Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
TopicIndian migrants

Topic: Indian migrants

Indians constitute largest migrant group in Australia followed by China

Swati Pandey -
From 2011 to 2021, Indian-born migrants rose by 373,000, followed by 208,000 from China and 118,000 from the Philippines, Australian Bureau of Statistics data showed.

India’s corrupt, classist voter registration system keeps migrants politically excluded

Nikhar Gaikwad -
Researchers from Columbia and California universities studied migrants to Delhi and Lucknow and found that politicians seek their support if they are registered as voters.

Why would you want food for ten days? What Sonu Sood asked migrant labourers at Kalwa Chowk

Sonu Sood -
In 'I Am No Messiah', Sonu Sood writes with Meena Iyer that migrant labourers didn't believe him first but his plea had an impact like Shah Rukh Khan’s dressing-room speech in Chak De! India.

Lockdown sees record spike in NREGA jobs, but 1.7 crore applicants fail to get one

Samyak Pandey -
According to a new NREGA tracker launched by activists, 7.62 crore households have received jobs under the scheme between April and June, the highest since 2017-18.

‘Why did Modi abandon us?’ – migrant workers hit hard by lockdown are angry

Bibhudatta Pradhan -
Modi’s hold over migrant workers seems to be slipping as anger surfaces at a leader who just last year won his second term in office with sweeping majority.

As workers reach home, Modi govt gets a second chance to redeem itself on migrant fiasco

S. Anukriti -
Homecoming of migrant workers and their families will constitute a massive shock to states' local labour markets, healthcare infrastructure, and PDS.

Bad food, water fights, 2 toilets for 240 — Bihar’s migrants come home to a different crisis

Dipak Mishra -
Migrant labourers returning to Bihar from around the country are first kept in quarantine centres for 14 days before being allowed to go home.

Bihar has a lot to lose due to Covid crisis, but Nitish Kumar is the most relaxed CM

Dilip Mandal -
JD(U) president and BJP ally Nitish Kumar has been remarkably unaffected by migrants' plight, months before the assembly election in Bihar.

Direct cash transfer best way to help poor in Covid crisis. If Modi govt can’t do it, let us

Nitin Pai -
It is disappointing that direct cash transfers are not a major part of Modi govt's economic package. So here's an idea to make this work.

Like an MEA to help NRIs in crisis, India needs a system for its internal migrants too

Nitin Pai -
The way special ‘Shramik Express’ trains were implemented shows many Indian states neither have political sensitivity nor administrative structure for migrants.
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Rise of social media leading to privacy & IP disputes. Indian laws need teeth to tackle them

W.M. Dhumane -
GDPR directives make platforms such as Facebook and YouTube responsible for ensuring that copyright-infringing content is not hosted on their sites.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Berlin | PTI Photo

MoD ‘empire’ has struck back on PM Modi’s CDS reform. But he must stay his course

File photo | Rahul Gandhi at the Ideas for India conclave, London, May 2022 | Twitter/Rahul Gandhi

In Rahul Gandhi-Jaishankar clash on diplomats, why India’s national interest is the loser

Economy

World’s $300 trillion in debt. Here’s what it means for services like health, education

Victoria Masterson -
To meet debt payments, at least 100 countries will have to reduce spending on essential services, the IMF estimates.

Defence

Boeing's F/A-18 Super Hornet pulls off its first successful launch from a ski-jump at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, US | Photo credit: Boeing

2 American Super Hornets in India as Boeing looks to showcase fighters for Navy deal

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Navy looking at about 26 multi-role deck-based fighters for its aircraft carrier. Visit by Super Hornets comes close on heels of similar trip by competitor Rafale M of Dassault Aviation.

National Interest

Mandir or Masjid? New surveys not needed, just acceptance of truth & move towards reconciliation

Shekhar Gupta -
That temples were destroyed and mosques built is undisputed history. The past can’t be changed, but we can’t deny the wrongs of the past either before we consider reconciliation.

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