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Topic: Migrant workers

Railways told to take ‘abundant precaution’ after 16 migrants were run over on tracks

The Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety wrote to the Railway Board chairman, asking him to issue instructions to all zonal railways to avoid such accidents and ensure safety for all.

Aurangabad’s bloody tracks, migrant ‘infotech’ workers and a ‘quote’ for pink slips

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Migrant deaths: PM ‘shocked’, Rahul calls it ‘shameful’, Anurag Kashyap’s advice & Bhushan’s Imagine

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

UP-MP labour reform: Wooing investors post-lockdown or taking advantage of Covid crisis?

The Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government passed an ordinance Friday exempting businesses from all labour laws except three for the next three years.

As first batch of migrants leaves Delhi for MP, some are left behind for want of a pass

ThePrint chronicles the departure of the first batch of stranded migrants from New Delhi railway station for Chhatarpur in Madhya Pradesh.

Eager, relieved faces at New Delhi railway station as 1,200 migrants board train to MP

The special train carrying the migrant workers will reach Madhya Pradesh Friday. Nearly 350 police personnel supervised the entire exercise.

171 Shramik Special trains operated since 1 May ferrying over 1.70 lakh migrants: Railways

The Railways has officially not stated how much it has spent so far on these services, the cost for which the government says has been shared on an 85:15 ratio with states.

Chhattisgarh fears fresh Covid wave as 14 migrant workers who returned test positive

The 14 migrants returned from red zones of Maharashtra, West Bengal and Hyderabad. Around 1.13 lakh migrant workers are expected to return soon via trains.

Don’t blame Covid or financial package. Politics is holding India’s migrant workers hostage

Almost 64% of migrant workers have less than Rs 100 left, and 78% have not been paid since lockdown. They want to go home, but their path is blocked by the government.

Smiles behind masks, orderly lines, social distancing as stranded migrants arrive home

ThePrint's photographers capture moments of students, workers and families arriving in their home states of Bihar and West Bengal via special trains.

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Trump tariff forces India to shed illusion. Stop conflating status with power

India’s future lies in pragmatism. Protectionism must be phased out gradually, not in disruptive shocks.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.