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SC seeks Centre's response on seafarers' plea for income tax concession du
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 2 (ANI): The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Centre seeking its response on a plea challenging the government's denial to grant Income Tax relaxation to seafarers, who were forced to stay in the country due to the COVID-19 situation.
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US passes Bill requiring firms to disclose connection with forced labour i
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], October 1 (ANI): Lawmakers from the Lower House of the United States Congress have passed legislation that would require US-listed companies to disclose if their supply chains are connected to forced labour in China's Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region.
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China is global hotspot for goods made by forced, child labour: Report
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], October 1 (ANI): China is the leading global hotspot for the goods' manufacturing by forced labour and abusive child labour, the US Department of Labor said in a report on Wednesday.
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Whole system raped Hathras victim: Arvind Kejriwal
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): The whole system raped Hathras victim, said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday after the administration in Uttar Pradesh allegedly forced victim's family to take the body to the cremation ground for last rites.
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Will intensify stir if pending salaries not paid in a week: Striking Hindu
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): The doctors and medical staff of Hindu Rao Hospital here, who have been protesting since last week over the non-payment of their salaries for the last three months, have given a one-week time to the authorities to either pay their dues or they would be
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New wildfire in North California forces nearly 50,000 to evacuate
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 29 (ANI/Xinhua): A fast-moving wildfire that burned across Northern California's Napa and Sonoma counties early Monday morning has forced nearly 50,000 residents to flee, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire).
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China's militarized vocational training practised in Xinjiang reaches Tibe
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], September 25 (ANI): Rural labourers in Tibet are now being forced into military-style training camps similar to the one built and run for years by the Chinese government in the Western Xinjiang Region, according to a US-based think tank.
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Balochistan struggling to end Pakistan's oppression: Activist at UNHRC
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 25 (ANI): Highlighting the rising incidents of enforced disappearances in Balochistan, President of Baloch Voice Association, Munir Mengal, told United Nations Human Right Council (UNHRC) that people in the region are struggling to end oppression, suppression
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Photo exhibition on Uyghur Genocide held in front of UNHRC
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 23 (ANI): A photo exhibition titled "Stop Uyghur Genocide! Stop Uyghur Forced Labour" has been organised at Broken Chair in front of UN during the 45th Human Rights Council Session in Geneva.
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US House approves bill to ban imports from China's Xinjiang
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 23 (ANI): The US House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved legislation that would effectively ban imports from China's Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region due to the suspected use of state-sponsored forced labour there.
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China replicates Xinjiang's military-style training centers in Tibet
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], September 22 (ANI): As the world continues to condemn China's ongoing human rights violation in Xinjiang, Beijing is busy pushing Tibetan rural labourers into recently built military-style training centers to forcefully train them as factory workers.
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Pakistan wants to make Gilgit Baltistan its province to save CPEC project,
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 22 (ANI): A political activist from Gilgit Baltistan has said that Pakistan is forced to make occupied Gilgit Baltistan as its fifth province as the multi-billion dollar China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project passing through the region is in the doldr
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