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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Campaign against child labour organised
About 500 children from transit schools in various parts of the Chennai city were taken on a tour of the Vandalur Zoo and other places of entertainment as part of Anti Child Labour Day. A pledge
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State will be free from child labour by 2007, says CM
Reiterating the government's resolve to make Karnataka State free of child labour by 2007, Chief Minister S M Krishna said that
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These tribals wait for a better tomorrow
Tribals, those inhabitants of the hills in Tamil Nadu, who have been forced down to the plains, have been struggling to get into the mainstream because of the denial of community certificates to them
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A chance to speak their minds on rights....
Child labourers maybe an exploited lot, unaware of their Constitutional rights, but ask them their priorities and chances are their perception will surprise you. A survey to gauge the perception of
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Tribal existence in Garo Hills under threat
Unabated influx from across Bangladesh and neighbouring Assam is threatening the very existence of the Garo people residing in the plain belt areas of West Hills. The issue continues to be sensitive
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Centre talks, but fails to curb Naxal violence
The Centre's initiative to curb the menace of Left-wing extremist movements has failed to achieve the desired result, as the coordination meetings held between the Union home ministry and the nine
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Childhood for children
Chief Minister S M Krishna has declared that Karnataka will be free from child labour by 2007. The deadline may appear unrealistic, given the poverty of the people which is the basic cause of child
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Cotton seed firms urged not to employ children
According to secretary-trustee of the MV Foundation Dr Shanta Sinha, there are about 7,000 children working in the cotton fields in Dharur mandal, Andhra Pradesh alone and a majority of them are
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New Andhra Bill
Andhra Pradesh, which has the dubious, distinction of accounting for the highest number of child workers in the country, is planning to bring in a comprehensive legislation to tackle child
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Survey among street children to identify running away syndrome
The Madras NGO Forum, a group of nine city based voluntary organisations working for the rights of children, has decided to conduct a survey on street children in Chennai, in order to identify the