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NHRC seeks action-taken reports on rights denial of teachers
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Secretaries of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, and Principal Secretary, Directo
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Narayana Health and GiveIndia roll out free COVID-19 vaccination drive for
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 7 (ANI/NewsVoir): Narayana Health, India's leading healthcare chain, in association with GiveIndia, India's most trusted online giving platform, announced a 'Free COVID-19 Vaccination Drive' across Bengaluru today.
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Slow jobs recovery, increased inequality risk long-term Covid-19 scarring:
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 5 (ANI): The labour market crisis created by Covid-19 pandemic is far from over and employment growth will be insufficient to make up for the losses suffered until at least 2023, according to a new assessment by International Labour Organisation (ILO).
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Gangwar addresses 109th session of ILC, reiterates India's committment tow
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): Union Minister of State (independent charge) for Labour and Employment Santosh Gangwar on Saturday reiterated India's commitment towards making all possible efforts to counter the impact of the pandemic, and emerge stronger.
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Singapore labour shortage deepens amid entry ban on India, S Asian countri
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Singapore, June 2 (ANI): After Singapore banned arrivals from India and other South Asian countries due to fears of an explosive Covid-19 outbreak, the country is now facing an increasing coronavirus-induced labour shortage - spraining its economic model.
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NHRC issues advisories to Centre on issues of mental health, bonded labour
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued three more advisories to the Centre, States and Union Territories (UT) administrations calling for specific action within four weeks on the issues of mental health, bonded labourers and migrant informal secto
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EPFO allows members to avail second COVID-19 advance
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): In view of the financial crisis due to the second wave of COVID-19, the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has allowed its members to avail second non-refundable COVID-19 advance, the Ministry of Labour and Employment informed on Monday.
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Labourers from Okhla Industrial Area rejoice as factories resume work
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): As factories resume work on Monday - the very first day Delhi began the phased process of easing Covid-19 necessitated lockdown measures, labourers in Okhla Industrial Area took a sigh of relief.
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Delhi Unlock Day 1: Less than one-third workers have returned, say Wazirpu
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): On the very first day Delhi began the phased process of easing Covid-19 necessitated lockdown measures, its Wazirpur industrial area saw not more than one-third of its labourers returning to work.
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3 labourers killed in Chhattisgarh after getting trapped in borewell
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Surajpur (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 30 (ANI): Three labourers died on Sunday after they got trapped in a borewell due to a mudslide in Chhattisgarh's Surajpur, a district official said.
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COVID-19: Centre announces more benefits via ESIC, EPFO for bereaved famil
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): In a huge relief to workers who lost their earning member to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Labour Ministry on Sunday announced a slew of benefits through ESIC and EPFO schemes to address the fear and anxiety of such workers about the well-being of their family m
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Migrant labourers, who left Delhi after lockdown, trickle back; most cite
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): With Covid-19 positivity rate in Delhi plummeting to nearly 1.5 per cent, migrant labourers who had left for their home states, during the lockdown in the national capital owing to a sudden spurt in cases, are seen gradually returning.
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