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Ajaz Ashraf
Lesson from Bihar: Suffering Does Not Make People Shift Party Loyalties
11 Nov 2020
The results show how strong the pull of caste identity is. Nothing else explains why JD-U’s vote share did not shrink disastrously.
Shiney Chakraborty
Bihar: How Successful has MGNREGA been, Before and After the Lockdown?
09 Nov 2020
The sudden and total lockdown to tackle the spread of COVID-19 pandemic beginning March 24 was meant for 21 days initially, but was extended until May 17, 2020.
Sumedha Pal
Informal Sector Workers Continue to Struggle with Low Wages, High Debts: ActionAid Report
08 Nov 2020
Almost 24% of the respondents reported having earned no wages in the unlock phases and close to 50% said that their monthly wages were less than Rs 5,000.
Newsclick Report
Sharp Decline Seen in TB Reporting During COVID-19: Report
07 Nov 2020
The fall in registration of TB cases during the lockdown occurred in both public and private sector facilities, says the Global Tuberculosis Report 2020.
Amey Tirodkar
COVID-19: Maharashtra’s Workers Struggle with Lower Wages Post-Lockdown
06 Nov 2020
Migrant labourers, who had left the state in April and May, are returning. With not much work going around and no dearth of labour, rates have fallen.
Prabir Purkayastha
DST’s Super Model: Or How not to Model an Epidemic
30 Oct 2020
‘The DST Super Model paper, hurriedly published in the Indian Journal Medical Research, does not seem to have even been proof read properly by the authors; or checked seriously by the journal.’
Ronak Chhabra
Experts Call for Legal Framework Before Social Security for App-Based Workers
30 Oct 2020
The workers have remained in a regulatory grey zone for far too long; it is a matter of worry now as the gig economy is being embraced as the future of work.
Prabhat Patnaik
Why Third World Workers Were Worst Hit by Pandemic
30 Oct 2020
Advanced countries have been more open-handed in fiscal support for their economies, in particular for workers, while Third World countries have been extremely niggardly, not necessarily out of…
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.