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Sruti MD
TN This Week: ‘Scrap NEET’ Insists State, New BJP Chief Wants ‘Media Under Control’
17 Jul 2021
The Tamil Nadu government on July 16 extended the pandemic imposed lockdown in the state till June 31. However, the administration also announced a series of new relaxations.
Abdul Alim Jafri
UP: Reverse Migration of Workers Begin After Failing to Find Work Under MGNREGA
15 Jul 2021
The two basic reasons behind migration are – payment for MGNREGA work is never on time, so workers do not stick for a long time in any project, and second, the wages are very less than what they get…
Sandip Chakraborty
West Bengal: Transport Workers Go Hungry Amid Joblessness During Lockdown
05 Jul 2021
More than 15 members of the rickshaw workers union have been admitted to hospitals in malnourished condition in South 24 Parganas district’s Garia area in the last few months, the secretary of the…
Ronak Chhabra
COVID-19: Unions Press for 2nd Instalment of Aid to Construction Workers in Delhi
13 May 2021
They also demand financial assistance to those whose application to activate membership with the welfare board is “currently pending”.
Sagrika Kissu
‘We Might Survive COVID-19, But We Will Die of Poverty’: Working Class Families Face Survival Crisis in J&K
11 May 2021
Meanwhile, the government’s announcement to provide Rs 1,000 per month financial aid to a certain section of registered workers has received criticism from experts as being highly inadequate.
Ronak Chhabra
Forced Evictions in Delhi: Slum Residents Face ‘Triple Whammy’
11 May 2021
About 200 families residing in the informal housing settlements in Delhi were directly or indirectly affected by the demolition drive carried out by the authorities in the month of April.
Shifa Zoya
How Returnee Migrants and Local Daily Wagers Navigate Lockdown Curbs in Udaipur’s Gogunda
10 May 2021
For migrant workers returning from Gujarat, seeking work in a place where there is already a shortage of it, now heightened, is near impossible.
Sandipan Talukdar
COVID-19: Does India Need an Immediate Lockdown?
07 May 2021
Giridhar Babu, head of the epidemiology section of the Public Health Foundation of India said that a countrywide lockdown will not be of much help at this time, and instead emphasised on clustered or…
Ronak Chhabra
Over 7.5 Million Jobs Lost in April: Experts Call for Fresh Relief Package for Marginalised
04 May 2021
According to CMIE data, the national unemployment rate in April registered a four-month high of 7.97% – with urban and rural joblessness at 9.78% and 7.13% respectively – as against the previous…
Kashif Kakvi
COVID-19: 94% ICU, 87% Oxygen Beds Full in MP, Patients Dying in Front of Hospital Gates
27 Apr 2021
While the state is witnessing an average of 13,000 cases daily, 23 districts have run out of ICU beds and 10 districts are out of oxygen beds by April 26, as per reports.