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Global Times
January 10, 2018
In my opinion, Indians feel repugnance toward products made in China, but must accept them. Most of the Chinese products Indians rely on in their daily life are actually the cheaper, low-end products that Indians could or should be manufacturing themselves. India could manufacture its own stuff, but theÃÂ ...
The Logical Indian
January 10, 2018
Kerala has nearly 25 lakh migrant workers, with 2.35 lakh workers coming every year, according to a 2013 study by the Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation. There were instances when ... Even after 70 years of independence, Indian women are yet to enjoy real freedom on roads. Crime against womenÃÂ ...
The Telegraph
January 9, 2018
Raiganj: A Malda villager was on Monday forced to do sit-ups holding his ears by an official struggling to manage a rush of applicants for a one-time grant announced by chief minister Mamata Banerjee for migrant workers returning to Bengal. All Matiur Rehman had done was ask Tapan Kumar Mallick, theÃÂ ...
TODAYonline
January 7, 2018
At Sunday's show, migrant workers from Indonesia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, the Philippines and India attended the six-hour long programme. ... Jacqueline Loh, the chief executive of non-governmental organisation Aidha; Mr Shivaji Das, founder of Migrant Worker Poetry Competition; and TWC2 executiveÃÂ ...
The Telegraph
January 3, 2018
Balasore: The district administration has rescued 27 migrant labourers and their children belonging to Chhattisgarh from a brick kiln of Ayodhya village in Nilgiri police limits of the district following raids on Tuesday evening. "The rescued include 10 female labourers and 17 males. These 27 labourersÃÂ ...
Indian NewsLink
January 2, 2018
Citizens of India going overseas on work visas are covered under a special insurance scheme called, 'Pravasi Bharatiya Bima Yojana.' The Indian government has made it mandatory for all migrant workers going overseas to be insured under this Scheme, a revised version of which was published by theÃÂ ...
YourStory.com
December 26, 2017
The report argued that migration is pivotal to Kerala's economy: “Labour migration is more a requirement of the state than that of the migrant workers ... million people (out of its population of around 35 million) work abroad, and another 1.2 million in other Indian states, marks some clear demographic trends.
Voice of America
December 18, 2017
Nepali migrant workers are trapped in a vicious cycle of debt and exploitation due to a failure by authorities to crack down on recruitment firms that charge illegally ... Nepal was working with India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka which also send migrant workers to the Middle East and Malaysia to ensure that theÃÂ ...
The Guardian
December 31, 1999
Best Corporation is not the only company in southern India where issues relating to worker confinement exist. The policy of housing large numbers of young female migrant workers in dormitories on factory premises is widespread in the region. Factory owners say the policy is necessary to ensure workerÃÂ ...
Stuff.co.nz
November 15, 2017
Anu Kaloti of the Migrant Workers Association talks to Radio Tarana on the plight of migrant workers facing exploitation by their employers in ...
United News of India
November 13, 2017
Manila, Nov 13 (UNI) The ASEAN leaders as well as key global players like US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra ...
Swarajya
November 12, 2017
Whatever happened post demonetisation, migrant workers did not pack their ... and Madhya Pradesh to the industrialised states of western and southern India. ... let's check with passenger travel data of the Indian Railways.
Aljazeera.com
November 8, 2017
UN clears Qatar over treatment of migrant workers ... for its treatment of foreign workers from countries such as India, Nepal and Bangladesh, ...
East Asia Forum
November 7, 2017
According to labour advocates, the migrant workers who make up ... the third-highest value of remittances worldwide after India and China.
South China Morning Post
November 4, 2017
A migrant worker rests on the promenade near Singapore's Marina Bay ... of their counterparts – migrant workers from Bangladesh and India – are still ... The Indian national, who has been in Singapore for 11 years, came with ...
NDTV
October 30, 2017
Chittam, 45, was the second migrant worker from the village to have died in Dubai in September ... among the nearly 450 Indian migrant workers shipped home in body bags since 2014. Indians Abroad | Reuters | Updated: October 30, 2017 16:05 IST ... India's foreign ministry has made attempts to streamline the recruitment ...
HuffPost
October 25, 2017
... will establish new protections for Qatar's migrant workers, including ... as it binds migrants from India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and various African ...
The New Indian Express
October 22, 2017
KOCHI: The widespread use of tobacco products is wreaking havoc on the health of migrant labourers who work in the state's construction ...
Hindustan Times
March 24, 2017
In 2015, it claimed the lives of an estimated 1.8 million people around the world - 60% of whom lived in India, Indonesia, China, Nigeria, Pakistan and South Africa.
New York Times
March 24, 2017
Buffalo meat being processed in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Credit Andrea Bruce for The New York Times. NARAHARA, India - In recent years, as demand for cheap protein raged in China and the Persian Gulf countries, India quietly became theÃÂ ...
The South Texan
March 24, 2017
Before Spring Break, we published a column on the World Cup and the harms of holding the event in Russia. For the second half of that issue we turn to the choice that has already cost people's lives: Qatar.
The Kathmandu Post
March 24, 2017
Mar 24, 2017- The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has given yet another eight months to Qatar to implement new labour reforms designed to end abuse of migrant workers. The United Nations agency dealing with labour ... Around 90 percent of the ...
New Zealand Herald
March 23, 2017
Indian Nationals Shubham Sharma and Jaspal Singh are collectively owed more than $14,000 after local businessman Jag Mohan Singh Rawat exploited them at the BP2Go service station on Swansea Rd in Flaxmere.
Toronto Star
March 23, 2017
Curry restaurants in Britain are shutting down at a rate of two a week after new rules for migrant workers make it more difficult to find staff.
