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Ola, Uber, Dunzo, PharmEasy, Amazon Flex Others Provide Poor Working Conditions for Gig Workers: Report
Five digital platforms -- cab aggregators Ola and Uber, grocery delivery app Dunzo, pharmacy platform PharmEasy and Amazon Flex -- have reportedly received the lowest scores in a rating of digital platforms on the basis of providing fair working conditions for gig workers. The Fairwork India Ratings 2022 reportedly evaluated 12 platforms, including...
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India Made Significant Move To End Worst Forms Of Child Labour: US Report
India is among the only 14 countries to have made significant advancement in efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labour in 2017, an official US report said Saturday.
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To Ensure High Productivity, NITI Aayog Presses For Major Labour Reforms
NITI Aayog has pressed for 'substantive' reforms in labour laws to take the country out of the current low-productivity and low-wage jobs situation. It has also said that unifying the existing large number of labour laws into four codes without reforming them will serve little purpose.
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UN Expresses Concern Over Changes Made In India's Child Labour Laws
A UN body today has expressed serious concern over the changes made in India's child labour law which allows children to work in family enterprises and reduction of hazardous professions, saying it could lead to more children working in unregulated conditions.
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Rs 251 Smartphone Rings Alarm Bell On Workers' Conditions, Say Campaigners
The makers of the Rs. 251 ($4) smartphone hope that its low price will allow millions of poor people to own a mobile phone in a market with only 10 per cent penetration.
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Ending Child Slavery In My Lifetime Is My Mission: Kailash Satyarthi
Intensifying the battle to fight rights of children, both in India and the world, and ending child slavery in his lifetime is now the mission of Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi.
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For Some Children in Jharkhand, Toiling in Scrap Mines is All They Know
Her face caked in dirt and hair matted with sweat, eight-year-old Lalita Kumari hacks away at pieces of rock containing an elusive mineral that adds a dash of sparkle to lipstick and nail polish.
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Child Labour Bill Must be Passed in Budget Session of Parliament: Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi
Child rights activist and Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi has, on Friday, demanded the government to ensure a complete ban on child labour up to the age of 14, saying that the Child Labour Bill should be tabled and passed during the second half of the Budget session in Parliament.
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Ola, Uber, Dunzo, PharmEasy, Amazon Flex Others Provide Poor Working Conditions for Gig Workers: Report
Five digital platforms -- cab aggregators Ola and Uber, grocery delivery app Dunzo, pharmacy platform PharmEasy and Amazon Flex -- have reportedly received the lowest scores in a rating of digital platforms on the basis of providing fair working conditions for gig workers. The Fairwork India Ratings 2022 reportedly evaluated 12 platforms, including...
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India Made Significant Move To End Worst Forms Of Child Labour: US Report
India is among the only 14 countries to have made significant advancement in efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labour in 2017, an official US report said Saturday.
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To Ensure High Productivity, NITI Aayog Presses For Major Labour Reforms
NITI Aayog has pressed for 'substantive' reforms in labour laws to take the country out of the current low-productivity and low-wage jobs situation. It has also said that unifying the existing large number of labour laws into four codes without reforming them will serve little purpose.
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UN Expresses Concern Over Changes Made In India's Child Labour Laws
A UN body today has expressed serious concern over the changes made in India's child labour law which allows children to work in family enterprises and reduction of hazardous professions, saying it could lead to more children working in unregulated conditions.
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Rs 251 Smartphone Rings Alarm Bell On Workers' Conditions, Say Campaigners
The makers of the Rs. 251 ($4) smartphone hope that its low price will allow millions of poor people to own a mobile phone in a market with only 10 per cent penetration.
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Ending Child Slavery In My Lifetime Is My Mission: Kailash Satyarthi
Intensifying the battle to fight rights of children, both in India and the world, and ending child slavery in his lifetime is now the mission of Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi.
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For Some Children in Jharkhand, Toiling in Scrap Mines is All They Know
Her face caked in dirt and hair matted with sweat, eight-year-old Lalita Kumari hacks away at pieces of rock containing an elusive mineral that adds a dash of sparkle to lipstick and nail polish.
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Child Labour Bill Must be Passed in Budget Session of Parliament: Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi
Child rights activist and Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi has, on Friday, demanded the government to ensure a complete ban on child labour up to the age of 14, saying that the Child Labour Bill should be tabled and passed during the second half of the Budget session in Parliament.
