“My moment of reckoning came during that field trip,” says Abhishek Banerjee, recalling the 2016 visit. “We saw that the workers there were being treated very inhumanely. And the working conditions of that brick kiln were very improper — people were digging clay with their bare hands.” ### Working conditions in brick kilns can be …
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Published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) Sunday, the six documents include one lengthy “telegram” from the government commission in charge of security in Xinjiang, as well as a court ruling and four security bulletins. ### The documents, mostly from 2017, reveal plans to construct a large number of heavily secured facilities in …
The landslide victory for pro-democracy candidates in Sunday’s district council elections is a stinging rebuke to the city’s government — and an example of what protesters can achieve given the opportunity. ### By avoiding unrest and trusting voters to support them, protesters scored a bigger victory than if they had disrupted the polls. They also …
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The shooting of Patrick Chow, which was captured on video and shared widely online, set off a chain of increasingly violent events with clashes erupting across the semi-autonomous Chinese city on November 11. The shocking and bloody scenes were among the worst since the pro-democracy, anti-government demonstrations began almost six months ago. ### In a …
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The life of a business traveller is an oscillation between joy and loneliness. Joy that comes from seeing new countries, cultures and meeting new people; Loneliness that stems out of long days of travel without being in the familiarity of home and of course, family. So the struggle is how best to make the most out of your …
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The Lok Sabha today passed a bill which seeks to ban electronic cigarettes. Terming e-cigarettes as “new intoxication being promoted by companies as a new fashion”, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan asserted the move was necessary to protect the youth. Read more Here’s more top news of the day: 1) India Ratings Cuts 2019-20 GDP Growth …
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1. ‘Despite Having More Scenes, Badla Was Called Amitabh Bachchan’s Film’, Taapsee Pannu On Pay Disparity She claimed she has been paid mere 5 to 10% of what the male lead in the same film would have got. Even though she headlined a few big projects, she added that pay disparity bothered her. 2. Radhika …
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Invité de Conan O’Brien lors du Comic-Con de San Diego, Tom Cruise est revenu sur l’un de ses célèbres personnages, Les Grossman, dans Tonnerre sous les Tropiques. L’occasion de rejouer quelques pas de danse du producteur loufoque. En pleine promotion surprise pour Top Gun 2 au Comic-Con de San Diego, Tom Cruise s’est rendu à l’émission …
The online world can be a dangerous place, even for the most alert users. There are many fraudsters out there in various forms on the lookout for their next victim. RM Lodha, the former Chief Justice of India learned this the hard way on Saturday after he realised that he was cheated of Rs 1 …