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Topic: 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.

In Tamil Nadu’s Tiruppur, Bihari migrants are the new business bosses. Who do they employ?

Many migrant workers have reinvented themselves as entrepreneur-owners of textile units in Tiruppur, the export hub of Tamil Nadu. They call it ‘Tiruppur ka jadoo’.

India and Taiwan ink key agreement on labour cooperation

Taipei announced Friday it had signed MoU with New Delhi to allow Indian workers to be employed in Taiwan. This comes as India-China ties remain strained over the 2020 Galwan clashes.

Govt launched housing scheme for migrant workers amid Covid exodus. 3 yrs on, only 5,648 flats ready

The Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHC) scheme aimed to convert 83,534 flats into rental units for urban poor and migrants. It has met only a fraction of this target since 2020.

‘Skilled, educated & washing dishes’: scant prospects in Italy for foreign-born workers

In contrast to much of the West, it's rare to see migrants working in skilled professions in Italy, raising red flags for a country with a stagnant economy and an aging population.

Hunkaro isn’t an easy play. Migrant workers’ long walk home wasn’t either

Set on three stories by Vijaydan Detha, Arvind Charan, and Chirag Khandelwal, Hunkaro is designed to discomfort the viewer. A penny-drop moment for India's privileged.

Handling fake news—Tamil Nadu Police shows how it’s done. A template for other states’ forces

As the news of attacks on north Indian workers spread, the Tamil Nadu police acted quick, using social media and other means to counter misinformation.

Cops arrest 4 in Coimbatore for ‘assaulting Bengali migrants’, say 2 affiliated with Hindu Munnani

Arrests come at a time when alleged attacks on migrant workers are a heated political issue in Tamil Nadu. Hindutva group Hindu Munnani has denied any connection with the 4 accused.

On Camera

‘I am Assam,’ Zubeen Garg had said. He was the soundtrack to our lives

Zubeen Garg's funeral entered the Limca Book of Records as the fourth-largest such procession in the world.

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.