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Child Labour
Everybody's a Loser
Issue Date: Dec 31, 1999
Sound And Fury
Every cause found a supporter at Seattle. Trade was never this politicised
Movement for worse
Issue Date: May 31, 2011
Bhubaneswar Bindhani has not heard of a UNDP Human Development Report Paper, ‘Migration and Human Development’. It is quite likely the authors of the 2009 report did not take note of the fortunes of this resident of Nuagaon village in Odisha’s Nuapada district when they wrote, “migration fosters development of the migrant people.” They also perhaps did not take note of many other people from Odisha’s western districts who migrate every year to work in sub-human conditions at brick kilns and construction sites in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
What bleeds Bellary
Issue Date: Aug 31, 2010
The red haze mixes with sweat to form a sticky paste that does not peel off one's skin easily. It becomes dried blood
Explosion kills 24
Issue Date: May 15, 2009
Firecracker factory was operating illegally
an explosion in a firecracker factory in Maharashtra's Jalgaon district killed 24 people, including six minors, and
injured 35 others.
The police are yet to ascertain the cause of the explosion on April 10 at Savitri Fireworks, at Parola, about 60 km from Jalgaon city. "The
factory's licence was suspended in October last year, but we were not informed about it," said Kunal Kumar, collector of Jalgaon. According to
In credible India
@sunitanar Issue Date: Nov 30, 2007
Sometimes, a fortnight can mirror a year. With the year-end approaching, a flashback is usually in order. But recent events have made completely clear to me where we are and where we are headed.
Gem slaves Tanzanite's child labour
Issue Date: Jan 15, 2007
Gem Slaves Tanzanite's Child Labour Produce and directed by the un office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, irin 15 minutes
South Asia
Issue Date: May 31, 2006
lankan labour: The Wages Board of the Sri Lankan labour department is promoting child labour, if a government notice published in Sri Lankan newspaper is to be believed. The notice, which relates the wages of labourers who come under the Wages Board Act, was taken out under the name of labour commissioner Mahinda Madihahewa. The notice specifies the wages of male and female workers between 14 to 16 years of age working in the cocoa, cardamom and pepper sectors as Rs 163.22 a day while in coconut cultivation it is Rs 144.50 a day.
Cottonfields back home
Issue Date: Jan 15, 2006
The Uzbekistan government has again come under criticism for continuing the practice of using child labour and government employees to harvest cotton.
High on Chinese demand
Issue Date: Oct 15, 2005
The red earth of Karnataka's Bellary district has become a symbol of the region's red-hot iron ore market, witnessing an unprecedented boom. Bellary has been supplying iron ore to China for the last few years and the Chinese demand for the ore has spiralled like never before, ever since Beijing was chosen as the venue for the next Olympics. The town of Hospet in the district is abuzz with commercial activity.
