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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
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Topic: Migrants

Food, cash and air tickets — how NLSIU, NALSAR, BITS Pilani students sent migrants home

Students and alumni of the three institutes arranged for the migrants' air travel after reports of passengers dying aboard Shramik Special trains started surfacing.

Shramik Special trains are a hot mess. Piyush Goyal better stop the blame game

The one cliche about Emergency was that the trains ran on time. But in this lockdown, trains are getting lost and people are arriving dead.

Shooting the messenger won’t help Modi govt’s Covid fight. Tushar Mehta should know that

It is now routine in strongmen democracies to shoot the messenger if you don't like the message, and the messenger inevitably is the journalist.

Don’t charge train or bus fare, provide walking migrants food & shelter, SC tells govts

Supreme Court noted there were lapses in the Centre and state govts' responses to the migrant workers crisis, and was concerned for those wanting to go back home.

Bihar reports 68 fresh Covid-19 cases, tally rises to 3,036

According to health department, returning migrants continue to comprise a high percentage of those infected and 2,072 of them have tested positive since 3 May.

Super 30 founder Anand Kumar offers free IIT-JEE coaching to ‘cycle girl’ Jyoti Kumari

Several political leaders, including Rabri Devi and Chirag Paswan, have offered to sponsor Jyoti Kumai's education expenses.

Judiciary has left citizens to fend for themselves, says Supreme Court lawyer Dushyant Dave

Senior advocate Dushyant Dave also pulled up lawyers, saying it fell to them to stir the conscience of the judiciary if it was not acting.

Indian Railways to operate 2,600 Shramik Specials to ferry 36 lakh migrants in next 10 days

The chairman of the Railway Board said that 260 Shramik trains have operated every day on an average for the last four days, carrying 3 lakh passengers daily.

Over 40 lakh migrants registered to return to native places, says Kishan Reddy

Centre is mulling bringing out modalities for setting up Anganwadi centres, admissions into schools & scholarships to the children of migrants, Union Minister Reddy added.

For sex workers on Delhi’s G.B. Road, Covid has robbed them of a livelihood like no other

Sex workers don't expect business to resume for many months as Covid-19 means social distancing at all times.

On Camera

The Beckhams’ PR game is on track. Victoria’s 50th birthday was a pop culture moment

The Beckhams have had the sleekest, unassailable PR game in celebrity town. And much of it rests on their carefully curated social media image, especially on Instagram.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India, Oman hold 5th annual high-level meeting to boost maritime security

Both the governments expressed their commitment to strengthening their maritime cooperation to strengthen the maritime safety and security framework in the region.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.