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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Ratify ILO convention on child labour: report
An internal report on the implementation of recommendations of the Second Labour Commission has asked the Centre to seriously consider ratification of the International Labour Office (ILO) convention
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Law soon to check alienation of Adivasi land
The UDF Government in Kerala will enact a new legislation to check the alienation of Adivasi land and prosecute the buyers of such land. This was disclosed by SC/ST Welfare Minister M.A.Kuttappan
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Incentives to rural women
Many women in Andhra Pradesh have been benefitted from the South Asia Poverty Alleviation Programme. The Andhra Pradesh government has already established the Society for Elimination of Rural
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Hind Lever accused of using child labour
Leading international non-governmental organisations such as Amnesty International, India Committee of the Netherlands, the FNV trade union and Novib have brought to Unilever's attention that the
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Swa-Shakti project benefits women in Haryana
The World Bank assisted Swa-Shakti project, being implemented in Sonepat, Jind and Bhiwani districts of Haryana, has benefited nearly 22,439 women of 649 villages since its
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Business in child labour continues to flourish
For nearly one lakh children who toil endlessly for hours as domestic helps in restaurants, homes and industries, Monday's operation by Delhi Police in which 15 minor children were rescued from a
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'Expedite changes in laws on child labour'
The National Human Rights Commission has impressed upon the Centre to act with "speed and determination" to amend the laws regarding child labour and set a time frame to achieve free and compulsory
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3.3m child labourers in Pakistan
'There are about 3.3 million children working as child labourers in Pakistan. Out of these, 2.4 million are boys and 0.9 million are girls. Majority of the child workers are concentrated in the
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Notices to employers of child labourers
After unearthing a servant placement agency and rescuing fifteen children, the north-west district has cracked the whip on their employers. According a senior police officer, legal notices have been
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Centre's nod to land Kerala tribals likely
Nearly a month after Kjerala chief minister A K Antony claimed victory, the promised Central team will be heading that way to examine the contentious issue of giving land to tribals. A two-man team