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A PROTEST OUTSIDE City Hall in Los Angeles, United States, in August 2010. The global crisis affected industrial employment the most, and the hardest hit in this category were developed economies.-MARK RALSTON/AFP

Labour's loss

The ILO examines the uneven recovery from the global economic crisis which has been incompatible with employment generation.

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Jat leaders of 12 khaps and their supporters during the blockade of the Delhi-Ferozpur railway line in January protesting against the arrest of 100 Jats for arson in Mirchpur, in Hisar district.-MANOJ DHAKA

Burning issue

Jats organise a rail blockade in a show of strength as the Supreme Court takes up the case of arson against Dalits in Mirchpur village.

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PRIME MINISTER MANMOHAN Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi at Mahatma Gandhi NREGA Sammelan 2010 , in New Delhi in February 2010. Wages of NREGA workers were revised after Sonia Gandhi brought the matter to the Prime Minister's attention.-RAMESH SHARMA

Wages of tokenism

The revised daily wage for NREGS workers is still lower than the minimum wages paid in several States.

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Centre, State are hand in glove'

Interview with Professor Ilina Sen.

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A signature campaign organised by the Women's Voice Coordination Committee before the Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram on August 30 to highlight the demand for a special court to try cases relating to domestic violence.-S. GOPAKUMAR

Tardy progress

The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act has in its four years faced many challenges in implementation, says a monitoring report.

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Kirori Singh Bainsla and other Gujjar leaders talk to mediapersons after a meeting with the ministerial committee in Jaipur on January 5.-PTI

Buying time

Rajasthan: Gujjars call off their agitation after the government agrees to file a review petition against the court verdict on reservation.

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A rally protestingagainst the verdict of the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court and demanding the reconstruction of the Babri Masjid, on the 18th anniversary of its demolition, in Mumbai on December 6.-SHASHANK PARADE /PTI

Bones of contention

Experts say that not all the facts that emerged during excavations at Ayodhya were taken into account in the verdict given by the High Court.

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Representatives of leadingMuslim organisations and political parties participated in the National Convention for Muslim Rights, held on December 4 in New Delhi.-T.K. RAJALAKSHMI

Left in the cold

A convention of Muslim organisations calls for speedy implementation of the Ranganath Mishra and Sachar reports.

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Lives on contract

A company manager's death during a workers' agitation in Ghaziabad throws light on the problems faced by contract labourers.

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Prakash Karat: What is required is to find out how an entire system could be manipulated.-SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR

Corporates suborn policymaking'

Interview with Prakash Karat, general secretary, CPI(M).

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STUDENTS AND STAFF of Delhi University holding a rally demanding zero tolerance towards sexual harassment on the campus in New Delhi; a 2009 photograph. The proposed Bill includes college students and research scholars in its ambit.-V.V. KRISHNAN

Promise to women

The much-awaited Bill on sexual harassment at workplaces gets the Cabinet nod for presentation in Parliament.

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Digvijay Singh: 'The BJP is an expert in doublespeak.'-SUBIR ROY

Opposition is being unfair'

Interview with Digvijay Singh, AICC general secretary.

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