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Bhupender Yadav attends G20 labour ministers' meet in Bali
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Bali [Indonesia], September 14 (ANI): Union Minister of Labour and Employment Bhupender Yadav attended the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers' meeting at Bali, Indonesia where he emphasised the need to focus on improving the employment conditions of the workers for a strong and resilient ec
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7 labourers die after centring collapses in Ahmedabad
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], September 14 (ANI): As many as seven labourers were killed after a centring in the Navrangpura area of Ahmedabad collapsed on Wednesday.
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World Food Program, UN express concern over food insecurity, economic cris
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 11 (ANI): World Food Program (WFP) and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) in Afghanistan condemned the ongoing economic crisis in Afghanistan as people in the country are on the brink of starvation and facing pove
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Targeting China, EU seeks to ban products made with forced labour
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], September 10 (ANI): In a move to target China, concerned about human rights violations in the province of Xinjiang, the 27-member country European Union (EU) seeks to ban products made with forced labour.
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New UK PM Liz Truss vows to tackle energy crisis in first speech
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], September 7 (ANI): In her first speech as the UK's new Prime Minister, Liz Truss immediately confronted the enormous task ahead of her amid increasing pressure to curb soaring prices, ease labour unrest and fix a health care system burdened by long waiting lists and staff shorta
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France condemns prison sentence handed down to Myanmar's deposed leader Su
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Paris [France], September 6 (ANI): France has condemned the new prison sentence, with hard labour, imposed on Myanmar's deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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US markets sell over red dates processed in China's Xinjiang; tainted by U
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 5 (ANI): Markets in Washington, DC, metropolitan area and some online retailers in the US continue to sell more than 70 brands of red dates grown and processed in Xinjiang, a region in China that's been the focus of a US law on forced labour, a report said.
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Myanmar junta sentences Aung San Suu Kyi to jail for electoral fraud
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], September 2 (ANI): Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday was sentenced to three years in jail with hard labour after a court found her guilty of electoral fraud.
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Migrant labourer shot by terrorists in J&K's Pulwama
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Pulwama (Jammu and Kashmir) September 2 (ANI): Terrorists on Friday morning fired upon a migrant labourer in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
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UN chief urges China to follow Xinjiang report recommendations
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 2 (ANI): United Nations Chief Antonio Guterres urged China to follow the recommendations of a UN report that found credible allegations of torture and forced labour in Xinjiang province.
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India's urban unemployment rate drops to lowest level in 4 years
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 1 (ANI): India's urban unemployment rate fell to 7.6 per cent in April-June 2022 quarter, the lowest in four years, as per the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) conducted by the National Statistical Office (NSO).
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Slavery in China: UN report exposes skeleton in the cupboard
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 31 (ANI): The report of a U.N. investigator has now exposed the skeleton in the cupboard: contemporary forms of slavery are practised in China in the shape of forced labour for the Uyghur minorities in the Xinjiang region as well as in Tibet which has been under the i
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