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Tuesday, December 9, 2025
TopicDomestic Workers

Topic: Domestic Workers

How Pratap Bhanu Mehta will measure India’s progress in 2047—are domestic workers extinct?

The political philosopher isn't a fan of Indian secularism. The goal is individual freedom

First chips & condoms, now domestic workers in 10 mins. Apps pull strings, consumers rule

Apps like Insta Help, Broomees, Snabbit, and Pronto promise instant domestic workers to clean, wash, mop, cook. They’re sanitising domestic work — uniformed, transactional, no bonds.

CEOs want us to work weekends without overtime. Don’t we ask the same of our cooks, cleaners?

Written contracts? Fixed working hours? Clear job descriptions? Rest and recovery? These basic rights suddenly become radical suggestions when applied to our homes.

Pakistan’s Human Rights Group organises event for domestic workers in Faisalabad on Women’s Day

The event, titled 'Inspire Inclusion', was aimed at addressing the issues faced by domestic workers, particularly housemaids, in Pakistan.

Domestic workers are turning hostile in court after alleging torture in Delhi NCR homes

Gurugram saw two harrowing cases of minor girls tortured by employers within a year. The outrage has faded and so has their quest for ‘justice’.

Gurugram widow & sons ‘starved, sexually assaulted 13-yr-old domestic worker, let dog loose on her’

Accused Shashi Sharma, 55, and her sons aged 25 and 30 have been booked under POCSO and Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, apart from IPC sections.

‘Stripped her naked, poured acid on hands’ — Gurgaon woman, sons booked for torturing minor house help

In her complaint to Gurugram police, the girl's mother alleged that the employers also beat the minor with an iron rod or hammer & that she was given food only once in 48 hours.

Rs 2.5 lakh ‘settlement’, but nightmares persist — how ‘tortured’ Assam worker ‘moved on’

After alleging she was beaten and confined in a Haryana IPS officer’s house last year, Assam domestic worker accepted a 'settlement' to ‘move on’, her parents claim.

‘Choked, burnt with tongs’: Horrific story of 14-yr-old help rescued from Gurugram couple’s home

The couple who allegedly assaulted her were arrested under sections of IPC and POCSO. NGO says trafficking of minors, especially from Jharkhand, is common in the NCR region.

Siliguri domestic help ‘beaten’ by Delhi employers, could ‘hardly walk’, had injuries everywhere

The 48-year-old woman from was allegedly beaten, her hair chopped off. by her employers in Delhi's Rajouri Gardens. She was admitted to Safdarjung hospital Tuesday.

On Camera

From Binodini to Mitin—Bengali cinema scripting its comeback this Christmas

As Park Street now anticipates the Christmas lights, Bangla cinema eyes a harmony. Colliding heritage, devotion and some detective grit, the year-ender comes with a rediscovery.

Niti Aayog CEO has a message for power stakeholders. Buckle up for surge to feed EVs, data centres

Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.

India looks to Oman for spare parts to keep its fleet of Jaguars flying

India is now the only country still operating the Jaguar, long retired by its original users, France in 2005 and the UK in 2007, and secondary operators like Oman, Nigeria and Ecuador.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.