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TopicMigrant labourers

Topic: migrant labourers

Rahul Gandhi interacts with migrant workers walking back home

The Congress party claimed that the migrants were later detained by the police saying that they had 'direction from top to do so'.

Why Punjab’s farmers are dumping water-guzzling paddy for cash-crop cotton

The area under cotton cultivation in Punjab is expected to increase to at least 5 lakh hectares this year from 3.9 lakh hectares in 2019.

Jobs, free grains without ration card — Modi govt seeks to ease lockdown hit for migrants

Second tranche of govt’s Rs 20 lakh crore economic package, announced by Nirmala Sitharaman Thursday, focuses on migrants, farmers, self-employed and small traders. 

68-year-old migrant worker travels 1,600 km to UP, dies 30 km from home, tests Covid-positive

Ram Kripal had traveled all the way from Mumbai, in a truck, for 4 days to reach his village in Sant Kabir Nagar. But he died in the last lap.

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.

Don’t let your dislike of Yogi Adityanath get in the way. Labour reform is a good idea

A rational labour framework will lead to a larger number of Indian workers enjoying basic protections. Much depends on what the new labour landscape in UP and MP looks like.

Returning migrants spike Bihar’s Covid numbers, state scrambles for faster testing

Bihar plans to bring back over 2 lakh migrants on 169 shramik special trains, but its current testing capacity is 1,811 tests per day.

In UP’s Bareilly, district officials bank on MGNREGA to ensure jobs for returning migrants

Around 47,000 workers are currently employed under MNREGA, which also includes migrant labourers who have returned to their native villages.

India’s heartless capitalists deserve the labour shortages they are about to be hit with

The migrant labour crisis has arisen out of the refusal of businessmen to pay wages during lockdown. This is Indian capitalism’s hour of disgrace.

Migrant crisis ‘infecting’ economy says Mint & Express’ Once Upon a Time in Mumbai

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.

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Bads of Bollywood can’t get more brazenly nepo. The joke’s on us

After watching the most discussed series on Netflix, I was planning to write an asterisk-heavy column. As a tribute to the asterisks in its...

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

China navy achieves breakthrough with new fighter jet launch system. What are electromagnetic catapults

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.