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Thackeray brothers release manifesto for BMC elections, slams BJP
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
The Shiv Sena (UBT)-MNS alliance pledged to provide affordable housing and strengthen infrastructure across healthcare, public transport, and education sectors.
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Pakistan: HRFP Observes International Human Rights Day 2025 with Theme "Ou
Updated : 3 months ago IST
The program aimed to reinforce core human rights principles and reconnect people to the understanding that human rights shape daily life often in ways that go unnoticed.
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Congress MP Manickam Tagore moves adjournment motion notice to discuss dem
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
"This House expresses deep concern over the ongoing demolition drives in various parts of Delhi-including Jailorwala Bagh, Govindpuri, and Jamia Nagar, especially the demolition of homes in Madrasi Camp (Govindpuri), where hundreds of Tamil-speaking Indian citizens, daily wage labourers,
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Targeted because they can't challenge "police atrocities": AIMIM chief Owa
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
"Police in different parts of India have been illegally detaining Bengali-speaking Muslim citizens and accusing them of being Bangladeshi. There have been disturbing reports of Indian citizens being pushed into Bangladesh at gunpoint. This government acts strong with the weak, and weak wi
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On Women's Day, Dhadak Kamgaar Union appeals to CM to revive, better utili
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 10: A sector that employs over 45 lakh people, 70% of whom are women, remains unorganised and largely unprotected by the law even today. As we celebrate International Women's Day, Dhadak Kamgaar Union drew attention towards the rampant abuse of women worki
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Supreme court directs Centre to introduce law for protection of domestic w
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Central government to introduce a law for the protection of domestic workers and housemaids.
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"Would benefit SC, ST, weaker section women": Advocate after SC orders Cen
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh ordered the Centre on Wednesday.
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Investigating scams, welfare board, supporting students: BJP's poll promis
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janta Party released the second part of their manifesto for the Delhi Assembly election on Tuesday, promising financial support to students, increase the beneficiaries of PM SVANidhi, investigate any major scams and institute various welfare schemes for domest
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Swiss Court jails UK's richest Hinduja family for exploiting Indian domest
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
On Friday, the court sentenced Prakash and Kamal Hinduja to four years and six months in prison, while Ajay and Namrata Hinduja were sentenced to four years. It also directed them to pay about USD 950,000 in compensation and USD 300,000 in procedural fees.
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Pakistan: Human Rights group organises event on 'Inspire Inclusion' on Int
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRPF) organised an event on the United Nation's theme 'Inspire Inclusion', with domestic workers on the occasion of International Women's Day in Faisalabad to combat the challenges of ensuring 'inclusive societies'.
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ADJD discusses mechanisms for implementing amendments introduced by Labour
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD) has organised a seminar focusing on the "Implementation Mechanisms for Recent Amendments in Labour and Domestic Workers Laws" to standardise judicial practices and align them with forthcoming legislative changes set to take effect at the beginning of
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Wages Protection System: Registering 14 domestic worker professions is opt
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
MoHRE called on employers to expedite the registration of targeted domestic workers in WPS, "which is part of the Ministry's efforts to develop the network of services provided to employers to meet their requirements and needs, in line with the legislation governing domestic workers."
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