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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.

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India’s labour policy left it unable to compete with other eastern economies: Nani A Palkhivala

Liberty without accountability is the freedom of the fool. Our concept of freedom will remain impoverished until it is deepened by liberal education, wrote Nani A Palkhivala in 1995.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Tejas fighter aircraft crashes at Dubai Air Show, IAF confirms pilot’s death

This is the second such incident after a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas had crashed into a hostel on the outskirts of Jaisalmer in March last year.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.