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The joint national convention of trade unions in Central public sector units held in Kochi on Sunday decided to launch agitations and campaigns against ‘fixed term employment’.
Source: Kerala trade unions plan joint stir against ‘fixed-term employment’- The New Indian Express
The round-the-clock general strike called by various trade unions was total in the state.
Source: General strike total in state; private vehicles ply amid stray incidents- The New Indian Express
While a burgeoning population is the root cause of the pollution, hydroelectric dams upstream and innumerable irrigation canals are starving the Ganga of water.
Source: Crime facts and fiction
