World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
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NHRC seeks report as Roy meets tribals
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued notice to the Kerala government seeking a report within two weeks on alleged police atrocities on Adivasis in the state. The notice was issued to
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'India not able to carry out ILO decent work norms'
India is not in a position to give effect to the International Labour Organisation's (ILO) declaration on decent work, as unemployment continues to be the major problem of the country. Mr Vijay Goel,
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Muthanga: judicial probe demanded
The Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Bizay Sonkar Shastri, has demanded a judicial inquiry into the police firing on tribals at Muthanga in Wayanad. The
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Govt. trashes tribal murder charge
The Chhattisgarh government has described as baseless the accusation that Forest and police offiicals slew a Bajga tribal while tackling encroachment over wooded land in Kawardha
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Child project gets crushed under adult indifference
The teachers and other staff employed in various schools under the National Child Labour Project have been going without salaries for a year, thanks to non-release of grant by the Centre for the
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ATTSA concern over exploitation of child labour in stone quarries
The Assam Tea Tribe Students Association (ATTSA), Bokakhat unit has warned the stone quarry owners of Bokakhat subdivision not to exploit the child labourers below the age of 14. The ATTSA also
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Central fund sought to end child labour in Kovai
Kovai Child Labour Abolition Service Society has urged the Union Ministry of Labour to allocate Rs 20 lakh under the National Child Labour Project being run by the society in the district. Kovai
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Tribals' rights
The United Democratic Front Government in Kerala should be blam-ed for the aggravation of the tribal rights issue in Kerala and the unfortunate incident of police firing on tribals in the Wayanad
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Rs 6-crore plan to eradicate child labour
The Karnataka State Government has decided to spend Rs 6 crore to implement an action plan to eradicate child labour, Labour Commissioner Sanjeev Kumar said here on Tuesday. The plan is aimed at
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Muthanga incident: Minister admits intelligence failure
Faced with a slew of letters deploring the police action on tribals in the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, the Kerala Environment and Forests Minister K. Sudhakaran conceded intelligence failure in