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Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding street vendors/hawkers dated 09/09/2013 in the matter of Maharashtra Ekta Hawkers Union and Others Versus Municipal Corporation, Greater Mumbai and Others.

Delhi’s Human Development Report 2013 finds migrants to be better educated than before, more satisfied with their jobs

Migration to Delhi is falling, and the average migrant is better-off and better educated than before, Delhi’s Human Development Report 2013 has revealed. Closely tied to this is the changed nature of employment.

This is the fourth issue of the ILO’s report series: Global Estimates on Child Labour. The present report provides new global and regional estimates on child labour for the year 2012 and compares them with the previous estimates for 2000, 2004 and 2008. It is four years since the previous estimates.

The World Migration Report 2013: Migrant Well-being and Development - the seventh report in IOM’s World Migration Report (WMR) series - focuses on the migrant, exploring the positive and negative effects of migration on individual well-being.

The 2013 World Population Data Sheet offers detailed information on 20 population, health, and environment indicators for more than 200 countries. This year's data include: wealth and income disparity, HIV/AIDS prevalence, percent of population with access to improved sanitation, and more.

Attempting to ascertain whether the skewed sex ratio in three northern districts of India has led to a change in sex-selective behaviour and related practices, this study finds that a shortage of brides is associated with
willingness to compromise on rules of clan exogamy, and with a reduced demand for dowry. There is also a shift in inheritance patterns and increased societal acceptance of husbands living with their wives’ parents

BHOPAL: As one more person was diagnosed with dengue on Sunday, the Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) authority, which detects and responds to disease outbreaks, in its assessment of r

A steady drizzle on Sunday morning did little to discourage a group of volunteers from doing their bit to save Alahalli lake near JP Nagar in the City.

KANPUR: The voice for saving green trees, including valuable Neem and Sheesham, from being cut for the project of toy train in Kanpur zoo is getting stronger.

Virginius Xaxa-headed commission to also examine mining in tribal areas

The government has set up a commission – its third since independence --to examine various issues of development and welfare of tribals, including the contentious issue of mining in tribal-dominated areas.

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