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Monday, May 6, 2024
TopicMigrants

Topic: Migrants

India’s 50-day lockdown has brought economic misery even as Covid cases surge

Indian economy is headed for its first annual contraction in 40 years and the human cost has piled up in the form of hunger and untreated disease.

Amit Shah’s whereabouts and the mother who never got to meet her child

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

Railways has operated 366 Shramik Special trains, ferried home 4 lakh migrants since 1 May

While 287 trains have already reached their destinations, 79 trains are in transit with 54 passengers in each coach.

Train runs over migrant workers in Aurangabad district, at least 16 killed

The workers were walking to Bhusawal from Jalna and returning to Madhya Pradesh. They had been walking along the rail tracks and slept there due to exhaustion.

Thorns for expats, and the ghost of unemployment that haunts even coronavirus

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

The vicious cycle of lockdown & the ‘phool’ they mistakenly threw aboard

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

Delhi govt appoints IAS Officer PK Gupta as nodal officer to facilitate migrant movement

In an order issued Wednesday, the MHA has allowed migrant workers, students and other stranded people to move to their respective destinations with certain conditions.

Railways run first special train to ferry stranded migrants from Telangana to Jharkhand

The 24-coach train ferried over 1,200 migrants home. Social distancing norms were maintained by allowing only 54 passengers in each coach.

Job loss, rent and exodus — Covid-19 crisis tells us migrants need housing security

Practising social distancing and staying home to fight the coronavirus is not possible for migrant workers without housing security.

Media blew Surat migrant workers’ crisis out of proportion. Then residents stepped in

The Modi government along with civil society and local NGOs have played a major role in bringing normalcy to Surat by tirelessly serving the needy and hungry.

On Camera

India must break the myth of a ‘strong leader’ for its own good

What do Indians want in a democracy? Quick and decisive action that may not have political consensus or frustratingly slow decision-making that endures long after the decision is made?

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.