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Smell Of Change: Incense Industry On Path To A Child Labour-Free Future
Child labour in the incense manufacturing industry, a longstanding concern for India, is declining significantly and the sector is moving towards complete freedom from child labour in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Bihar, a study finds.
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4 Killed, Several Injured As Bus Rams Into Tractor In Andhra Pradesh
According to eyewitnesses, the Road Transport Corporation (RTC) bus collided with a tractor carrying labourers, causing the fatalities.
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From Rags To Research: Andhra Labourer Now PhD In Chemistry
A remarkable story of perseverance and triumph has emerged from Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district where a woman defied grovelling poverty and adversity to earn a Ph.D. in Chemistry.
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Lorry Runs Over Labourers In Andhra Pradesh, 3 Women Killed
In a tragic road accident, a lorry ran over the labourers at Mandadi in Amadalavala Mandal of Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam district killing three people on the spot.
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High Court Grants Bail To Ex-Andhra Pradesh Minister In ESI Scam Case
The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday granted bail to former state Labour Minister and TDP leader K Atchan Naidu in connection with a case related to the alleged ESI medicines purchases scam.
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Ex-Andhra Pradesh Minister Atchannaidu Tests Positive For Coronavirus
TDP MLA and former Labour Minister Atchannaidu has tested positive for COVID-19. He is currently is in judicial custody and is getting treatment at Ramesh Hospital Guntur.
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"No Less Than God For Us": Andhra Family After Sonu Sood Gifts Tractor
Bollywood actor Sonu Sood has gifted a tractor to a farmer from Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district after a video of the farmer's young girls ploughing the fields with a yoke went viral on social media. Seeing their plight, Mr Sood, who has helped a massive number of migrant labourers stranded in cities to get home amid the coronavirus lockdown, cam...
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Cop Watches As 6-Year-Old Girl Mops College Room Floor; Probe Ordered
A video of a six-year-old girl allegedly mopping the floor of a room of a state-run college in Nellore district in the presence of a head constable has gone viral, prompting the Andhra Pradesh DGP Gautam Sawang to order an inquiry and initiate disciplinary action against the policeman.
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3 Andhra Labourers Allegedly Commit Suicide; "No Work," Said One In Video
At least three persons, all of whom were believed to be dependent on the construction sector for their livelihood, have killed themselves in separate incidents in the Tenali, Guntur and Mangalagiri regions of Andhra Pradesh this month
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YSR Congress Shuts Down Anna Canteens "Temporarily" Alleging Corruption
Anna Canteens, which provide meals at Rs 5 to the poor and the middle class, were shut down across Andhra Pradesh from Thursday. Daily wage labourers, beggars, other poor folks who thronged the canteens every day found the canteens locked.
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3 Minors Found At South Indian Actress' Home Amid Trafficking Allegations
Three minor girls were reportedly found at the Chennai home of Telugu-Tamil actress Bhanupriya. Childline officials went to her home in T. Nagar after the mother of a girl filed a police complaint in Samalkot, Andhra Pradesh saying her daughter was being held by the actress at her home as a domestic help and not being paid for the job.
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Woman Carried On Pole Delivers In Open. Man Hopes Video Will Shake Netas
A pregnant woman in Andhra Pradesh who was being carried for several kilometres by her family members and villagers after she went into labour gave birth to her baby midway.
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Woman Carried For 12 km To Nearest Ambulance, Delivers On Way, Baby Dies
A five-month pregnant woman in Andhra Pradesh was carried by her husband and other villagers downhill for 12 km through a forest so she could make it to an ambulance on Monday. 25-year-old Jindamma, who was suffering labour pains, gave birth on the way. Her baby boy died before she could get to the ambulance.
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In South India, Drought Pushes Farmers And Their Families Into Debts, Demeaning Labour
Chennai: One of the worst droughts in decades across south India is forcing tens of thousands of farmers and labourers to take out loans to survive, pushing them into debt bondage and increasing the risk that they may be exploited for work, activists said. Villages across southern states of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have be...
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Farmer Drank Pesticide, Son Quits School To Support Mother, Siblings
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh: Shiva Prasad wants to go to school. At 14, that is where he should be. That is where he was, in Class VII, preparing for his annual examination like millions of children at this time of the year. But ten days back, a second successive year of drought pushed his father over the edge. Rama Rao, a farmer in Guntur district of A...
