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N Korea named 'worst human trafficking country'
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 29 (ANI): The US State Department on Thursday categorised North Korea as as one of the "worst human trafficking nation" for the 16th straight year, citing the use of forced labour.
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Rajasthan labour dept directs employees to wear 'trouser and shirt'
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], June 27 (ANI): The Rajasthan Labour Department on Wednesday issued an order for its employees to wear 'trousers and shirt' while on duty, instead of jeans and T-shirts.
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Bhopal: Shivraj announces measures for upliftment of poor
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 13 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced that his government would grant compensation to poor families on the demise of working members aged below 60.
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'Protection for child actors is a must'
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 13 (ANI): On the occasion of World Day Against Child Labour, child rights organisations collectively raised concern about the protection of child artists in the entertainment industry.
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Child labour continues to leave its mark on society
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], June 11 (ANI): A recent incident of sexual misconduct with a minor maid in a posh colony in New Delhi has exposed the reality of child labour laws.
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35 injured after fire breaks out in Surat building
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India], June 9 (ANI): More than 35 labourers were injured in a major fire that broke out at a building here in Pandesera area on Saturday.
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MP announces outstanding power bill waiver scheme
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 6 (ANI): The Madhya Pradesh government has announced an outstanding power bill waiver scheme for labourers and poor families.
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No child labour in India's granite mines- NCPCR
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): Findings by the Utrecht-based human rights organization, the India Committee of the Netherlands (ICN), with regard to granite quarries in Andhra Pradesh,Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka indulging in slavery and child labour in an unsafe work environment
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Bihar: Naxals torch four road construction vehicles, abduct labours
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Munger (Bihar) [India] May 31 (ANI): Naxals in Bihar's Munger district torched four road construction vehicles on Thursday.
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Bodies of labourers found buried in Jhansi power plant
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Jhansi (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 22 (ANI): The bodies of two labourers have been found buried in the coal yard of Paricha Power Plant in Jhansi on Tuesday.
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8 VVPATs seized from labourer's house in Karnataka
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Vijayapura (Karnataka) [India], May 20 (ANI): Eight Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails (VVPATs) without batteries were seized from a labourer's house, on Sunday here, a week after elections were conducted in the state.
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Families of Indians abducted in Afghanistan knock Centre's door
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Giridih (Jharkhand) [India], May 10 (ANI): The families of the labourers, who were abducted in Afghanistan has requested the Centre to intervene in the matter to bring their family members back to India.
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