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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
TopicMigrant workers

Topic: Migrant workers

Indian NGO founder who helped migrants in lockdown on Schwab list of social innovators

Schwab Foundation named 5 Indians in its list of 2020 social innovators award. Among them is Ashif Shaikh, the founder-director of Jan Sahas.

Over 81,000 road accidents during March-June, but no separate data on migrant deaths, says govt

Mos V.K. Singh replied to a question by Congress leader Manish Tewari on the number of migrant workers who died on national highways after the lockdown was announced.

TRP trap of television news, and some IPL relief to ease Covid anxiety

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97 migrants died on-board Shramik special trains, government tells Rajya Sabha

Shramik special trains were started by the government to ferry migrant workers to their native states during the lockdown period.

Data politics in Parliament over migrant deaths, SAD ‘jumps ship’ amid rift with BJP

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Singapore construction industry struggles to recover as Covid cases keep workers away

New infections continue to be detected in foreign-worker dorms, which had previously been declared Covid-free, and there have been delays in routine virus testing completed.

‘Missing’ data on migrant workers, and the 11-lakh page mountain against Umar Khalid

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Over 1 cr migrants returned to their native states after lockdown, UP sees most returns — govt

In Parliament Monday, Labour Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar noted that the ministry did not have any information on the number of workers who lost their lives during lockdown.

Manoj Bajpayee narrates plight of migrant workers in this viral 6-minute Bhojpuri rap song

The song is titled ‘Bambai mein ka ba’ (what is there in Mumbai). The video features an English translation, and has been directed by filmmaker Anubhav Sinha.

How RSS is planning to help migrants find jobs in villages & towns, focus to be on swadeshi

RSS is focussing on key areas such as agriculture, cows, Ayurveda and other allied fields to create job opportunities for migrant workers who returned from cities.

On Camera

Why district judges almost never make it to India’s Supreme Court

Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

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.