Death by starvation

About 11 million people in Orissa and Bihar have become victims of a famine that has occurred despite adequate food stocks in the country.

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After more than 30 years of struggle, the Inuit people of Canada are given more autonomy and the right to self-determination

Fighting it out

Groups of tribal women in Orissa are fighting against authorities to improve their lot by consolidating the trade of minor forest produce

Kalam's kaleidoscpoe

Intellectualising poverty

CAG indicts Bihar for irregularities in rural job scheme implementation

Only 35 per cent beneficiaries got jobs; half of civil work undertaken left incomplete

Civil society seconds rural development ministry’s demand for MGNREGA funds

The rural development ministry had recently demanded an additional allocation of Rs 5,000 crore to maintain the momentum of MGNREGA

Opposition turns up the heat on Nitish government over MGNREGA funds scam

Non-profit report says nearly Rs 6,000 crore meant to be paid to wage labourers siphoned off

Globally the number of hours worked dropped in 1st quarter of 2022: ILO

A deficit of 112 million full-time jobs recorded over last quarter of 2021

‘Green growth’ can help African countries address socio-economic inequalities: Report

Green growth can address inequity through the creation of decent jobs, better provision of basic services, improvement of air quality and …

COVID-19 and jobs: The salaried, younger workers and women suffered more

While overall employment declined in the country in 2020-21, compared to 2019-20, some sections have been affected more adversely than others

Ageism hurts young, old alike: New report shows extent of impact

The younger, male, less educated population, as well as those anxious about death was more likely to perpetrate ageism

Investing in Africa’s rural youth can work wonders for continent: Report

Africa’s youth bulge and the fact that most of its people live in rural areas, make this especially important

J&K against shahtoosh ban

ReNew economics

Employment in German alternative energy generation grows with the

The NAFTA nightmare continues

The increasing fear of losing jobs to cheaper Mexican labour has prompted many Americans to protest the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Clinton proposes talks on jobs

Burdened by rising joblessness, US President Bill Clinton wants world leaders to meet to find a solution to the vexing problem

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Strategic alliance

The need of the day to save biodiversity

Profit's the non-word

About non-profit organisations (NPOs), also thought non-governmental

Timely, but incoherent

Employment plan

Fair business

No headlines, no rehabilitation

Oustees of the Kutku and Auranga dams in Bihar complain media attention is the only way of getting justice from the government, but the media …

Balangir's distressed migrants

From a resource-rich area to a metaphor for poverty, the Balangir district of Orissa has covered a long distance. Plausibly, it is this journey …

Centre launches MGNREGA 2.0

30 new types of work added to the rural job guarantee scheme list to restore demand for work under UPA's flagship welfare programme