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'Say NO to child labour': Madhuri Dixit on World Day Against Child Labour
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): Dhak Dhak girl Madhuri Dixit Nene on Friday urged people to say no to child labour and help underprivileged children.
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World Day against Child Labour 2020: CM Yogi launched Bal Shramik Vidya Yo
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 12 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday launched Bal Shramik Vidya Yojana via video conferencing, under which the children of the workers would be given financial assistance so that they can start their education as well as maint
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COVID-19 may push millions of children into child labour: ILO, UNICEF
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New York/Geneva, June 12 (ANI): Millions of more children risk being pushed into child labour as a result of the COVID-19 crisis which could lead to the first rise in child labour after 20 years of progress, according to a new brief from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and UNICEF
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Farmers in Ludhiana face shortage of labourers as they begin paddy cultiva
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], June 11 (ANI): As cultivation of paddy crop begins, farmers in Ludhiana are facing a shortage of labourers as migrants went back to their native states amid the ongoing coronavirus-induced lockdown.
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Lufthansa to cut 22,000 jobs as travel demand dips on Covid-19 woes
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 11 (ANI): German carrier Lufthansa said on Thursday it will slash 22,000 jobs as it struggles to deal with the downturn in air travel caused by coronavirus pandemic.
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Villagers construct 3 km long road in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandgaon
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) [India], June 11 (ANI): Residents of Khursekla village in Manpur of Rajnandgaon district constructed a 3 km long road on their own by giving 'shramdaan' (voluntary labour).
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Never called migrant trains 'Corona Express', public said it: Mamata denie
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 10 (ANI): A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah trained his guns on the West Bengal government for naming Shramik Express as Corona Express, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that she never called the trains 'Corona Express' and it wa
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Polavaram project works on fast track pace as labourers are back
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 10 (ANI): Even after facing severe labourer and logistic problems due to the COVID-19, the Polavaram project work in Andhra Pradesh is at a brisk pace, General Manager, Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Limited (MEIL), Sathish Angara said on Tuesday.
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Hong Kongers confronting 'largest, retiring regime' in the world: Activist
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 9 (ANI): Signalling the "comeback" of "labour strike and mass mobilisation" in Hong Kong against mainland China over the draconian national security law, pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong said the people of the financial hub of Asia are standing against the "largest and reti
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Centre to mitigate migrants' woes in mission mode, identifies 116 district
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): The Central government has prepared an ambitious plan for 116 districts in six States to help out the migrant labourers who have returned to their States and lost jobs during the COVID-19 lockdown, said sources on Sunday.
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Jharkhand to airlift stranded migrant labourers from Leh
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], June 7 (ANI): Jharkhand government will airlift 115 stranded migrant workers from Nubra Valley, Diskit and Chunthug valley on Monday (June 8) and Tuesday (June 9), officials from the Chief Minister's office said.
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Man spends two days in jungle after denied entry to quarantine centre, his
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Behrampur (Odisha) [India], June 7 (ANI): A migrant labourer spent two days in jungle after allegedly being denied entry to a quarantine centre and his village in Behrampur.
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