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Abdul Alim Jafri
UP: Kanpur’s Tattered Tanneries Tell Tale of Government Apathy and Neglect
22 Oct 2020
The city’s tanneries, once the reason why Kanpur was considered one of India’s biggest textile hubs, have suffered losses worth Rs 2,100 crore.
Mohd. Imran Khan
Bihar Elections: Idhar Rojgar Na Ba
22 Oct 2020
Understanding that unemployment affects everyone, the RJD, Congress and Left parties have been raking up joblessness, reverse migration and the failure of the government to provide work.
Rabindra Nath Sinha
COVID-19: Jute Growers Make a Tidy Sum While Mill Workers Suffer in Bengal
22 Oct 2020
While growers are getting prices above MSP for raw jute, for workers, including migrant labourers, the going has been tough this year.
PTI
In Goa, Students Trek Daily to Hilltop to Access Internet for Online Classes
16 Oct 2020
The students sit on rocks on the barren plateau inside the Netravali wildlife sanctuary with no shelter overhead and amid threat from animals and snakes.
Nikhil Latagajanan
V-School: A ‘Free and Fair’ Platform is Showing the Way?
12 Oct 2020
Amid the pandemic and lockdown, Beed district in Maharashtra has launched a platform for online schooling that holds promise.
Prudhviraj Rupavath
Not Paid for Months, Telangana Private Teachers Lead Protests against Govt Apathy
10 Oct 2020
According to teachers’ associations, at least 20 private teachers have committed suicides due to financial distress since the lockdown was imposed.
Newsclick Report
COVID-19: Survey Finds Drop of 85% in Monthly Income of Returned Migrants
09 Oct 2020
About 35% of those surveyed reported have no work, while nearly half were found being paid less than minimum wages. As many as 2,917 returned migrants were surveyed from 505 gram panchayats in 34…
Amey Tirodkar
No Govt Aid, No Work: Maharashtra’s Unorganised Labourers Struggle for Survival
06 Oct 2020
The Maharashtra government announced monetary aid and ration to help labourers. But on the ground, the situation is different.
Sagrika Kissu
J&K: Unpaid and Unprotected, ASHA Workers Struggle at the COVID-19 Front-lines
01 Oct 2020
‘I was pushing my son into mazdoori but given the pandemic even that option is gone. I am surviving on debt,’ said an ASHA worker.
Rabindra Nath Sinha
How COVID-19 Birthed the Idea for an Overhaul of the Jewellery Industry
27 Sep 2020
While Mumbai-based jewellers are mooting on better working conditions for karigars, Kozhikode-based group’s chief pitches for uniform gold pricing across the country.