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SC agrees to hear plea seeking payment of wages to MNREGA workers
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to list for hearing a plea seeking directions to redress the situation of workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MNREGA) in the country claiming that their pending wages are pili
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Guwahati daily wage labourer buys scooty using coins saved for 8 years
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 6 (ANI): In an inspiring story, a daily wage labourer of Guwahati, Upen Roy has finally fulfilled his 10-year-old dream after he has bought a new scooty by using his stored coins.
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Sonia Gandhi urges Centre to ensure proper MGNREGA budget allocation
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 31 (ANI): Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday urged the Central government to ensure proper budget allocation for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) while also making payment of wages to labourers within 15 days
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Hong Kong to exclude large companies 'unaffected by COVID fifth wave' from
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 19 (ANI): Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced that the country will exclude the large supermarkets and pharmacy chains, as well as other businesses from the next round of government wage subsidies, who remain "unaffected" from the fifth-wave of Covid-19 outbreak.
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Tripura govt announces hike in wages of tea garden workers by Rs 31
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], March 16 (ANI): Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Tuesday announced that the wages of tea garden workers will be increased from the existing Rs 105 to Rs 136, adding that the new payment structure will come into effect from April 2022.
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Voice of Hind Case: NIA charge sheet against two ISIS operatives reveals o
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 12 (ANI): A supplementary charge sheet filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in 'Voice of Hind Case' details how a conspiracy was hatched by proscribed terrorist organization Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to radicalize and recruit impressionabl
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ISKCON Bhiwandi has been distributing free food daily for the last 2 years
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 4 (ANI/PRNewswire): As part of its 'Food For Life' initiative, ISKCON Bhiwandi has been distributing 1000 free meals every day, since March 2020, to the migrant workers and daily wage labourers in Bhiwandi, who make up 60% of the town's population.
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Banarasi sari weavers seek higher wages, urge government to promote export
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 3 (ANI): Banarasi sari weavers in the streets of Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lok Sabha constituency, have urged the government to take steps to provide higher wages and promote exports of their products.
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Ukraine side playing for time at behest of US, says Russian Foreign Minist
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Moscow [Russia], March 2 (ANI): Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that Moscow is preparing for the second round of talks with Kyiv but the Ukrainian side is dragging its feet at the behest of Washington.
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Pakistan: Aurat March to focus on wages, security, peace for women
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 26 (ANI): Pakistan's Aurat March, scheduled to be held on International Women's Day on March 8, will focus on wages, security and peace for women, local media reported.
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Mathura artisans who switched professions due to COVID-19 pandemic seek go
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Mathura (Uttar Pradesh), February 6 (ANI): Following a decline in manufacturing by nearly 50 to 60 per cent, dip in work opportunities, meagre wages and stagnancy, around 15 per cent of artisans of Uttar Pradesh's Mathura switched to a more pandemic-friendly profession.
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Pak's trade union demands Imran govt to implement minimum wage for workers
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 5 (ANI): Pakistan's trade union have demanded the Imran Khan government to take stern action against the industries and organisations for not paying the minimum wage of Rs 21,000 to the workers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as per the official notification.
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