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India Most Dangerous Country For Women, US In 10 Worst: Survey
India is the world's most dangerous country for women due to the high risk of sexual violence and being forced into slave labour, according to a poll of global experts released on Tuesday.
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Qatar Affiliate to Sell Airtel Stake For Rs 9,500 Crore
Three Pillars Pte Ltd has put up about 19.9 crore Airtel shares for sale in a price range of Rs 473-490 each.
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Forced To Work For 15 Hours Every Day, Labourers Freed After 7 Years From Rajasthan
Mumbai: Nearly 25 workers, including children, who worked 15 hour days for seven years, were rescued at the weekend at Baran in Rajasthan, in a rare crackdown on farms where forced labour is rampant. Campaigners said the workers were from a tribe in Madhya Pradesh and were given loans ranging from Rs 500 to Rs 20,000 before being taken to Rajasthan...
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Crackdown On Mumbai Street Vendors Sparks Row Over Public Spaces
Mumbai: A crackdown on street vendors in Mumbai after they were blamed for a stampede at a train station last month highlights the diminishing access to public spaces for the city’s poor and marginalised communities, activists said. A report on the rush-hour stampede during a monsoon downpour that killed 22 people, said vendors crowding a narrow ...
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Underpaid, Abused, Cheated: Death Brings Home Reality Of Indian Workers' Life In Gulf
Jagital, Telangana: On a hot, sleepy afternoon at Kalleda village in Telangana, Laxmi Malaya sat on the porch of her house where the body of her husband Chittam – a daily wage labourer in Dubai – was to be brought the next day. Chittam, 45, was the second migrant worker from the village to have died in Dubai in September and among the nearly 45...
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Brahmaputra Boat Clinic In Assam Goes Solar, Powering Up Rural Healthcare
Majuli, Assam: Sitting on her haunches, Ritumani Baruah watches the boat drop anchor and waits for its crew to set up a clinic on the shore. Twenty minutes later, she asks to see the dentist and is guided to the lower deck of the SB Nahor, a boat offering healthcare services that operates on the Brahmaputra river in Assam. She negotiates the gangp...
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Years After Father Sold Her, Arunachal Teen Tracks Him Down, Slaps Him
Biswanath: When she was a little over knee high, Badaik’s father took her on a trip. They walked through lush tea gardens, boarded a bus and reached “somewhere”. As she took in the sights, her father turned back and went home, leaving her at the doorstep of a “nice house”. He had sold her into slavery for Rs 500. Badaik grew up working a...
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How Social Media, New Laws Help Set India's Child Brides Free
MUMBAI: Campaigners are using social media and lobbying for special laws to annul child marriages in India. Kriti Bharti, founder of Saarthi Trust, has helped nullify more than 30 child marriages in Rajasthan, and recently used Facebook posts as evidence in court in a state where these marriages are often held secretly at night. “We have a law a...
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More Women Killed In Gender Violence Than Armed Conflicts In India: Expert
KUALA LUMPUR: Gender-based violence is emerging as one of the deadliest forms of violence in Asia and it has killed more women than armed conflicts in some parts of the region, an expert on conflict said on Friday, calling for more attention to the issue. Researcher Patrick Barron of the US-based non-profit The Asia Foundation said a two-year stu...
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Disasters Make 2.3 Million Indians Leave Their Homes Each Year: United Nations
London: About 14 million people are being made homeless on average each year as a result of sudden disasters such as floods and storms, new figures show. The risk of displacement could rise as populations swell and the impacts of climate change become more severe, said a report issued on Friday by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduct...
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New Policy Could Give Domestic Workers Minimum Wage, Social Benefits
Mumbai: Domestic workers in India will soon be entitled to a minimum wage and social security benefits, according to a draft proposal that activists say does not go far enough to protect these workers and lets employers off the hook. The policy proposes to give domestic workers the right to register themselves as employees, guarantees a minimum wa...
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Criminalising Sex With Underage Brides May Curb Traffickers: Experts
New Delhi: A ruling by the Supreme Court that criminalises sex with underage brides could prevent thousands of girls being trafficked and sold on the pretext of marriage, campaigners said on Thursday. Speaking a day after the landmark ruling, they said that raising awareness about the court victory for children and enforcing the verdict were now th...
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Focus Shifts On Marital Rape After Sex With Child Brides Criminalised
New Delhi: – A ruling by the Supreme Court against husbands who have sex with their child brides will protect millions of girls and may propel efforts to make marital rape a crime, according to campaigners. The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a decades-old clause in the country’s rape laws permitting a man to have sex with his wife if s...
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Child Bride Seller Turns Police Informer, Reveals Shocking Details On Hyderabad’s ‘Contract Marriages’
Hyderabad: For years, Haji Khan – a lanky man in his thirties – moved inconspicuously in the bylanes of Hyderabad’s Old City, scouring the streets for child brides for older men visiting from Gulf states, pocketing about Rs 10,000 for each girl. Mr Khan struck two kinds of deals: ‘Pucca‘ meant long-term marriages where the girl would fly ...
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Architect Sheila Sriprakash Offers Solutions For India's Housing Problem
Chennai: – Sustainable, low-cost homes must become the default option for builders and buyers amid increasing pressure on land and the environment, according to a leading architect. While affordable housing is getting an enormous push because of the government’s goal of housing for all by 2022, it is a concept that must be embraced by all build...
