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Farmer Who Sent Workers Home On Plane During Lockdown Found Dead
A mushroom farmer who sent his workers home to Bihar on a plane during the migrant crisis spurred by the 2020 Covid lockdown was found hanging in a temple in Delhi on Wednesday.
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6 Indonesian Women Drown Off Malaysian Coast After Boat Capsizes
Six Indonesian women drowned off Malaysia after their boat capsized during a suspected attempt to enter the country illegally, officials said, in the latest migrant tragedy in the area.
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As Covid Cases Surge In Delhi, Migrants Fear Another Lockdown
With a surge in coronavirus cases in Delhi and its neighbouring cities, migrant workers and daily wagers fear another round of lockdown could push them into a severe financial crisis from which they might never recover.
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Government Collecting Data Of People Who Lost Jobs Due To Pandemic, Says Minister
Government is collecting data through the Periodic Labour Force Survey to find out actual number of labourers who lost jobs due to the pandemic.
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Centre, Delhi Government "Failed Miserably": High Court On Migrant Crisis
Delhi High Court today said both central and Delhi governments failed miserably to deal with the crisis of migrant workers during the nationwide lockdown last year.
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Delhi Goes Into Lockdown Tonight, Ends Early Monday Morning
Delhi will be under a six-day lockdown from 10 pm tonight to 5 am on Monday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced, calling it a necessary step to prevent a bigger crisis in the capital.
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Blog: Minimum Floor of Dignity for Migrant Workers
For a meaningful progression in addressing the issues of migrant workers, we need to engage with three critical underlying structural causes of the migrant crisis that often go unnoticed.
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COVID-19 Reveals Constitutional Guarantee Of Equal Opportunity Still A "Distant Dream": High Court
Concerned over the rising number of COVID-19 cases in India and the recent migrant crisis, the Bombay High Court has said that the pandemic has revealed that despite our constitutional guarantees, a society that provides equal opportunities to all remains a "distant dream".
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Taapsee Pannu Shares Poem 'Pravaasi' With Haunting Visuals Of A Crisis
Actor Taapsee Pannu has shared a powerful poem highlighting the struggles of migrant workers amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
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UP Migrant Family Sells Jewellery For Food , Government Steps In
A migrant worker in Uttar Pradesh - forced to return to his hometown from Tamil Nadu with his family last month after his landlord asked him to leave - had to sell his wife's jewelry for Rs 1,500 in a local market in Kannauj to buy food and medicines amid lack of means.
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Record Biscuit Sales Boost Parle Performance Amid Coronavirus Crisis
Parle-G: The biscuits came in handy for people working from home as well as migrant workers returning to their homes.
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"Maybe Some Mistakes, But Commitment Is Absolute": Amit Shah On Migrants
Asserting that the safety of migrants during the COVID-19 crisis was the central government's priority, Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said it might have made some mistakes but its commitment was absolute and slammed the opposition, asking what did it do for the people during the pandemic.
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Actor Sonu Sood Adopted By BJP To Show Us In Poor Light, Says Shiv Sena
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday took on actor Sonu Sood, saying that the opposition BJP had propped up the actor to show the Uddhav Thackeray government in poor light by offering help to migrant workers from north India stranded in Maharashtra.
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15 Days Optimum Time For States To Transport Migrants Home: Top Court
The states will get 15 more days to transport migrants home from the cities amid the coronavirus lockdown, the Supreme Court said today, adding it will pass an order on the issue of stranded migrants on Tuesday. Today's hearing came days after the Supreme Court took up the issue on its own and passed several orders to the states to help them reach ...
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Law School Alumni Help 500 Migrants Fly Home In One Week
Efforts of the alumni network of a Bengaluru-based law school have helped hundreds of migrant workers, stranded in various parts of the country due to the COVID-19 lockdown, return home safely with their dignity intact.
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Farmer Who Sent Workers Home On Plane During Lockdown Found Dead
A mushroom farmer who sent his workers home to Bihar on a plane during the migrant crisis spurred by the 2020 Covid lockdown was found hanging in a temple in Delhi on Wednesday.
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6 Indonesian Women Drown Off Malaysian Coast After Boat Capsizes
Six Indonesian women drowned off Malaysia after their boat capsized during a suspected attempt to enter the country illegally, officials said, in the latest migrant tragedy in the area.
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As Covid Cases Surge In Delhi, Migrants Fear Another Lockdown
With a surge in coronavirus cases in Delhi and its neighbouring cities, migrant workers and daily wagers fear another round of lockdown could push them into a severe financial crisis from which they might never recover.
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Government Collecting Data Of People Who Lost Jobs Due To Pandemic, Says Minister
Government is collecting data through the Periodic Labour Force Survey to find out actual number of labourers who lost jobs due to the pandemic.
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Centre, Delhi Government "Failed Miserably": High Court On Migrant Crisis
Delhi High Court today said both central and Delhi governments failed miserably to deal with the crisis of migrant workers during the nationwide lockdown last year.
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Delhi Goes Into Lockdown Tonight, Ends Early Monday Morning
Delhi will be under a six-day lockdown from 10 pm tonight to 5 am on Monday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced, calling it a necessary step to prevent a bigger crisis in the capital.
-
Blog: Minimum Floor of Dignity for Migrant Workers
For a meaningful progression in addressing the issues of migrant workers, we need to engage with three critical underlying structural causes of the migrant crisis that often go unnoticed.
-
COVID-19 Reveals Constitutional Guarantee Of Equal Opportunity Still A "Distant Dream": High Court
Concerned over the rising number of COVID-19 cases in India and the recent migrant crisis, the Bombay High Court has said that the pandemic has revealed that despite our constitutional guarantees, a society that provides equal opportunities to all remains a "distant dream".
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Taapsee Pannu Shares Poem 'Pravaasi' With Haunting Visuals Of A Crisis
Actor Taapsee Pannu has shared a powerful poem highlighting the struggles of migrant workers amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
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UP Migrant Family Sells Jewellery For Food , Government Steps In
A migrant worker in Uttar Pradesh - forced to return to his hometown from Tamil Nadu with his family last month after his landlord asked him to leave - had to sell his wife's jewelry for Rs 1,500 in a local market in Kannauj to buy food and medicines amid lack of means.
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Record Biscuit Sales Boost Parle Performance Amid Coronavirus Crisis
Parle-G: The biscuits came in handy for people working from home as well as migrant workers returning to their homes.
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"Maybe Some Mistakes, But Commitment Is Absolute": Amit Shah On Migrants
Asserting that the safety of migrants during the COVID-19 crisis was the central government's priority, Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said it might have made some mistakes but its commitment was absolute and slammed the opposition, asking what did it do for the people during the pandemic.
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Actor Sonu Sood Adopted By BJP To Show Us In Poor Light, Says Shiv Sena
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday took on actor Sonu Sood, saying that the opposition BJP had propped up the actor to show the Uddhav Thackeray government in poor light by offering help to migrant workers from north India stranded in Maharashtra.
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15 Days Optimum Time For States To Transport Migrants Home: Top Court
The states will get 15 more days to transport migrants home from the cities amid the coronavirus lockdown, the Supreme Court said today, adding it will pass an order on the issue of stranded migrants on Tuesday. Today's hearing came days after the Supreme Court took up the issue on its own and passed several orders to the states to help them reach ...
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Law School Alumni Help 500 Migrants Fly Home In One Week
Efforts of the alumni network of a Bengaluru-based law school have helped hundreds of migrant workers, stranded in various parts of the country due to the COVID-19 lockdown, return home safely with their dignity intact.
