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 …
Children who cannot legally buy cigarettes harvest tobacco, use heavy machinery and climb into barn rafters to dry leaves. During shifts as long as 12 hours, these workers – some as young as seven – are exposed to nicotine, pesticides and extreme heat. These are not dispatches from Malawi or …
Children working on tobacco farms in the United States are exposed to nicotine, toxic pesticides, and other dangers, Human Rights Watch said in a report released. While US law prohibits the sale of tobacco products to children, children can legally work on tobacco farms in the US. The world’s largest …
LAHORE: The Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) has approved an amount of Rs 6009.793 million for the elimination of child and bonded labour under an integrated project. The project is being launched for promotion of "Decent Work for Vulnerable Workers" in Punjab, a senior official of the Planning and Development …
Seeking to bring out a comprehensive plan for forest management involving local communities across the country, the Centre will conduct a fresh socio-economic survey of forest dwellers and those living in fringe villages within 3km from the forests. The move will help the government get complete data on dependence of …
The election mood is palpable in this village, 14 km from Baramulla town of north Kashmir. Posters of Muzaffar Hussain Beigh stand out on the rustic walls of Chandoosa, which is also the native village of the Peoples Democratic Party candidate for the Baramulla constituency. The parliamentary elections in Kashmir …
With there being few employment avenues in this border industrial belt of Paonta Sahib, illegal mining has emerged as an employment avenue for hundreds of jobless youth. Officials admit this fact and, according to an estimate, there are hundreds of families which thrive on this illegal trade along the Yamuna …
The problem of Child Labour poses a challenge before the State. Child Labour is a social malady and a major obstacle which deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, causing great harm to their physical and mental development. Considering that it is essentially a socio-economic problem inextricably …
This high-level panel report on the socio-economic status of the 700-odd tribal communities of the country kept under cover since May 2014 when it was submitted to the NDA government is exclusively available here. Download, read and find more...
More than 80 per cent of the displaced Kashmiri Pandits will be deprived of their voting right in the Srinagar parliamentary constituency, going to the polls tomorrow. Of the 36,015 registered Kashmiri Pandit voters, 5,098 voters can cast their vote as only 1,888 M-Forms have been processed by the Assistant …
“Only reason for this neglect could be because children don’t form a vote bank”. With the children’s issues being relegated to back-burner and problems of childhood malnutrition not finding a mention in the manifestos of most prominent parties contesting the Lok Sabha elections, child rights advocacy group Child Rights and …
The panel, in its previous meetings, had decided to review the state-owned polluting industries set up in the ecologically sensitive zone. The Cabinet sub-committee for studying the controversial Kasturirangan report on the Western Ghats has decided to recommend the Cabinet not to accept the report in toto. Sources in the …
Both mainstream and fringe political outfits who contested in the recently held general and Assembly elections showed any seriousness in implementation of historic acts such as Forest Rights Act, 2006 (FRA), Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 and protection of Land Rights in tribal areas, said Campaign for …
Extended Great Himalayan National Park The Action Committee of villagers and the Himachal Niti Abhiyan, an NGO, are spearheading an agitation against their proposed inclusion in the Extended Great Himalayan National Park. "The Kardar of Rishi Brahma, presiding deity of local devatas of Tirthan and Sainj valleys, has told the …
Rajkot: Forest department has issued eviction notices to traditional saltpan workers in Little Rann of Kutch, asking them to vacate the wild ass sanctuary in the next seven days. Alleging that this will affect the voting by saltpan workers spread over the four districts of Rajkot, Surendranagar, Patan and Kutch, …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of National Legal Services Authority (Petitioner) Versus Union of India and others (Respondents) dated 15/04/2014 on transgender community. Supreme Court declares that Hijras, Eunuchs, apart from binary gender, be treated as “third gender” for the purpose of safeguarding their rights …
Fed up with the callousness of government and their elected representatives in dealing with their problems, many villages across India have decided not to vote this time.
While the rest of Kerala went to polling booths on Thursday to become part of world’s largest democratic process, over 340 electorates from the particularly vulnerable tribal group of Kadar in Vazhachal hamlet inside Athirappilly forests have boycotted the election, mainly seeking clarity on the move to revive a controversial …
World Development Indicators 2014 provides a compilation of relevant, high-quality, and internationally comparable statistics about global development and the fight against poverty. It is intended to help users of all kinds—policymakers, students, analysts, professors, program managers, and citizens—find and use data related to all aspects of development, including those that …
Displaced from their homes, denied the promised plot of land in lieu, having survived a major fire – which many of them believe was deliberate – and the onslaught of bulldozers, the residents of the resettlement colony in Bawana area in North-West Delhi are angry that no politician has come …
Street children and kids living in slums in four Asian cities, including Dhaka, are among those most vulnerable to everyday hazards, disasters and climate change amid rapid urbanisation in Asian countries, said a study of Plan International yesterday. The study “Understanding Children's Risk and Agency in Urban Areas and Their …
