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Increasing exports can lead to better jobs and higher wages: WB ILO report
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 28 (ANI): India can introduce policies to ensure that greater export orientation boosts gains for workers and spread them more widely to benefit disadvantaged communities, according to a new report by the World Bank and the International Labour Organisation released
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UN should tell Pakistan to dismantle the terror infrastructure: PoK activi
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Feb 26 (ANI): International communities, including the United Nations, should mount pressure on Pakistan to completely destroy its terror infrastructure, said Jamil Maqsood political activist from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir on Tuesday.
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Fabriclore collaborates with Hatheli Sansthan - Empowering more than 350 w
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India] Feb 22 (ANI): The Indian hand-made products are not only venerated in our country but across the globe, which wouldn’t have been possible without our gifted pool of artisan communities spread across 29 states and the 7 union territories. With each state having thei
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Seed-sowing festival unites ethnic Naga communities in Manipur
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Imphal [Manipur] Feb 21 (ANI): Among the various festivals celebrated in Manipur, Lu-ngai-ni or the seed sowing festival is one of the biggest festivals of Naga tribes of Manipur. This year, the festival was celebrated at Mini Stadium in Senapati district. The function was organised under
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We are not trouble-mongers, if Bill suits us, will accept it: Gujjar leade
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Sawai Madhopur (Rajasthan) [India], Feb 14, (ANI): A day after the Rajasthan Assembly unanimously passed a Bill to give 5 per cent quota in government sector jobs and educational institutions to Gujjars and other four nomadic communities, Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla, on Thursd
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Middle East’s fintech revolution to be showcased in Bahrain
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 11 (ANI): Bahrain’s central role in the rapidly developing world of FinTech will be celebrated later this month as the annual Fintastic Week, a series of conferences and seminars for experts from the global financial and technology communities, is held in Bahr
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Nearly 300 couples exchange vows at mass weddings in UP
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Moradabad/Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh), [India], Feb 10 (ANI): As many as 109 couples from Hindu and Muslim communities tied the knot at a mass marriage ceremony organised by the Uttar Pradesh government in Aligarh on Saturday.
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AP gives 5% reservation to Kapus
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Feb 8 (ANI): The Andhra Pradesh state assembly in a late sitting on Thursday passed a Bill to provide five per cent reservation to the Kapu, Telaga, Balija and Ontari communities, and another five per cent reservation to economically weaker sections. Read More
Mohajirs, Pashtuns, Baloch team meet US Congressman, raise human rights v
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Feb 2 (ANI): A delegation of Mohajirs and representatives of Pashtun, Baloch and Hazara communities held a detailed meeting with US Congressman Rob Wittman here on Friday (local time) to brief him about the human rights violations and discrimination being faced by their
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Govt committee to identify nomadic communities
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Government will set up a panel under NITI Aayog to identify de-notified nomadic and semi-nomadic communities and implement programmes for their welfare, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal announced while presenting the budget on Friday.
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TechnipFMC marks 70th Republic Day of India with community support initiat
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 30 (ANI-BusinessWireIndia): TechnipFMC (NYSE: FTI) (PARIS: FTI), a global leader in subsea, onshore-offshore, and surface technologies is pleased to kick off their engagement in local communities to make a long-term positive impact under their flagship CSR program in I
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SC notice to Centre, Tripura on PIL challenging amendment in passport rule
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to Centre and Tripura government on a PIL challenging the Constitutional validity of passport Amendments Rules 2015 and Foreigners (Amendment) Order 2015 that regularises entry and stay of six communities int
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