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Monday, September 1, 2025
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Topic: Migrant workers

Gurugram residents are on a desperate search for ‘Hindu maids’

After a police crackdown sent Bengali-speaking workers fleeing, Gurugram residents now want only vetted, local Hindu domestic staff. Rates are up and the power dynamic has flipped.

Urban Company’s new ad highlights migration bias—and who gets to be visible

The new film, Chhoti si Doori, which is part of Urban Company’s Dignity of Labour campaign, explores the contrast between blue-collar and white-collar migration—through a Bihar-to-Bengaluru lens.

76% of Chennai region’s migrant workers straddle poverty line, SC/STs work longer hrs—TN govt report

Among migrant workers in and around Chennai region, those from Scheduled Tribes community work longer hours, says report compiled by Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission.

More and more Muslims from UP, Bihar, Bengal migrating to Punjab. New mosques dot the skyline

From running Ludhiana factories to doing daily-wage masonry, Muslim migrants from Bihar to Uttar Pradesh are rushing to do the work that local Punjabi youth won't.

Jharkhand’s coalfields to plight of migrant workers—exhibition displays beauty amid chaos

Curator Prayag Chakradhar selected artwork of decaying objects and changing landscapes for the exhibition. It consists of photographs, installations, and charcoal paintings, among others.

How unfair, low-wage jobs at electronics factories helped women escape abusive families

In ‘The Many Lives of Syeda X’, Neha Dixit chronicles the life of Syeda, a Muslim migrant worker, and the people in her life.

India chairs 1st meeting of Colombo Process, outlines plans to enhance cooperation on migration

The Colombo Process is a regional consultative process with 12 member states from Asia that primarily serve as countries of origin for migrant workers.

Government signs MoU with CSC to aid migrant workers

As per the agreement, the CSCs will play an integral role in facilitating the registration, uploading and processing of required documents by migrant workers and applicants through the e Migrate portal.

Why Mamata’s TMC has a keen eye on West Bengal’s migrant workforce this Lok Sabha election

Ruling TMC has often been accused by Oppn of driving youth out of Bengal in search of jobs. BJP claims this move is course correction after state govt's neglect of migrant workers.

Purvanchal’s migrant workers are desperate & poor. But they are determining India’s politics

Purvanchal's workers travel with hopes and hardships on ‘migrant trains’, leaving their families behind. Their labour fuels the economy and their vote shapes the political landscape.

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A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.