-The Hindu Plea seeks food security, cash transfers for migrant workers who went back to their villages during lockdown The Supreme Court on Friday asked the States and Union Territories to furnish particulars of unorganised and migrant workers to the Centre. The court said a further order could be passed based on these details to protect the interests of workers in a case filed by activists Anjali Bharadwaj, Harsh Mander and Jagdeep...
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'Step towards life of dignity': Sonagachi sex workers on SC verdict
-PTI/ The Telegraph Hailing the apex court's decision, CID officer Shanti Das says every adult woman should have the right to choose her profession Winding by-lanes and the narrow streets of Calcutta's Sonagachi, one of the largest red-light districts in Asia, came alive amid music and merry-making on Friday as sex workers rejoiced over the recent Supreme Court verdict that recognised prostitution as a profession. Coloured powder was smeared on faces and sweets...
More »Tribal starvation call for Jharkhand officials -Animesh Bisoee
-The Telegraph NHRC has summoned chief secretary and Garhwa district magistrate-cum-deputy commissioner to personally appear before it on June 29 Jamshedpur: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has summoned the Jharkhand chief secretary and the Garhwa district magistrate-cum-deputy commissioner to personally appear before it on June 29 over the failure to submit reports relating to tribals starving because of lack of rations. The NHRC order on Tuesday, which followed the hearing of a...
More »Apprenticeship, social security key agendas before 110th ILC
-The Hindu Indian delegation to bring up exploitation of apprentices The 110 th session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) will launch the first round of discussions on setting standards for apprenticeships. India is sending three delegations on behalf of the Government, employers and employees to participate in various group meetings of the ILC, beginning on Sunday at the headquarters of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Geneva. The ILC will have a...
More »Allahabad HC Rejects Bail Pleas of 34 Former PAC Constables in 1991 Fake Encounter Case
-PTI/ TheWire.in According to the prosecution case, on July 12, 1991, UP Police pulled 10-11 Sikh pilgrims out of a bus, shot them and later called them 'terrorists' to cover up the incident. Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court has rejected the bail pleas of 34 former constables of the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) accused of killing 10 Sikh men in an alleged fake encounter in 1991. “The gruesome murder of...
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