Guwahati, July 27 (IANS) Five persons, including the owner of a factory, have been arrested in connection with the explosion at a rod manufacturing unit in Assam’s Cachar district that claimed the lives of four workers, officials said on Monday. The arrests were made following directions from Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma as police intensified their investigation into the fatal industrial accident that occurred at the company’s Pangram unit under the Udharband Assembly constituency.The …
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New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Issues related to sexual harassment in digital workplaces and protection for gig workers, platform workers and home-based workers figured prominently at the NCW’s two-day national programme on the POSH Act that concluded on Saturday, an official said. The National Commission for Women’s (NCW) programme on the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH Act) brought together retired judges of the Delhi High Court, A…
Paris, July 15 (IANS) A leading international human rights organisation on Wednesday expressed grave concern over widespread labour rights violations and a deteriorating human rights situation in Bangladesh’s ready-made garment (RMG) sector during the first half of 2026.In its latest report, titled, “Threads Under Pressure: The Ready-Made Garment Workers’ Rights Crisis in Bangladesh 2026,” the Justice Makers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) documented “persistent patterns of delayed and unpai…
Chennai, July 14 (IANS) A migrant worker was killed, and four others sustained severe burn injuries after a boiler exploded at a steel melting unit in the SIPCOT Industrial Estate at Gummidipoondi in Tiruvallur district on Tuesday, triggering a major fire and prompting a large-scale emergency response. The deceased was identified as Ravi, a worker from a northern state, who died on the spot when the boiler exploded during working hours.Four fellow workers suffered serious burn injuries in the bl…
Ahmedabad, July 11 (IANS) The Mahatma Gandhi Labour Institute (MGLI) in Ahmedabad has trained more than 7,200 people through 123 labour-related training programmes over the past three years, according to information released by the Gujarat government. The programmes covered a wide range of subjects, including labour laws, industrial relations, workplace safety, industrial security, human resource management and environmental management, with participants drawn from government departments, public…
Chennai, June 23 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday took suo motu cognisance of the deadly ammonia gas leak at a seafood processing unit in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvallur district and issued notices to the Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary M. Sai Kumar and Director General of Police Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal, seeking a detailed report on the incident within two weeks. Acting on media reports about the industrial accident, the commission said that the tragedy, which has so far claimed ni…
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) In a significant step towards strengthening workplace safety and safeguarding the dignity of women, the National Commission for Women (NCW) on Friday issued an advisory to all states and Union Territories, calling for the immediate and effective implementation of comprehensive measures under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH Act). The advisory aims to ensure that every workplace whether in the government,…