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Pak govt fails to implement bonded labour abolition law, say activists
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], July 18 (ANI): Human rights activists have come together in Pakistan to express concern regarding the dire conditions of agriculture workers who are facing social and economic exclusion from the agriculture fields due to non-payment of their due by landlords.
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Telangana Police rescues 172 children from child labour
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 18 (ANI): The Rachakonda Police Commissionerate under the Telangana police has rescued as many as 172 children from falling prey to child labour under its program 'Operation Muskaan-VII.'
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Indenture Labour Route Project connects countries with shared histories, e
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): The Indenture Labour Route Project is a unique project that connects countries with shared histories and shared experience of indentured labour system, said MoS External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Friday.
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China's rights abuse: US Senate passes bill to ban all products from Xinji
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 15 (ANI): The US Senate on Wednesday (local time) passed a bill to ban all the products from Xinjiang over China's rights abuse in the region.
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Punjab CM announces waiver of Rs 590 cr loan for 2.85 lakh farm labourers,
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 14 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh announced a waiver of Rs 590 crore worth of loans under the Chief Minister's flagship 'Debt Waiver Scheme' for labourers and the landless farming community.
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Hyderabad Police rescues 20 child labourers
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 14 (ANI): The Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of the Hyderabad team rescued 20 child labourers from the Rachakonda police commissionerate limits as part of its Operation Muskan-VII, the police said on Tuesday.
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US warns firms operating in Xinjiang at 'high risk' of violating forced la
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 13 (ANI): US State Department and five other federal agencies issued an updated advisory on Tuesday, warning that businesses with supply chains and investments in China's Xinjiang region pose a "high risk" of violating US laws on forced labour.
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Japan to craft guidelines to root out rights violations in textiles in Xin
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 12 (ANI): Amid Beijing's ongoing tussle with foreign companies over forced labour in Xinjiang, the Japanese Ministry of trade and industry called on the textile industry to craft guidelines to root out human rights violations and to strengthen measures to address environm
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Bhupender Yadav takes charge as Environment Minister
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): BJP leader Bhupender Yadav on Thursday planted a sapling as he took charge as the Union Minister of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change.
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Bhupender Yadav assumes office as Minister of Labour and Employment
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): BJP leader Bhupender Yadav, a Rajya Sabha Member representing Rajasthan, took charge as Union Minister of Labour and Employment on Thursday.
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Union Minister Bhupender Yadav meets BJP chief JP Nadda
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, as well as Labour and Employment Bhupender Yadav, met BJP National President JP Nadda on Thursday, before taking charge as the Union Minister.
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Pakistan rights commission condemns teargassing of protestors in Sindh pro
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 7 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Wednesday said it is outraged to learn that the Bheel community, which has been protesting against the alleged torture of a labourer was baton-charged and teargassed by police.
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