The Advertiser
March 23, 2017
Around 90 per cent of the Arab state's 2.5 million population are migrant workers from countries including India, Nepal and Bangladesh. Many are in low-paid construction jobs to build stadiums and infrastructure ahead of the FIFA World Cup. But Doha ...
Toronto Star
March 23, 2017
"Canada provides a revolving door policy of just-in-time labour when needed and disposability when not," said Chris Ramsaroop of the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change, a coalition of national migrant worker advocacy groups. "To break this cycle ...
The Hindu
March 23, 2017
It is relevant to point out that India has not ratified UN conventions on torture, rights of migrant workers and their families, and protection against enforced disappearance.
Middle East Monitor
March 23, 2017
Qatar has until November to implement new labour reforms designed to end abuse of migrant workers or potentially face an investigation by an international labour watchdog in the lead up to hosting the 2022 World Cup.
India.com
March 22, 2017
Although China is investing heavily to develop a sound social insurance system, it should further expand social security coverage, especially for rural residents and migrant workers, and have more people insured, Li said. A government work report this ...
The New Indian Express
March 22, 2017
"The existing syllabus in the programme will be followed in the case of TGs also," Sreekala said adding the Mission has plans to bring other marginalised sections like migrant workers and coastal people also under its continuing education programme.
India.com
March 22, 2017
The sentence was a "warning" to those migrant workers who indulged in crime, the court said and ordered a compensation of Rs three lakh to the relatives of the deceased.
Hindustan Times
March 22, 2017
Ghaziabad has a large population of migrant workers for whom beef and buffalo provide the cheapest form of meat compared to the costlier mutton and chicken.
Himalayan Times
March 22, 2017
Furthermore, the government should also hold serious talks with India to remove the anti-dumping duties levied by the Indian government on Nepal's agro-products, especially jute products. Nepali traders and businessmen often face bureaucratic hurdles ...
Times of India
March 22, 2017
In a first for India, we will cover autistic children," said Dr T S Selvavinayagam, additional director of public health and preventive medicine, who is in charge of the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme.
Mathrubhumi English
March 22, 2017
Karipur: Fake Indian currency notes printed in Rawalpindi in Pakistan has reportedly been distributed in three districts in Kerala, according to Intelligence agencies.
Jagran English
March 22, 2017
Police said Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer D. Venkateswara Rao allegedly tried to wipe out the evidence by helping his son Venkat Sukrut alias Sukru (21) shift the body of Bhukya Nagaraju (31) from an apartment building where he was murdered.
Voice of America
March 22, 2017
Bordering Bangladesh, the area is largely populated by poor farmers and migrant workers, and is a hotbed of trafficking. Young women and men are tricked into traveling elsewhere in India and to the Gulf region to be commercial sex workers. West BengalÃÂ ...
TCPalm
March 22, 2017
The congregation I serve - the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Vero Beach - has, for many years, welcomed and supported migrant families who come to Indian River County to work in the agricultural industry. Our positive relationship with the ...
TODAYonline
March 22, 2017
A Singtel spokesperson said that it has been holding weekly roadshows in Little India, Geylang, City Plaza and Lucky Plaza to engage foreign workers about the 2G line's impending closure.
The Asian Age
March 21, 2017
KT Rama Rao wrote a letter to Swaraj seeking her help to rescue 29 migrant workers from Telangana held in captivity by a company in Saudi.
Hindustan Times
March 21, 2017
Of the 2.1 million HIV/AIDS affected people across India, 1.26 million (60%) are men, according to National AIDS Control Organisation's (NACO) India HIV Estimations Report 2015. The HIV prevalence rate among adults nationwide is ... in India behind ...
Telangana Today
March 20, 2017
Hyderabad: NRI Affairs Minister KT Rama Rao has sought the intervention of the Government of India to secure the release of the 29 migrant workers from Telangana State held in captivity in Saudi Arabia for the last 12 days without any food or basicÃÂ ...
The Kathmandu Post
March 20, 2017
Mar 20, 2017- Minister for Foreign Affairs Prakash Sharan Mahat has said that the Non-Resident Nepalis (NRN) are the human capital for Nepal to help ensure development and prosperity to their home country.
The Rakyat Post
March 20, 2017
"We are not stopping Indonesians going overseas to become domestic workers but we want better protection for them," said Soes Hindharno, director for the protection and placement of Indonesian migrant workers abroad. He said this includes preventing ...
Prothom Alo (English)
March 20, 2017
The Expatriate Welfare Board Act has been formulated in light of the UN Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, 1990 to ensure welfare of the expatriate workers and and their family members andÃÂ ...
Malay Mail Online
March 20, 2017
A migrant worker from India checks his mobile phone at the Marina Bay Promenade in the central business district of Singapore January 22, 2014.
India.com
March 20, 2017
He said the migrant workers were in the captivity of the employer firm for the last 12 days without any food or basic amenities.
Times of India
March 20, 2017
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The prevalence of oral cancer is alarmingly high in Wayanad district, at 25 per 1,000 persons as against the state's average of 3-6 per 10,000 persons, says a study on 'Dental caries and related diseases' conducted by the stateÃÂ ...
The Quint
March 20, 2017
It's been two years since the National Green Tribunal banned rat-hole coal mining in Meghalaya - but the landscape continues to be dominated by the industry.
Republica
March 20, 2017
The situation of the migrant workers from Indonesia, India, Bangladesh and Myanmar in Malaysia is more or less the same like the Nepalis, shared migrant worker Adhikari grieving of insecurity from the looters and suffering at the hand of some corruptedÃÂ ...
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