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Kerala grants two days of monthly menstrual leave for women ITI students
November 28, 2024 8:12 pm
Women students studying in over 100 ITIs in Kerala will benefit from this, officials said.
Undeterred by blindness, this activist from Punjab has set his sights on restoring labourers’ rights
August 02, 2024 6:53 pm
70-year-old Vijay Walia’s two years of relentless efforts bore fruits when the Punjab government last month implemented free travel to attendants of blind people on government buses.
Exports from key labour intensive sectors decline 12% compared to pre-pandemic levels
May 05, 2024 1:57 pm
During the last financial year, when overall goods exports shrank 3 per cent, the outbound shipments of textiles, leather, gems and jewellery and marine products saw a much steeper 9 per cent decline to $78 billion against $86.32 billion in FY23.
4 workers trapped after retaining wall of farm well caves in
August 03, 2023 10:28 pm
Officials said that the incident took place sometime before 6 pm on Tuesday but came to light only around 8.30 pm on the same night when the family members of the four labourers and other villagers came searching for them
Dunzo, Ola, Uber score zero on Fairwork India’s 2022 report
December 28, 2022 7:24 am
Urban Company ranks the highest with seven points, followed by bigbasket, Flipkart, Swiggy, Zomato, Zepto and Porter.
International brands sign new accord to protect garment workers in Bangladesh
August 27, 2021 4:40 pm
Bangladesh garment industry has become the foundation of the economy for the country of 166 million people.
Labour survey shows job scenario improved in 2019-20
July 24, 2021 5:19 am
According to the third annual report on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), conducted by the NSO between July 2019 and June 2020, the unemployment rate fell to 4.8 per cent in 2019-20.
‘Will have to sacrifice 15 days of labour but don’t want to waste my vote’
April 22, 2021 5:36 am
“I do not want to waste my vote though it cost me dear. I have to sacrifice 15 days of labour as I will be back by May 5 after the results,” he said.
Who is Zarah Sultana, a first-time UK MP with a Kashmiri connection
January 23, 2020 3:12 pm
Zarah Sultana has made headlines for her fiery speeches against rising rents, "colossal" student debts, and diminishing opportunities for her generation.
India needs 6.3% labour productivity growth to attain 8% hike in GDP: Ind-Ra
January 09, 2020 4:41 pm
Given the growth slowdown, this looks unlikely in the near term, but is not an insurmountable task, according to Ind-Ra.
LABOUR VIDEOS
Rahul Gandhi accuses Bandaru Dattatreya, VC for scholar's suicide
January 19, 2016 11:25 am
Hyderabad, Jan 19 (ANI): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Government at the Centre over the suicide of a Dalit scholar in the Hyderabad University. He accused Minister of State for Labour and Employment Bandaru Dattatreya and varsity's Vice Chancellor of abetting the suicide of the scholar. Rahul, who interacted with the protesting students of the University of Hyderabad, said the varsity had used to its power to 'crush' the students, instead of allowing them to express themselves.
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