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Low wage workers not after big designations, but want higher pay and training opportunities

Low wage workers not after big designations, but want higher pay and training opportunities

A new survey conducted by McKinsey Co. and Cara Plus, a division of non profit group Cara Collective, has highlighted that low wage workers at the front line are looking for more pay and also

Supreme Court Allows Termination Of Pregnancy At 24 Weeks To Unmarried Woman

Supreme Court Allows Termination Of Pregnancy At 24 Weeks To Unmarried Woman

India - In a significant order, the Supreme Court in India allowed a 25-year-old unmarried woman to abort her 24-weeks pregnancy arising out of a live-in relationship. With this case, the Supreme Court expanded the

One year to human rights regression in Tunisia

One year to human rights regression in Tunisia

North Africa - Global rights watchdog, Amnesty International has issued a new report briefing titled “Tunisia: A year of Human Rights Regression since President power grab”. The organization has called out the Tunisian authorities to

Myanmar Uses Landmines To Terrorize Civilians And Abuses Human Rights  

Myanmar Uses Landmines To Terrorize Civilians And Abuses Human Rights  

Myanmar - The Amnesty International has held the Myanmar junta rule responsible for heinous war crimes as it continues to laydown mines in large numbers. These have been laid out in outskirts where the junta

Migrant workers’ children find access to education elusive

Migrant workers’ children find access to education elusive

India - has had an upsurge in internal migration over the past three decades, from 232.11 million in 1991 to 314.54 million in 2001 and to 455.78 million in 2011. Between the 1991 and 2011

UN report highlights massive human rights violations by Taliban in Afghanistan

UN report highlights massive human rights violations by Taliban in Afghanistan

Afghanistan - A new report by UNAMA (UN Mission in Afghanistan), that was released on Wednesday, has confirmed excessive suppression of human rights in Afghanistan by the Taliban regime since its takeover 11 months ago,

Healthcare for migrants and refugees urgent: warns WHO

Healthcare for migrants and refugees urgent: warns WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for providing urgent healthcare coverage for migrants and refugees in its first ever report on their health that was published this Wednesday. In the report WHO has warned

Texas Abortion Law Forced A Woman To Carry Dead Fetus For 2 Weeks

Texas Abortion Law Forced A Woman To Carry Dead Fetus For 2 Weeks

United States - Marlena Stell, a beauty Youtuber from the United States (US), found out after 9½ weeks into her pregnancy that she had suffered a miscarriage. However, a doctor in Texas, a US state

Ukraine to pass laws attacking workers’ rights amid Russian invasion

Ukraine to pass laws attacking workers’ rights amid Russian invasion

Ukraine - Two radical measures have been passed by the Ukrainian Parliament on the labor liberalization, raising fears that country’s workforce might face loss of rights at workplace as Russia’s continuing invasion is wrecking the

Human Rights Groups Report Alarming Increase in Muslim Hate Crime Incidents in America  

Human Rights Groups Report Alarming Increase in Muslim Hate Crime Incidents in America  

United States - Moslem living in various parts of the US are feeling increasingly overwhelmed by the increasing levels of hate crimes as instances of Islamophobia are on the rise. A survey done on over