21 February 2022
India News Updates
| Coal mining by private firms: Labour unions oppose Cabinet decision | 21.2.2022 | News |
| The trade union leaders apprehend that the move would gradually ruin state-run Coal India as private players would not do mining ethically | ||
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| Unions oppose cabinet nod to private firms for commercial coal mining | 20.2.2022 | All News-IANS Stories |
| Central trade unions in coal sector opposed opening up of commercial coal mining for private sector after the Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved the methodology for auction of coal mines for sale of coal. | ||
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| Clinging to tree tops, Zimbabweans bid farewell to Tsvangirai | 20.2.2022 | Reuters: World News |
BUHERA, Zimbabwe (Reuters) - Zimbabweans climbed into tree tops and onto bus carriers in a heavy downpour on Tuesday to give opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai an emotional burial next to his first wife in his rural home of Buhera.
  
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| Railwaymen protest redeployment of retired staff | 20.2.2022 | Hindu: Diet & Nutrition |
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Over 150 employees observed a fast here on Tuesday protesting the Indian Railway’s move to redeploy retired employees to fill vacant posts. The protest was organised by Loco-Running |
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| Gitanjali Employees In Hyderabad Stage Protest, Demand Alternate Jobs | 20.2.2022 | NDTV News - India-news |
| The closure of Gitanjali Gems Park in Hyderabad following the raid by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the multi-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam has hit about 600 families and… | ||
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| Gitanjali employees in Hyderabad stage protest, demand alternate jobs | 20.2.2022 | General News |
| The closure of Gitanjali Gems Park here following the raid by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the multi-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam has hit about 600 families and led to protests here on Tuesday. | ||
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| Kolkata: Left trade unions stage protest against govt | 20.2.2022 | General News |
| Left affiliated trade unions staged a protest against the Central and State governments, in Kolkata on Tuesday, over several grievances.Issues like unemployment, minimum wages, the Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance (FRDI) Bill were raised by the protesters.Heavy Police deployment was also in place to ensure no untoward incidents took place.All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), All India United Trade Union Centre (AIUTUC), and All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU) were some of the trade unions that carried out demonstrations. | ||
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| Coal unions oppose allowing private firms to mine coal | 20.2.2022 | General News |
| National trade unions today opposed the government’s decision in allowing private firms to mine coal for commercial use. Several unions including the BJP affiliated Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), left backed Citu and Congress supported INTUC have opposed the move. “We oppose the move as the decision was taken arbitrarily without discussing with us. We are internally discussing the matter and will soon come out with a decision,” BMS affiliated Akhil Bhartiya Khadan Sangh president Brajendra Kumar Ray told PTI. Citu affiliated All India Coal Workers Federation General Secretary D D Ramanandan said, “This is a precursor to hand over coal mines to the foreigners. We are in touch with other trade unions to chart out next course of action.” S Q Zama, Secretary General of INMF, also opposed the step taken by the government. The trade union leaders apprehend that the move will gradually kill Coal India as private players will not do mining ethically. They also fear that workers .. | ||
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| Amid boycott threats, govt postpones labour meet | 20.2.2022 | Deccan Herald - TOP STORIES RSS FEEDS |
 Amid a boycott threat from the Sangh-affiliated Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) and other trade unions, the government on Tuesday indefinitely postponed the Indian Labour Conference starting on February 26 and to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The trade unions have received a letter from the Ministry of Labour and Employment regarding the postponement of the two-day conference. BMS president Saji Narayanan confirmed the receipt of the letter and told DH that no new dates have been intimated to them. Modi was to inaugurate the conference, to be held after three years, but the BMS |
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| Labour Market: Economic Surveys, Budget Legitimise Short-Term Illusory Gains | 20.2.2022 | The Wire |
| The government’s strategy regarding labour welfare in general and jobs in particular quite clearly projects that temporary jobs and current higher income are good enough.
