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UK MPs demand stricter laws after report expose Uyghur forced labour in Ch
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
RFA cited a report by a media agency that revealed that 17 products, mainly store-brand items from British and German retailers, are likely made with Chinese tomatoes.
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US continues to target Chinese companies over "forced" labour in Xinjiang
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The VOA stated that on November 22, the US Department of Homeland Security added 29 more Chinese companies to a list of firms banned under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA).
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"Deeply concerning": UK lawmakers raise concern over attacks on Hindus in
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Labour Party MP Barry Gardiner on Monday requested for an urgent session in the UK Parliament to discuss the situation in Bangladesh and recent attacks on members of Hindu community.
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India's services sector employment grew at fastest pace since 2005
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Pranjul Bhandari, Chief India Economist at HSBC, said "During November, services sector employment notably grew at the fastest pace ever recorded since this survey began in 2005. The hiring surge reflected the sector's improving business confidence, growing new orders, and vigorous internati
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CBT approves guidelines for investment in units issued by PSU sponsored In
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The Central Board of Trustees (CBT) of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has approved guidelines for investment in units issued by Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) sponsored Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), Ministry of Labour
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World Uyghurs Congress welcomes Volkswagen's exit from Xinjiang region, ca
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) welcomed Volkswagen's (VW) announcement that it will sell its plant in East Turkistan, a region in which the WUC has long campaigned against the company's ties to forced labour.
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US Department of Homeland Security probes Temu for slave labour links amid
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
According to officials and intelligence experts speaking to The NY Post, the incredibly low-priced company has an unfair impact on the US market, monitors its mobile app users, and depends on products produced through slave labour to maintain its rock-bottom prices, New York Post reported
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Uttar Pradesh man reunites with family after 3 decades as bonded labourer
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
In a peculiar turn of events, Bhim Singh, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, reunited with his family nearly three decades after being abducted and forced to work as bonded labour for several years.
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Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya undertakes 'Humara Samvidhan Humara Swabh
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports and Labour & Employment, participated in a 6 km long Padyatra (foot march) organised by MY Bharat volunteers to commemorate the 75th Constitution Day in New Delhi on Monday.
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Work underway for framework to provide social security to gig workers: Cen
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
A committee comprising representatives from various stakeholders has been constituted to suggest a framework for providing social security and welfare benefits to gig and platform workers, MoS Labour and Employment Shobha Karandlaje informed Parliament on Monday.
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EU passes regulation to block goods made with Uyghur forced labour
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The European Union approved new regulations banning the sale of products made with forced labour, a move that activists hope will help combat the exploitation of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, as well as forced labour in North Korea and other nations.
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Andhra Pradesh: Seven killed, four injured in RTC bus-auto collision in An
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
As many as seven people have died while four others were critically injured after an RTC bus collided with an auto carrying agricultural labourers near Thalagaspalle in Garldinne Mandal of Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district, the police said.
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