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Children Dying of Starvation, Where Are Govts: Anjali Bhardwaj
29 May 2020
Senior journalist Bhasha Singh talks with Right to Food Campaign activist and member of Delhi Rozi Roti Adhikar Abhiyan, Anjali Bhardwaj, about the increasing demand for food and cash relief for all…
PTI
GDP Growth at 11-Year Low of 4.2% in FY20, Dips to 3.1% in Jan-Mar
29 May 2020
Fiscal deficit widens to 4.6% of GDP in 2019-20, eight core sectors contract 38.1% in April
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Middle Class Has Lost Faith in Economy
29 May 2020
A new survey by CreditVidya has found that there has been a rapid decline in the income and spending of around 53 crore people belonging to the consumer class in India.
Damayantee Dhar
Gujarat HC Bench that Lambasted State’s COVID Management Changed Abruptly
29 May 2020
Gujarat government has told the High Court that it won’t change its policy of not allowing private labs to test a patient for COVID-19 on basis of a doctor’s prescription, even as some have died…
Prudhviraj Rupavath
Air India Revival Would Require Rs 50,000 crore, Unions Ask PM
29 May 2020
The Rs 20,000 crore package announced by the central government has nothing in it for the most affected aviation sector, says V A George, joint convenor of Aviation Industry Employees’ Guild.
Abdul Alim Jafri
NLU's Safai Karamcharis Not Reinstated Despite Delhi Labour Minister’s Order
29 May 2020
Out of jobs since January, the ‘wrongfully’ terminated workers, most of them sole breadwinners, are struggling to survive during the lockdown.
Ronak Chhabra
OFB Corporatisation: Defence Employees Boycott Lunch in Protest, Unions Refuse Meeting with Centre
29 May 2020
The employees’ federations have demanded that the meeting be deferred to a suitable time when the lockdown restrictions, especially those relating to movement, are eased.
Newsclick Team
Record New COVID-19 Cases in India, Farmers' Losses and More
29 May 2020
In today's Daily Roundup, we have an eye on the growing crisis due to the novel coronavirus, the Supreme Court order on migrant workers and the damage caused to farmers by locust attacks.
Frank Barat, Noura Erakat
COVID-19 Chronicles : “Palestine Lives”
29 May 2020
Noura Erakat is a human rights attorney and assistant professor at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
Newsclick Team
Government's Lies Finally Exposed in the Supreme Court?
29 May 2020
On Thursday, appearing for the Centre in the Supreme Court, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta questioned those posting on social media on the issue of migrant labourers, calling them "prophets of doom"…