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Topic: Migrant workers

Hundreds stuck at sealed India-Nepal border. Govts must manage flow better in Covid-19 times

Migrant workers from Nepal are facing lack of food and shelter after India announced a 21-day lockdown to control the spread of coronavirus.

Over 60% migrants don’t know govt measures in place for them to deal with lockdown: Survey

A survey of 3,196 construction workers found 90% of them have lost their source of income in the last 3 weeks, while 83% are scared of not getting work after lockdown.

PM Modi ‘sings raag deepak’ and internet trolls will kill coronavirus

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

Modi’s ‘diya jalaao, thaali bajaao’ appeals, and the top-down spread of coronavirus

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

India isn’t alone, 2 billion informal workers around the world are badly hit by Covid-19

From Southeast Asia to South America, world's 2 billion informal workers are suffering the earliest & most devastating effects of coronavirus & social distancing.

Kerala Police probe finds role of ‘Islamic fundamentalist groups’ in migrant protest

A massive protest broke out Sunday in Kerala’s Kottayam where over 2,000 migrant workers demanded food and transportation back to their home states.

Planes for rich, not even chappals for us — migrants lament as they walk home in UP

Migrant workers returning from cities on foot also allege they were over-charged on state transport buses, and misled and harassed by police.

Noida’s migrant worker exodus is more about their notions of ‘home’ than coronavirus: Study

Our research in Noida for the past two years shows many poor migrant workers do not think of city of work as their home. They are treated as outsiders and live in cramped spaces.

Govt has no plan for poor workers without bank accounts, can only provide free meals

The Rs 1.7 lakh crore relief package announced last week covers 80 crore poor with bank accounts, but officials say there’s no strategy in place for others.

Publish ‘official version’: SC tells media after govt says fake news caused migrant exodus

Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde also directed that food, water & shelter be arranged for migrant workers.

On Camera

India’s aviation crisis is all about too big to tame

Nobody is safe in a market where competition is stunted and choice limited. For the industry, meaningful reform will have to start with the government itself.

South rising, west slipping: India’s export map is being redrawn, shows RBI data

Data shows re-alignment in India’s exports, with Tamil Nadu & Telangana posting strong growth in 2024-25 as traditional heavyweights Gujarat & Maharashtra see declines. Gujarat still leads, though.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.