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Dilip Walse Patil's name under consideration for Maharashtra home minister
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 5 (ANI): Maharashtra Minister for Labour and Excise Dilip Walse Patil's name is under consideration for the Home Minister post after the resignation of Anil Deshmukh, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) sources said.
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Amarinder Singh slams Centre for spreading rumours about Punjab farmers
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], April 4 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday slammed the Central government for spreading misinformation about the state's farmers with its "grave and incorrect" allegations of bonded labourers working in the fields.
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H&M forced to shut 20 stores in China over remarks on Xinjiang cotton:
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 4 (ANI): Swedish fashion retailer H&M was forced to close 20 stores in China following its statement on forced labour in Xinjiang that leads to uproar among Chinese nationals and authorities.
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13 labourers injured in mishap at power plant in UP's Sonbhadra
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 4 (ANI): At least 13 labourers were injured after a tin shed fell on them during maintenance work at LANCO thermal power plant in Anpara of Uttar Pradesh's Sonbhadra district on Sunday.
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MHA asks Punjab to take action against people giving drugs to migrants to
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 2 (ANI): Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), has written a letter to the Punjab government based on a report of Border Security Force (BSF) wherein the force has informed the ministry that they had apprehended 58 Indian nationals from the border areas who were give
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Labour Minister flags off fieldwork of surveys on migrant workers, employm
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 31 (ANI): Labour Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar on Wednesday flagged off the fieldwork of All India Survey on Migrant Workers and All-India Quarterly Establishment-based Employment Survey (AQEES).
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Finnish wood pulp giant Stora Enso to leave viscose market after Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], March 31 (ANI): Finnish pulp and paper giant Stora Enso has announced that it will 'divest' from making the raw ingredient needed to produce wood-based viscose rayon fibre, amid reports of links between the company and forced labour in Xinjiang.
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'Well known global brands' may be linked to Xinjiang rights abuses: UN pan
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], March 30 (ANI): Scores of Chinese and foreign companies may be involved in human trafficking, forced labour and other human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang region, a United Nations working group said on Monday.
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Seafarers, aircrew need priority Covid-19 vaccination: UN bodies
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 27 (ANI): The heads of five UN organisations have called for maritime and air transport workers to be prioritised for Covid-19 vaccination, given their key role in supporting global trade and mobility which is essential for a sustainable socio-economic recovery.
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Foreigners including Indians bear brunt of Singapore COVID Job losses
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Singapore, March 22 (ANI): Jobs in Singapore contracted dramatically last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic with foreigners most impacted by the decline in Singapore's labour market.
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BJP MLA retracts his remark on COVID infections
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Rajkot (Gujarat) [India], March 22 (ANI): Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) MLA from Rajkot, Govind Patel on Monday retracted from his statement that BJP workers do not get infected with coronavirus as they work hard and said he meant to say that labourers don't contract the virus.
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Chhattisgarh govt at forefront of helping farmers, poor and labourers: Rah
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], March 21 (ANI): Praising the social welfare and justice schemes being implemented in the state, Lok Sabha MP Rahul Gandhi said that the Chhattisgarh government is at the forefront of helping farmers, workers and the poor.
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