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India's Bonded Labour conundrum – Goa Chronicle
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India's Bonded Labour conundrum – Goa Chronicle

According to the Global Slavery Index 2018, 10 countries with the largest estimated absolute numbers of people in modern slavery include some of the world’s most populous were these 10 countries – India, China, Pakistan, North Korea, Nigeria, Iran, Indonesia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Russia, and the Philippines – account for 60 percent of…

11 Popular Front of India functionaries from Tamil Nadu among 45 arrested by NIA
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11 Popular Front of India functionaries from Tamil Nadu among 45 arrested by NIA

CHENNAI: In a country-wide operation, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested 45 Popular Front of India (PFI) functionaries including 11 from Tamil Nadu after coordinated searches with Enforcement Directorate and respective state police at the organisation’s offices and the leaders’ houses on Thursday. Those arrested in Tamil Nadu, as per an NIA statement, are identified…

India: Only 16% of human trafficking cases in 2021 saw convictions: NCRB data
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India: Only 16% of human trafficking cases in 2021 saw convictions: NCRB data

© Provided by The Indian Express THE CONVICTION rate in human trafficking cases across the country continues to be low, according to the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). While police filed chargesheets in 84.7 per cent of the 2,189 cases registered under the Anti-Human Trafficking Units (AHTUs) across the country in…

Six States to work in tandem to curb human trafficking – The Hindu
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Six States to work in tandem to curb human trafficking – The Hindu

To curb human trafficking, representatives of six States — Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha and Tamil Nadu — on Saturday signed an Inter-State Declaration of Intent to work in collaboration. The first-of-its-kind consultation focuses on joint efforts on intelligence gathering and sharing; legal and witness protection; and rehabilitation and care for survivors. The declaration…

1,623 victims of child trafficking rescued from 16 states in June: BBA – Tribune India
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1,623 victims of child trafficking rescued from 16 states in June: BBA – Tribune India

PTI New Delhi, July 1 Sunil worked at a Chennai bakery for 12 hours a day for an income so meagre that it did not meet even his own expenses and innocent indulgences. He is just 14. Sixteen-year-old Renu worked as a domestic help in a posh locality in Delhi, sacrificing her childhood. Separated by…

Dalit writers out, RSS ideologues in: Full list of changes in Karnataka textbooks
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Dalit writers out, RSS ideologues in: Full list of changes in Karnataka textbooks

Changes made to the textbooks include removal of lessons on Mahatma Gandhi, Dr BR Ambedkar and inclusion of essays by RSS ideologues Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and KB Hedgewar. Why are progressive groups in Karnataka agitating against the school textbooks drafted by the committee headed by controversial rightwing orator Rohith Chakrathirtha? What sections have been twisted…