by admin | Nov 4, 2014 | News
Two managers and five workers from a construction company building the $400 million Olympia City development in Phnom Penh were arrested yesterday following an accident that killed a woman on Sunday, police said. Puth Vanny, 48, was riding a motorbike with her son and...
by admin | Sep 12, 2014 | News
In a good news for hundreds of mine workers afflicted with silicosis, the state the department of mines has sanctioned Rs 1.5 crore to be paid as relief to them. According to a notification issued by the department of mines earlier this month, Rs 70 lakh has been...
by admin | Sep 2, 2014 | News
JAIPUR: In a bizzare move the Rajasthan Environment Health Administrative Board (REHAB) has decided that mine workers diagnosed with silicosis or asbestosis prior to 2013 would not be given any monetary relief until and unless the Pneumoconiosis Board certifies them....
by admin | Sep 2, 2014 | News
The International Labour Organisation has called for a culture of intolerance towards risks at work, noting that an estimated 2.3 million workers die from work-related accidents and diseases every year. The Director-General, ILO, Mr. Guy Ryder, made the call in...
by admin | Aug 21, 2014 | News
Radioactive waste generated in three government owned mines spurs health fears in eastern Jharkhand state. Jadugoda, India – “They took away my land,” 35-year-old Agnu Murmu told Al Jazeera, days before he died. “I begged them to give me a...
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