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Topic: Migrant workers

Over 200 trains to ferry migrants to native places from Punjab in next 10 days

Officials said that over 1.80 lakh workers have been sent to their native places from the state in 150 special trains, which cost Rs 10 crore.

More than half of migrant workers ready to come back to work, finds IIM survey

In a survey among 12,108 low-income households across India between 25 March and 11 May, IIM-Rohtak found one out of every five workers received excess food.

Yogi Adityanath suspends 2 SHOs after 24 migrant workers killed in UP’s Auraiya

According to UP government's statement, family of each deceased would receive Rs 2 lakh and Rs 50,000 will be given to those seriously injured in the accident.

Return of migrant workers leads to abrupt rise in Covid-19 cases in Uttarakhand

17 people have tested positive since migrants began returning to the state from either Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana or Delhi.

24 migrant workers killed, 36 injured in truck collision in Uttar Pradesh

The accident took place in Mihauli, when a trailer truck carrying around 50 migrant labourers from Rajasthan, collided with another truck.

Chappal, soap, ambulance — be prepared with these to help migrants, Amit Shah tells BJP

Amit Shah made the suggestion to BJP chief J.P. Nadda, who then instructed the party to organise camps on highways and along railway tracks.

It’s time our expectations got real — there could be an economic tsunami around the corner

As with the number of cases, most people seem to be underestimating the economic impact of Covid-19, such as forecasters fiddling with positive growth numbers.

White-collar, blue-collar, no-collar: Discovery of a working class Modi’s India forgot

The millions of poor going home are a wonderful new generation of aspirational, working-class Indians. Modi and his government didn’t account for their fate.

9-month pregnant woman travels 900 km from UP to Bihar, then made to wait hours for delivery

Rekha Devi reached a transit centre in Bihar's Gopalganj Thursday morning after travelling from Greater Noida with family. She delivered a girl child at district hospital in the evening.

Courts can’t stop or monitor movement of migrants, govt should take necessary action: SC

A bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao refused to entertain an application seeking a direction to the Centre to ask all District Magistrates to identify stranded migrants.

On Camera

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.