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When one hears ‘HLL’, one is likely to recall Hindustan Lever Ltd., a venerated FMCG multinational. But this company is now called Hindustan Unilever Ltd. – HUL – and ‘HLL’ is really HLL Lifecare Ltd., a PSU that was formerly Hindustan Latex Ltd., established in 1966.
HLL has been in the news for having procured ventilators for the government during the country’s COVID-19 epidemic. More recently, the government picked it to procure COVID-19 vaccines as well.
Innocuous as this choice may seem, HLL actually has a sorry history that should make us wonder why it was selected – especially over the Union health ministry – for such an important task.
NEW DELHI: India is marching to ensure that its young working-age population is equipped to seize opportunities for jobs and other earning opportunities, Union health minister Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday.
Inaugurating the first The Grand Finale of the Red Ribbon Quiz Competition organized by the National AIDS Control Organization and Ministry of Health, he emphasised that India s demographic dividends are in the country s favour. India s population is considered to be one of the youngest in an ageing world. Never again will there be a likelihood of such potential for economic and social progress. The measure of success will depend on meeting the needs and aspirations of these young people.
Sex workers in India on the verge of debt bondage and slavery, says a study
Between lockdowns and slow business, sex workers may be compelled to push the next generation into the trade December 24, 2020 1:20:31 pm
Since the commercial sex workers living in red light areas are deprived of bank accounts or identity proofs, they can’t access formal sources of credit. (Source: Express Photo by Partha Paul)
Over 90 per cent of commercial sex workers across three states will be pushed into permanent debt bondage by end of this year, reveals a new research. As mainstream prostitution came to a standstill earlier this year due to the pandemic, and their daily earnings dried out, the situation forced them to rely on loans from brothel owners and pimps, says the research, conducted by Beulah Shekhar, Emeritus Professor of Criminology at Karunya Institute of Technology Sciences (KITS) in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
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