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Ancestors borrowed money once… their children, grandchildren & great-grandchildren paid price for 130 years, until stranger arrived as saviour. Emotional videoPakistan bonded labour: A Pakistani family has been freed from nearly 130 years of bonded labour. Humanitarian Aaron Hutchings facilitated ...
Heatwave alert: Centre issues advisory, work hours may shiftIndia's Union labour and health ministries have issued urgent heat-wave advisories. States and union territories must ensure adequate rest ...
Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan (PM-SYM Pension) Yojana: Rs 55 per month can secure Rs 3,000 pension: Who can join PM Shram Yogi Maandhan YojanaThe Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan (PM-SYM) Yojana offers a pension option for unorganised sector workers aged 18-40 with monthly incom...
Take our breath away: How coal plants and kilns keep Delhi gasping while stubble burning takes the heatDelhi’s air looks clear for now, but coal power plants and brick kilns keep the pollution pot boiling year-round. Despite a 2015 rule, most...
'Proverbial ostrich': Congress slams govt over 'unprecedented decline' in real wagesThe Congress asserted that slow wage growth and high inflation have caused a drop in real wages in India. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh ref...
Lights on: Brick kiln workers in western UP begin the transition to solar energyIn western Uttar Pradesh, solar panels have begun transforming brick kilns and workers' lives, reducing pollution and providing electricity...
Budget offers PM chance to achieve 'Asli 400 paar' -- nationwide minimum wage of Rs 400: CongressUnion Budget: Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said multiple data sources, including the government's own ...
Labour ministry issues advisory to states to mitigate effect of high temperature on labourersFollowing the seasonal outlook by the Indian Meteorological Department for above normal maximum temperatures during April-June, the labour ...
Waste from Adidas, Walmart, other brands fuelling Cambodia brick kilns: reportWaste from at least 19 international brands including Adidas and Walmart is being used to fuel kilns in brick factories in Cambodia, and so...
Chhattisgarh: Five suffocate to death at brick kiln; one hospitalisedFive workers died of asphyxiation and another took ill after inhaling smoke at a brick kiln in Chhattisgarh's Mahasamund district, police s...
Labour ministry reactivates 21 monitoring centres to mitigate migrant workers' problemsYadav was addressing a virtual interaction with the leaders of the unorganized workers’ unions and associations. The aim of the interaction...
Mathura brick kilns seek government relief following heavy losses"We're requesting the government to wave off royalty, tax on royalty and GST for better survival of the industry," Bhanu Prakash Varsney, g...
Haryana deputy CM urges Centre to lift ban on operation of brick kilns in NCRThe NGT had said that brick kilns can be permitted only after ascertaining the carrying capacity and the number of units functional in an a...
Punjab allows operations in industry, brick kilns to support migrant labourCaptain Amarinder said his government was also in discussion with Radha Soami Satsang Beas, which has already offered its Bhawans as quaran...
Another brick in the (Great) wall…30 migrant workers in a kiln in south-eastern China who were collectively owed arrears of 90,000 yuan have been paid with 290,000 bricks.
US continues to put India in tier-2 in trafficking reportIndia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, the State Department said but acknowledged significant ...
How brick kilns on India-Bangladesh border act as hubs of illegal migrationWhen PM Modi travels to Bangladesh on June 6 to engage on a host of issues, the BSF would like him to bring up the issue of brick kilns als...
Woman allegedly gang-raped and murdered in West BengalA middle-aged woman was allegedly gang-raped and murdered at Jagannathpur in West Bengal's North 24-Parganas district on a day the nation w...
- Brick industry modernisation to boost low carbon growth: Study
Annual savings of Rs 2,500 crore in coal consumption and reduction in CO2 emissions can be effected through modernisation of India's brick ...
- Special schools for children of lesser god
Some 50 children in the 9-14 age group will go to a special school with supplementary nutrition and facilities for vocational training.