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Topic: Migrant labour

Why India saw only 4 pharma products launched in April, its lowest count ever

The pharma industry has seen a fall of about 99% in new product launches since April 2019, when 349 products were launched.

India’s battling its biggest migrant labour crisis. And labour minister Gangwar is ‘missing’

Labour minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar has said little on the 8 crore migrant workers displaced because of the crisis. Colleagues say low profile is part of his working style.

Delhi govt survey says only 10% migrants in shelters want to return home, BJP questions claim

The survey was commissioned by the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board & conducted by a marketing agency over a three-day period from 30 April to 2 May.

‘Reverse migration’ begins in Bihar as 240 workers head back to rice mills in Telangana

Bihar Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi says the workers are keen to head to Telangana as they are paid Rs 1,200 a day as opposed to the Rs 300 a day they earn in Bihar.

‘Will live on salt’ — UP, Bihar migrants refuse to return to cities, say were disowned by them

Migrant workers returning to UP, Bihar say big cities were bad to them. But experts say they may be forced to go back as states are unlikely to have infrastructure, jobs to support them.

50% Covid deaths in under 60 age group, say TOI & Express, Reliance’s debt rescue in BS

A round-up of the most important reports in major newspapers around the country – from TOI and HT, Express and The Hindu to The Telegraph, Mumbai Mirror and The Tribune, as well as top financial dailies.

How Bihar Covid situation deteriorated in 3 weeks, and why doctors fear worst is yet to come

As of Monday morning, Bihar has a total of 277 Covid-19 cases. Eight districts in the state have cases in double digits, with Munger emerging as the worst hit.

Covid-19 has given developing countries a great chance to care for their migrant workers

If one thing needs to change after the coronavirus crisis, it's the relationship between the state and migrant workers.

Rotis, mobile recharges, carrom boards — how Kerala fixed its migrant worker anger

Migrant workers protested in Kottayam on 29 March demanding to be sent back home. The state changed its strategy in dealing with them and has since seen no such protests.  

Soren urges Patnaik to help migrant workers stranded in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren Saturday requested his Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik to help workers stuck in the neighbouring state due to the Covid-19 lockdown.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.