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7 Women Farm Labourers Die, 3 Rescued After Tractor Plunges Into Well In Maharashtra
Seven women farm labourers, two of them aged 18, died and three others were rescued after a tractor-trolley ferrying them to an agriculture field plunged into a well in Nanded district of Maharashtra on Friday morning, an official said.
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10% Of Crop Damage Compensation Will Go To Farm Labourers: Punjab Chief Minister
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday said 10 per cent of the total compensation for crop damage due to any natural calamity will now go to farm labourers in the state.
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Punjab Approves Policy For Giving Relief To Cotton Picking Farm Labourers
The Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday approved a policy formulated for extending relief to cotton picking farm labourers affected by the damage caused to the crop by the pink bollworm pest attack.
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Farm Labourer, Who Lost Home, Allegedly Kills Self In Gaja-Hit Thanjavur
A farm labourer, who lost his home during cyclone Gaja, allegedly committed suicide on Monday in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur district. Pandian, 38, was found hanging in a well in his village. The police have not found any suicide note but claim initial investigations indicate he was "heart-broken after he lost his home and committed suicide."
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On the Trail of a Deadly Disease That Cuts Down Farmworkers in Their Prime
CKDu first came to light for its impact on sugar cane workers in Nicaragua, where it killed at least 20,000 in the past decade,
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Caught In Debt Bondage, How India’s Farm Labourers Suffer In Silence
Bengaluru: They are not easy to spot. Working in vegetable patches and on millet fields in Karnataka, farm labourers caught in debt bondage suffer mainly in silence. But Gopal V has lived with this silence for long enough. Now 44, the son of bonded labourers is on a mission to identify workers trapped in debt bondage – and to make sure they get j...
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7 Women Farm Labourers Die, 3 Rescued After Tractor Plunges Into Well In Maharashtra
Seven women farm labourers, two of them aged 18, died and three others were rescued after a tractor-trolley ferrying them to an agriculture field plunged into a well in Nanded district of Maharashtra on Friday morning, an official said.
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10% Of Crop Damage Compensation Will Go To Farm Labourers: Punjab Chief Minister
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday said 10 per cent of the total compensation for crop damage due to any natural calamity will now go to farm labourers in the state.
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Punjab Approves Policy For Giving Relief To Cotton Picking Farm Labourers
The Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday approved a policy formulated for extending relief to cotton picking farm labourers affected by the damage caused to the crop by the pink bollworm pest attack.
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Farm Labourer, Who Lost Home, Allegedly Kills Self In Gaja-Hit Thanjavur
A farm labourer, who lost his home during cyclone Gaja, allegedly committed suicide on Monday in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur district. Pandian, 38, was found hanging in a well in his village. The police have not found any suicide note but claim initial investigations indicate he was "heart-broken after he lost his home and committed suicide."
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On the Trail of a Deadly Disease That Cuts Down Farmworkers in Their Prime
CKDu first came to light for its impact on sugar cane workers in Nicaragua, where it killed at least 20,000 in the past decade,
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Caught In Debt Bondage, How India’s Farm Labourers Suffer In Silence
Bengaluru: They are not easy to spot. Working in vegetable patches and on millet fields in Karnataka, farm labourers caught in debt bondage suffer mainly in silence. But Gopal V has lived with this silence for long enough. Now 44, the son of bonded labourers is on a mission to identify workers trapped in debt bondage – and to make sure they get j...