The post Labour Market: Economic Surveys, Budget Legitimise Short-Term Illusory Gains appeared first on The Wire. |
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| Govt postpones Indian Labour Conference fearing boycott of Modi speech | 20.2.2022 | Business Standard: Economy & Policy |
| At the 47th ILC, scheduled for February 26 and 27 in Delhi, trade unions and employers were to discuss key issues related to employment and social security coverage to workers | ||
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| Unions to fight against disinvestment | 20.2.2022 | Hindu: Cities |
| DCI, BEML being privatised with ulterior motive, they say | ||
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| How Saddam Hussein’s Old Ideology May Have Contributed to the Modern Islamic State | 21.2.2022 | The Wire |
| Was the early conception of IS a branching-out of the old Baath party? Or was it, as some argue, completely separate with no connection at all? Reality is probably a bit of a mix of both.
The post How Saddam Hussein’s Old Ideology May Have Contributed to the Modern Islamic Stateappeared first on The Wire. |
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| Florida school shooting: Survivors launch gun control push | 21.2.2022 | DNA: Bangalore |
| Florida school shooting: Survivors launch gun control push | ||
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| Survivors of Florida school shooting launch gun control push | 21.2.2022 | Reuters: World News |
PARKLAND, Fla. (Reuters) - Dozens of students and parents from the Florida high school where 17 teens and staff members died in a shooting rampage boarded buses on Tuesday for a trip to the state capital Tallahassee to push for a ban on assault rifles.
 
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| More big parties join Venezuela ballot boycott: official | 20.2.2022 | General News |
| A Venezuelan opposition official says the largest parties in the broad anti-government coalition have decided to boycott an upcoming presidential election they say won’t be free or fair. Lawmaker Edgar Zambrano told The Associated Press today that his Democratic Action party and two other movements made the decision overnight. That brings to four the number of major parties that have decided they wont support any candidate. The boycott comes days after talks between the government and opposition centered on the elections collapsed. The Democratic Unity alliance made up of some 20 parties has yet to take a position. At least one prominent opposition politician is still considering an independent run against President Nicolas Maduro. | ||
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| India 12th among 52 lower middle-income nations having highest infant mortality rates | 20.2.2022 | deccanherald.com |
| India ranks 12th among 52 low-middle income countries having highest infant mortality rates with over six lakh children dying within the first month of their birth in 2016, a report by UNICEF says. With the neonatal mortality rate being recorded at 25.4 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2016, India ranked below Sri Lanka (127), Bangladesh (54), Nepal (50) and Bhutan (60) but was above Pakistan, which was ranked among the lowest in the list with 45.6 deaths per 1,000 live births, according to the report released yesterday. Babies born in Japan, Iceland and Singapore have the best chance of survival, while newborns in Pakistan, the Central African Republic and Afghanistan face the worst odds, the report stated. While we have more than halved the number of deaths among children under the age of five in the last quarter century, we have not made similar progress in ending deaths among children less than one-month-old, said Henrietta H. Fore, UNICEFs Executive Director. Given that the majority of these deaths … | ||
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| India 12th among 52 lower middle-income nations having highest infant mortality rates | 20.2.2022 | General News |
| India ranks 12th among 52 low-middle income countries having highest infant mortality rates with over six lakh children dying within the first month of their birth in 2016, a report by UNICEF says. With the neonatal mortality rate being recorded at 25.4 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2016, India ranked below Sri Lanka (127), Bangladesh (54), Nepal (50) and Bhutan (60) but was above Pakistan, which was ranked among the lowest in the list with 45.6 deaths per 1,000 live births, according to the report released yesterday. Babies born in Japan, Iceland and Singapore have the best chance of survival, while newborns in Pakistan, the Central African Republic and Afghanistan face the worst odds, the report stated. While we have more than halved the number of deaths among children under the age of five in the last quarter century, we have not made similar progress in ending deaths among children less than one month old, said Henrietta H. Fore, UNICEFs Executive Director. Given that the … | ||
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| Infant mortality: 6 lakh Indian children died in their first month in 2016, says UNICEF | 20.2.2022 | Hindu: Health |
| Newborns in Pakistan, the Central African Republic and Afghanistan face the worst odds; India ranks below Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan. | ||
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| Hardik indicates heightened activity in MP | 20.2.2022 | Central Chronicle » Bhopal |
| Bhopal, Hinting at an increased level of political activity in Madhya Pradesh in near future,… more | ||
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