Search For "labour"
Provide food, accommodation to migrant labourers: Mayawati urges Centre, s
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 14 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister on Wednesday appealed to the Centre and state governments to make arrangements for free food and accommodation for migrant labourers and workers who are planning
Read More
China defends its atrocities in Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 12 (ANI): The horrors of Chinese atrocities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), in China's northwest, are inexorably emerging on an almost daily basis. In response, China has continually changed its narrative about its mass internment of Uyghurs.
Read More
No control on COVID-19, not enough vaccines: Rahul Gandhi targets Centre
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): Hitting out at the central government, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said the Centre could neither control the COVID pandemic nor address the problems of farmers and labourers.
Read More
Uyghur body supports complaint against French brands over link to forced l
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], April 10 (ANI): A pro-Uyghur body has endorsed the formal complaint submitted by a French lawyer against four France-based multinational companies over allegations of their involvement in forced labour of the Muslim minority group in China
Read More
Chinese TV channels censor foreign fashion brands amid Xinjiang cotton row
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 10 (ANI): Amid Beijing's ongoing tussle with foreign companies over forced labour issues in Xinjiang, Chinese television channels have censored the logos and symbols of brands on sneakers and t-shirts worn by their contestants in various shows.
Read More
COVID-19 surge hampers jewellery sales during wedding season in Patna
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], April 10 (ANI): As the COVID-19 cases continue to escalate, the jewellery sales in Patna have dipped resulting in the loss of several small businesses in this wedding season.
Read More
Migrant labourers leave Mumbai in packed trains fearing lockdown
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 9 (ANI): Amid the surge in COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra, trains at Mumbai's Lokmanya Tilak Terminus were seen packed with migrant workers as they feared an impending lockdown.
Read More
Sindh Human Rights Commission takes notice of honour killings, child labou
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Dadu [Pakistan], April 8 (ANI): Human rights violations were taken note of in a public hearing held at Darbar Hall of Dadu Deputy Commissioner's Office on Tuesday by Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) chairperson retired Justice Majida Rizvi.
Read More
Pak continues cotton trade with China, Xinjiang despite growing int'l cond
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 7 (ANI): Despite fierce condemnation from the international community over cotton produced from forced labour in Xinjiang, Pakistan has announced to continue its cotton trade with China, especially from the region where over a million Uyghurs are detained in inter
Read More
NICMAR: National Institute of Construction Management and Research
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI/Mediawire): National Institute of Construction Management and Research (NICMAR), has been constituted as a not-for-profit organisation with the prime aim of engaging in activities for the promotion of training, research, professionalism and skill development a
Read More
Pak activists demand govt to withdraw Higher Education Commission Ordinanc
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], April 5 (ANI): Pakistan's civil society, human rights and labour rights activists have demanded the Imran Khan government to withdraw the new Higher Education Commission (HEC) Ordinance, while also calling for the reinstatement of the former HEC chairman Dr Tariq Banuri.
Read More
Saying no to child labour, Indian Textile Industry takes proactive steps
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 5 (ANI/NewsVoir): Eradicating child labour in any form of employment is an important issue across the world and all major importing countries, especially the USA in particular, are sensitive to this issue.
Read More