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TopicGujarat migrant workers

Topic: Gujarat migrant workers

Migrant workers are returning, industries have resumed work, Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani says

In an exclusive interview to ThePrint, CM Rupani explained that Gujarat's high fatality rate is because the state is 'transparent' on Covid death figures.

Poor not afraid of Covid but of dying of starvation, says Gujarat HC, asks for ‘humane touch’

The HC has asked the advocate general and govt pleader to come up with concrete plans to alleviate the problems of the migrants.

MGNREGA, skill-based work — options states are weighing to help returning migrant workers

With revenues drying up due to a halt in economic activities, states say providing livelihoods to the migrants won’t be economically sustainable for long.

Gujarat has a new worry after migrants flee — lack of security

Among the estimated 50,000 migrants who have fled Gujarat are hundreds of security guards who protected residential colonies, malls, banks.

Outsiders within India and the searing pace of #MeToo

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Journalists exposed in #MeToo movement, and fleeing migrant workers

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.