Modernising energy

Dead beat

Workers offer wages

Against the wind

Government policies and land prices are preventing companies from setting up wind mills in Nagercoil

Rice and easy

Missing link

Handloom is haute

Non-smoking beedi-rollers face cancer risk

About six million people employed in India's beedi industry risk developing cancer from handling tobacco leaves

Unashamed exploitation

X-ray overdose

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Labour pains

Birla Textile Mill in Himachal Pradesh is yet to pay dues to 2,300 workers. The unit was 'shifted' from Delhi for causing pollution

Buckled together in a free-trade belt

Negotiators have paved the way for the ratification of NAFTA, which overshadows both the EC and the ASEAN in terms of economic clout

Jobs define female power in the home

FORMS OF PRODUCTION AND WOMENS'S LABOUR - GENDER ASPECTS OF INDUSTRIALISATION IN INDIA AND MEXICO I S A Baud Publisher: Sage Publications, New …

Carpet industry in UP faces boycott threat

Foreign buyers of Indian carpets insist that if child weavers are employed, they will not accept the product. The Indian government and …

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Death logs

Workers in the wood industry face higher risk of cancer

Blowing the lid

The Emmy Awards for Outstanding Investigative Journalism

South Asia

In Court

Industrial safety meet spotlights India

Highlights of the 13th World Congress on Occupational Safety and Health.

SEWA helps working women gain confidence

Where Women Are Leaders -- The SEWA Movement In India Kalima Rose . Publisher: Sage (Vistaar) Publications, Delhi . Price: Rs.225 (hb); Rs.100 (pb)

Menace at work

Health in Peril