The Times Of India Poor labourers pledged Rs 100, get Re 1 for day's work under NREGS NEW DELHI: Poor workers are being paid wages as low as Rs 1-10 for a hard day's labour in states like Rajasthan and Karnataka under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme which ... (photo: WN / Geeta) India Labour Photos Poverty Wikipedia: Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act Cricket Country Sri Lanka plan to use T20 World Cup to promote investment and tourism | | Colombo, Jan 26 (PTI) | | Sri Lankan government is willing to make use of the T20 Cricket World Cup, to be hosted by the island nation in September, to promote investment and tourism... (photo: Creative Commons / Anjadora) Investment Photos Tourism Travel Wikipedia: Sri Lanka Top Stories The Australian UN stops counting Syrian dead | THE United Nations has stopped compiling a death toll for Syria's crackdown on protests because it is too difficult to get information, UN human rights chief Navi ... (photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi) Photos Protests Syria UN Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising The Times Of India Bill Gates congratulates polio-free India on being polio-free for a year Expressing concern over rising poverty and slow process of agriculture reforms across the world, Bill Gates, Co-chairperson of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has co... (photo: UN / Jean-Marc Ferr) Free India Photos Polio Wikipedia/Bill Gates Chicago Tribune A year after uprising, Egyptians celebrate and protest | CAIRO (Reuters) - Tens of thousands massed in Cairo's Tahrir Square and other Egyptian cities on Wednesday, a year after an uprising erupted that toppled Hosni Mubarak,... (photo: AP / Muhammed Muheisen) Arab World Democracy Egypt Photos Wikipedia: 2011 Egyptian revolution The Independent Michael Mansfield : Abolishing meat is an ethical issue that requires everyone's attention | World Week for the Abolition of Meat – from 23 to 29 January – is a week when we are asked to reflect on that suffering and try switching to vegetarian meals. Nothi... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar) Agriculture Environment Photos Vegetarian Wikipedia: Vegetarianism BBC News The rich, worried about inequality? The UK is certainly not alone in debating whether the widening gap between the super-haves and the have-littles is an altogether good thing. | It is one of the big talkin... (photo: AP / Anja Niedringhaus) Davos Economy Photos Poverty Wikipedia: World Economic Forum Khaleej Times Syria agrees to extend Arab observer mission DAMASCUS ' Syria has agreed to extend a widely criticised Arab League observer mission for a second month, just hours after launching an angry tirade against the bloc's e... (photo: AP / Muzaffar Salman) Arab world Photos Syria Violence Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising The Guardian Gates to highlight poverty progress | Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates is to highlight how progress in agriculture and health is tackling extreme poverty across the world. | The computer pioneer-turned-phil... (photo: European Community / EC) Economy Microsoft Photos Poverty Wikipedia: Bill Gates BBC News Kenya ICC: Kenyatta and Muthaura 'won't be sacked' Kenya's deputy prime minister and civil service head will not have to resign despite a ruling that they will face trial for crimes against humanity. | The attorney genera... (photo: AP / Khalil Senosi) Africa Kenya Photos UN Wikipedia: 20072008 Kenyan crisis The Examiner Sexual exploitation of children alleged against UN Police in Haiti | The United Nations is looking into two cases of reported sexual exploitation of children in Haiti by UN Police officers, the organization announced Monday. | Details we... (photo: UN / Logan Abassi) Crime Haiti Photos UN Wikipedia: United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti The Siasat Daily Delhi sex ratio dips 866/1000 among kids | New Delhi,January 24:AS THE figures suggest, Delhi’s child sex ratio — or the number of girls in the 0- 6 age group per 1,000 boys — has dipped over the past deca... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang) Asia Delhi Girls Group Human Rights India Kids Photos Photos Women