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Smell Of Change: Incense Industry On Path To A Child Labour-Free Future
Child labour in the incense manufacturing industry, a longstanding concern for India, is declining significantly and the sector is moving towards complete freedom from child labour in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Bihar, a study finds.
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4 Killed, Several Injured As Bus Rams Into Tractor In Andhra Pradesh
According to eyewitnesses, the Road Transport Corporation (RTC) bus collided with a tractor carrying labourers, causing the fatalities.
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From Rags To Research: Andhra Labourer Now PhD In Chemistry
A remarkable story of perseverance and triumph has emerged from Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district where a woman defied grovelling poverty and adversity to earn a Ph.D. in Chemistry.
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Lorry Runs Over Labourers In Andhra Pradesh, 3 Women Killed
In a tragic road accident, a lorry ran over the labourers at Mandadi in Amadalavala Mandal of Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam district killing three people on the spot.
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High Court Grants Bail To Ex-Andhra Pradesh Minister In ESI Scam Case
The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday granted bail to former state Labour Minister and TDP leader K Atchan Naidu in connection with a case related to the alleged ESI medicines purchases scam.
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Ex-Andhra Pradesh Minister Atchannaidu Tests Positive For Coronavirus
TDP MLA and former Labour Minister Atchannaidu has tested positive for COVID-19. He is currently is in judicial custody and is getting treatment at Ramesh Hospital Guntur.
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"No Less Than God For Us": Andhra Family After Sonu Sood Gifts Tractor
Bollywood actor Sonu Sood has gifted a tractor to a farmer from Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district after a video of the farmer's young girls ploughing the fields with a yoke went viral on social media. Seeing their plight, Mr Sood, who has helped a massive number of migrant labourers stranded in cities to get home amid the coronavirus lockdown, cam...
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Cop Watches As 6-Year-Old Girl Mops College Room Floor; Probe Ordered
A video of a six-year-old girl allegedly mopping the floor of a room of a state-run college in Nellore district in the presence of a head constable has gone viral, prompting the Andhra Pradesh DGP Gautam Sawang to order an inquiry and initiate disciplinary action against the policeman.
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3 Andhra Labourers Allegedly Commit Suicide; "No Work," Said One In Video
At least three persons, all of whom were believed to be dependent on the construction sector for their livelihood, have killed themselves in separate incidents in the Tenali, Guntur and Mangalagiri regions of Andhra Pradesh this month
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YSR Congress Shuts Down Anna Canteens "Temporarily" Alleging Corruption
Anna Canteens, which provide meals at Rs 5 to the poor and the middle class, were shut down across Andhra Pradesh from Thursday. Daily wage labourers, beggars, other poor folks who thronged the canteens every day found the canteens locked.
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3 Minors Found At South Indian Actress' Home Amid Trafficking Allegations
Three minor girls were reportedly found at the Chennai home of Telugu-Tamil actress Bhanupriya. Childline officials went to her home in T. Nagar after the mother of a girl filed a police complaint in Samalkot, Andhra Pradesh saying her daughter was being held by the actress at her home as a domestic help and not being paid for the job.
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Woman Carried On Pole Delivers In Open. Man Hopes Video Will Shake Netas
A pregnant woman in Andhra Pradesh who was being carried for several kilometres by her family members and villagers after she went into labour gave birth to her baby midway.
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Woman Carried For 12 km To Nearest Ambulance, Delivers On Way, Baby Dies
A five-month pregnant woman in Andhra Pradesh was carried by her husband and other villagers downhill for 12 km through a forest so she could make it to an ambulance on Monday. 25-year-old Jindamma, who was suffering labour pains, gave birth on the way. Her baby boy died before she could get to the ambulance.
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In South India, Drought Pushes Farmers And Their Families Into Debts, Demeaning Labour
Chennai: One of the worst droughts in decades across south India is forcing tens of thousands of farmers and labourers to take out loans to survive, pushing them into debt bondage and increasing the risk that they may be exploited for work, activists said. Villages across southern states of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have be...
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Farmer Drank Pesticide, Son Quits School To Support Mother, Siblings
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh: Shiva Prasad wants to go to school. At 14, that is where he should be. That is where he was, in Class VII, preparing for his annual examination like millions of children at this time of the year. But ten days back, a second successive year of drought pushed his father over the edge. Rama Rao, a farmer in Guntur district of A...
