Pvt. ltd. (ROC)', a private firm dealing with manufacture
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Delegation of tribals meets Dhumal
A delegation of the tribals of Kinnaur district led by Mr P.S. Negi, a retired IAS officer, met Mr Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister, in Shimla today and thanked him for stepping up the growth of
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Village declared free of child labourers
The officials have declared Geesukonda village in Andhra Pradesh as free from child labour and announced their decision to close down the school meant for child labourers. The officials on Friday got
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Child labour is global issue
The International Labour Organisation, with its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, has reportedly taken the initiative of containing the problem of child labour. Its member countries, which at tend