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Topic: Migrant workers

RSS is assessing ‘real mood of migrants’, says first survey suggests 60% will return to work

RSS has conducted the first survey in Karnataka and now plans to repeat the exercise in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh.

BJP begins drive to repair Modi govt image, will highlight relief for migrants and poor

BJP units in opposition-ruled states plan agitations to highlight ruling party failure, while in the states where it is in power, party will publicise Modi govt’s work.

UP’s Barabanki becomes new hotspot with 95 positive Covid-19 cases in one day

With over 20 lakh migrant workers returning to UP in last few days, the state saw a quantum jump in the Covid-19 cases, with overall 1,230 people testing positive.

Across Bihar, migrants returning from Delhi top list of new Covid positive cases

Bihar has found 249 migrants returning from Delhi positive for Covid-19, while the figures for Maharashtra and Gujarat are 187 and 158, respectively.

CM Soren wants to bring migrants back on chartered flights, asks Amit Shah for permission

CM Hemant Soren's letter says Jharkhand govt will bear cost of flying the workers, 900 of whom are stuck in Ladakh, Northeast and Andaman & Nicobar islands.

How her Leftist advisors left Priyanka, and Congress, red faced in UP over buses for migrants

Congress leaders tell ThePrint Priyanka’s team fell into the trap of Yogi Adityanath government even as the party managed some publicity.

Dear intellectuals, migrant workers will come back. Here are the five reasons

Industrialisation is key because agriculture remains highly unproductive with 43.2 per cent share of total employment but contributes only 14.6 per cent to GDP.

‘Cruel joke’ — Congress MLA Aditi Singh attacks her party over buses for migrants

Raebareli MLA Aditi Singh tweeted that more than half of the 1,000 'buses' arranged by the Congress to send migrant workers back home were 'fake'.

Sambit Patra marks 6 ‘cars and autos’ on Priyanka Gandhi’s vehicle list, gets it 50% wrong

Sambit Patra claims in tweet that out of the 1,000 buses provided by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to ferry migrants in UP, some are actually ambulances, cars, autos and scooters.

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.

On Camera

Wintrack vs Chennai Customs has unleashed middle class anger. And BJP must worry

It’s hard to build a house, run a business, or do anything without paying bribes. And yet, citizens’ anger about this open, unchecked corruption won’t erupt into Anna Hazare-type rallies.

Nodal officers to fast-tracking NOCs, Kerala govt’s heeding investor concerns, and it means business

As many as 21 policy reforms are under implementation following Invest Kerala Global Summit, as LDF govt works to change perception that the state is not conducive to businesses.

Army chief’s big warning to Pakistan: Stop sponsoring terrorism if you want to exist geographically

Amid continued concerns over cross-border terrorism, General Upendra Dwivedi further warned the neighbour that India will not show restraint if there is an Op Sindoor 2.0.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.