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Put gender equality at the heart of post-Covid-19 economic recovery: ILO
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Aug 22 (ANI): The coronavirus pandemic is disproportionately affecting women workers and governments should prioritise policies that offset the effects the crisis is having on their jobs, International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said.
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ESIC extends unemployment benefit scheme 'Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyan Yojna'
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 21 (ANI): The Employee State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) during its 182nd meeting held late yesterday under the chairmanship of Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State for Labour and Employment (I/C) took a decision of extending the unemployment benefit scheme Atal B
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Workshop conducted in Srinagar for child labour awareness among placement
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Aug 21 (ANI): Concerned over the increasing cases of child labour, a one-day orientation cum training programme was organised by an NGO along with labour commissioner of Kashmir and members of juvenile justice board to bring awareness about child labour
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Economic situation won't improve until money is directly give to farmers,
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 21 (ANI): Claiming that the organised and unorganised economies were struggling even before the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that the situation will not improve until money is directly handed out to the farmers, labourers, and Micro, S
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Over 1 million people apply for unemployment insurance in US
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], August 21 (ANI): With job losses continuing to plague the labour market five months into coronavirus pandemic, the number of people applying for the first time for unemployment insurance ticked up last week to 1.1 million, reported The Washington Post.
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Labourer held for making bomb hoax call to Mangalore Airport
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Mangaluru (Karnataka) [India], Aug 20 (ANI): A man was arrested by the police for allegedly making a hoax bomb call to the Mangalore Airport, the police informed.
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Maintain reform momentum to reverse economic slowdown: World Bank
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 19 (ANI): India needs to continue implementing critical reforms in key areas like health, labour, land, skills and finance to come out stronger from the impact of Covid-19 pandemic, the World Bank said on Wednesday.
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Amid severe food crisis, Chinese govt asks citizens to control food habits
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 18 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping called its citizens to control food habits and "maintain a sense of crisis about food security" as the country is heading for a severe food crisis.
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Priyanka Gandhi lauds soldiers, healthcare workers, farmers on Independenc
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 15 (ANI): Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday lauded the soldiers, healthcare workers, farmers and labourers across the country on the occasion of the 74th Independence Day.
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US must end trade deal with China: East Turkistan National Awakening activ
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 15 (ANI): East Turkistan National Awakening Movement has urged the US Trade Representative to ends its trade deal with China due to latter's engagement in "genocide, organ harvesting and using slave labour of Uyghurs".
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TDP MLA Atchannaidu tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Aug 13 (ANI): TDP MLA and former Labour Minister Atchannaidu has tested positive for COVID-19. He is currently is in judicial custody and is getting treatment at Ramesh Hospital Guntur.
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Number of unemployed people in Australia exceeds 1 million for first time
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], August 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of unemployed people in Australia has increased by some 16,000 between June and July, and has surpassed 1 million for the first time on record, head of the Labour Statistics at the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Bjorn Jarvis sa
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