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Friday, December 12, 2025
TopicMigrants

Topic: Migrants

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.

Express, Hindu say rural opening up for work, HT on testing bottleneck, RBI in the hotspot

A round-up of the most important reports in major newspapers around the country – from TOI and HT, Express and The Hindu to The Telegraph, Mumbai Mirror and The Tribune, as well as top financial dailies.

Lockdowns on the plate, and a US-India missile deal for humanity

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

On Camera

Faiz Hameed conviction is a message from Munir. He won’t tolerate sympathy for Imran Khan

The political trajectory is clear. Asim Munir is now prepared to convict and sentence Imran Khan for instigating a rebellion against the army chief, with no possibility of mercy.

Goa, Kerala lose sheen as more foreign tourists pick Maharashtra & Bengal, shows RBI data

RBI data shows 26 states and Union Territories couldn’t regain pre-pandemic foreign tourist footfalls in 2024, but domestic tourism surged 27 percent compared to 2019.

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).

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.