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 and a major increase in international remittances. The report highlights that international migration remains a driver of human development and economic growth, highlighted …
In an attempt to get millions of Pakistani children out of the work-force and into school, the International Labour Organisation announced a $2.9 million programme to fight child labour.
The opposition demanded an explaination from the government as to why a US team of custom officials was permitted into the country to assess forced child labour in the Indian textile industry. The issue figured in the Rajya Sabha during question hour when the Minister for Textile, Mr Kashiram Rana …
They came in thousands, in boats, across rivers so huge that you often lose sight of the banks. On 21 February, they had set out at the crack of dawn, when a pale mist still hung over the waters, and sailed for hours (some for as many as seven) from …
Though child labour is against the law and spirit of the Constitution and exploiting children for personal needs inhumane, it is increasing at an alarming pace in the North Eastern State of Tripura. According to highly placed official sources, there are more than 10,000 child workers in the capital city …
The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in Northwest China is planning to spend 1.5 billion yuan (US$180 million) on improving the environment of the Tarim River, the world's second-longest inland river. "Once the project is completed, a green corridor stretching more than 1,000 kilometres will appear along the Tarim River," said …
Mixed-race aborigines taken as children from their parents under an obsolete policy of enforced sepration suffered cruelty unsurpassed in recent Australian history. Senior counsel Jack Rush told the Federal Court that members of Australia's "stolen generation" of aboriginal children had suffered as a consequence of attempts by the governments of …
A comprehensive, multiyear study concludes that mothers who work outside the home are not harming their children. The research, published in the March issue of Developmental Psychology magazine, assessed the behavior, academic acheivement and psychological health of more than 6,000 children and found no permanent negative effects from their mothers' …
The US has alleged that India has as many as five million bonded labourers, an unknown number being children, and accused the country of being lax in implementing laws banning such practices.
The Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is preparing to provide "justice with compassion" to an estimated 30 million children in the country who belong to families living below the poverty line and are deprived of basic health care, nutrition and education. To take the ambitious goal to its …
Observations from the Hubble Space Telescope complemented by data from large telescopes on Earth have made possible computer simulations to understand how the universe has evolved and galaxies formed, says Dr. Alexander Boksenberg, Professor of Experimental Astronomy at the University of Cambridge.
survey: The fate of several globally endangered species has been threatened by dwindling grasslands in Assam, which has no natural grass lands of any significance for conservation, say wildlife experts.In the first-ever World Wide Fund (WWF) survey of grasslands in the North Cachar Hills, Hamren and Barak Valley, it was …
A $1 billion class-action suit alleges that companies in Saipan, mistreat their employees. The suit says that in dozens of factories in Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. commonwealth where most federal laws apply, workers are forced to work inhuman hours and live in overcrowded and …
The Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr. Digvijay Singh, today urged the Centre to set up a new tribunal on Narmada river for the equitable distribution of the Narmada water. Replying to the debate on the motion of thanks to the Governor's address in the Assembly, he said as per the …
The Pakistan government has chalked out a four-pronged strategy to curb child labour in the country, labour and manpower minister Sheikh Rashid said . He said first those children would be identified who were engaged in labour and then arrangements would be made to rehabilitate them in school. Some sort …
The Government of Pakistan has agreed to support the World Commission on Dams' (WCD) independent study of the Tarbela Dam and Indus River irrigation system, the world's largest integrated irrigation scheme. WCD, based in South Africa, in an announcement here on Wednesday said this was first of up to 10 …
An ancient settlement has been discovered at Tejgadh which feel will explain, perhaps for the first time, the continuity in history of a tribal civilisation. The settlement, however, lies buried under tonned of earth at the moment. A step-well, a boundary wall encompassing the settlement and some steps are what …
India and the United States are engaged in a 'war of nerves' over the visit of customs officials from Washington to check prevalence of forced child labour in the textiles industry.The US customs team is scheduled to visit India towards the end of this month to find out if 'indentured' …
Astronomers disagree about whether Pluto really is the solar system's ninth planet, or just a puffed-up asteroid, or something else entirely : a report.
While strict rules govern environment conditions in the workplace, children are often forced to sit on uncomfortable chairs, use outside toilets and eat their lunch in unhygienic conditions. The National Council for Children of Denmark is now demanding that laws governing health and safety in the workplace be extended to …
The Maharashtra Government has set up a 'Shabari Tribal Finance and Development Corporation' for the economic development of 90 lakh tribals in the State.