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India Most Dangerous Country For Women, US In 10 Worst: Survey
India is the world's most dangerous country for women due to the high risk of sexual violence and being forced into slave labour, according to a poll of global experts released on Tuesday.
-
Qatar Affiliate to Sell Airtel Stake For Rs 9,500 Crore
Three Pillars Pte Ltd has put up about 19.9 crore Airtel shares for sale in a price range of Rs 473-490 each.
-
Forced To Work For 15 Hours Every Day, Labourers Freed After 7 Years From Rajasthan
Mumbai: Nearly 25 workers, including children, who worked 15 hour days for seven years, were rescued at the weekend at Baran in Rajasthan, in a rare crackdown on farms where forced labour is rampant. Campaigners said the workers were from a tribe in Madhya Pradesh and were given loans ranging from Rs 500 to Rs 20,000 before being taken to Rajasthan...
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Crackdown On Mumbai Street Vendors Sparks Row Over Public Spaces
Mumbai: A crackdown on street vendors in Mumbai after they were blamed for a stampede at a train station last month highlights the diminishing access to public spaces for the city’s poor and marginalised communities, activists said. A report on the rush-hour stampede during a monsoon downpour that killed 22 people, said vendors crowding a narrow ...
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Underpaid, Abused, Cheated: Death Brings Home Reality Of Indian Workers' Life In Gulf
Jagital, Telangana: On a hot, sleepy afternoon at Kalleda village in Telangana, Laxmi Malaya sat on the porch of her house where the body of her husband Chittam – a daily wage labourer in Dubai – was to be brought the next day. Chittam, 45, was the second migrant worker from the village to have died in Dubai in September and among the nearly 45...
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Brahmaputra Boat Clinic In Assam Goes Solar, Powering Up Rural Healthcare
Majuli, Assam: Sitting on her haunches, Ritumani Baruah watches the boat drop anchor and waits for its crew to set up a clinic on the shore. Twenty minutes later, she asks to see the dentist and is guided to the lower deck of the SB Nahor, a boat offering healthcare services that operates on the Brahmaputra river in Assam. She negotiates the gangp...
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Years After Father Sold Her, Arunachal Teen Tracks Him Down, Slaps Him
Biswanath: When she was a little over knee high, Badaik’s father took her on a trip. They walked through lush tea gardens, boarded a bus and reached “somewhere”. As she took in the sights, her father turned back and went home, leaving her at the doorstep of a “nice house”. He had sold her into slavery for Rs 500. Badaik grew up working a...
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How Social Media, New Laws Help Set India's Child Brides Free
MUMBAI: Campaigners are using social media and lobbying for special laws to annul child marriages in India. Kriti Bharti, founder of Saarthi Trust, has helped nullify more than 30 child marriages in Rajasthan, and recently used Facebook posts as evidence in court in a state where these marriages are often held secretly at night. “We have a law a...
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More Women Killed In Gender Violence Than Armed Conflicts In India: Expert
KUALA LUMPUR: Gender-based violence is emerging as one of the deadliest forms of violence in Asia and it has killed more women than armed conflicts in some parts of the region, an expert on conflict said on Friday, calling for more attention to the issue. Researcher Patrick Barron of the US-based non-profit The Asia Foundation said a two-year stu...
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Disasters Make 2.3 Million Indians Leave Their Homes Each Year: United Nations
London: About 14 million people are being made homeless on average each year as a result of sudden disasters such as floods and storms, new figures show. The risk of displacement could rise as populations swell and the impacts of climate change become more severe, said a report issued on Friday by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduct...
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New Policy Could Give Domestic Workers Minimum Wage, Social Benefits
Mumbai: Domestic workers in India will soon be entitled to a minimum wage and social security benefits, according to a draft proposal that activists say does not go far enough to protect these workers and lets employers off the hook. The policy proposes to give domestic workers the right to register themselves as employees, guarantees a minimum wa...
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Criminalising Sex With Underage Brides May Curb Traffickers: Experts
New Delhi: A ruling by the Supreme Court that criminalises sex with underage brides could prevent thousands of girls being trafficked and sold on the pretext of marriage, campaigners said on Thursday. Speaking a day after the landmark ruling, they said that raising awareness about the court victory for children and enforcing the verdict were now th...
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Focus Shifts On Marital Rape After Sex With Child Brides Criminalised
New Delhi: – A ruling by the Supreme Court against husbands who have sex with their child brides will protect millions of girls and may propel efforts to make marital rape a crime, according to campaigners. The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a decades-old clause in the country’s rape laws permitting a man to have sex with his wife if s...
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Child Bride Seller Turns Police Informer, Reveals Shocking Details On Hyderabad’s ‘Contract Marriages’
Hyderabad: For years, Haji Khan – a lanky man in his thirties – moved inconspicuously in the bylanes of Hyderabad’s Old City, scouring the streets for child brides for older men visiting from Gulf states, pocketing about Rs 10,000 for each girl. Mr Khan struck two kinds of deals: ‘Pucca‘ meant long-term marriages where the girl would fly ...
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Architect Sheila Sriprakash Offers Solutions For India's Housing Problem
Chennai: – Sustainable, low-cost homes must become the default option for builders and buyers amid increasing pressure on land and the environment, according to a leading architect. While affordable housing is getting an enormous push because of the government’s goal of housing for all by 2022, it is a concept that must be embraced by all build...
