3-day rally from Sandur to Ballari for rehabilitation of mining workers
Bengaluru: The members of the All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU) and mining workers will hold a protest rally in October, demanding rehabilitation of the Ballari mining workers.
Speaking to the press on Friday, the office-bearers of the AICCTU and the Bellary Zilla Gani Karmikara Sangha said that they would undertake a three-day padayatra from Sandur to Ballari from October 11 to 13.
The members said that the government had not provided any support to the mining workers, although the condition of the workers has always been poor. The laws for the benefit of the workers have also been violated on a large scale in the mining industry in Ballari, they added.
“The rally is being organized demanding compensation of Rs 5 lakh for the mining workers who lost their jobs in 2011. Up to five acres of land with irrigation facility for the mining workers’ families, re- employment of the workers who lost their job in Class ‘A’ and ‘B’ mines where the work has resumed, monthly pension of Rs 5,000 for workers who have reached superannuation, sites and houses for the workers, opening of facilities like anganwadi, community halls, libraries, labour centers and PHCs, free medical services for the workers, free education and financial assistance for higher education for the workers’ children,” said the members of the organizations.
Maitreyi Krishnan and P P Appanna of the AICCTU; Yariswamy, general secretary, Bellary Zilla Gani Karmikara Sangha; Lokesh, member of the Sangha; and Nirmala M, member of the All India Progressive Women’s Association were present at the press meet.
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Novak Djokovic declines to address a past interview about getting sick in Australia in 2022
Melbourne, Jan 10: Novak Djokovic did not want to rehash — or even discuss at all, really — what he said Friday was a months-old interview with GQ magazine in which he recalled having high levels of metal in his blood from food he was served while detained before being deported from Australia in 2022.
“I would appreciate not talking more in detail about that, as I would like to focus on the tennis and why I'm here,” Djokovic said ahead of the Australian Open, which starts Sunday (Saturday EST).
“If you want to see what I've said and get more info on that, you can always revert to the article,” Djokovic said about the piece posted online this week.
Djokovic is working with Andy Murray as his coach in Australia in a bid to become the first player in tennis history with 25 Grand Slam singles titles.
In a lengthy GQ story that covered several topics, Djokovic spoke about what happened three years ago, when he was not vaccinated against COVID-19 and was kicked out of Australia.
“I had some health issues. And I realized that in that hotel in Melbourne, I was fed with some food that poisoned me," he said. "I had some discoveries when I came back to Serbia. I never told this to anybody publicly, but ... I had a really high level of heavy metal. Heavy metal. I had ... very high level of lead and mercury.”
The 37-year-old Serbian did not directly answer at the end of Friday's news conference when asked whether he had any evidence linking the blood levels he described to GQ to the food he ate in detention.
