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Every Wave Has a Memory: Women, Waters and the Promise of November 5

When the women of the sea rise, the tides will rise with them to recognise and honour the daughters of the oceans. On November 5 this year, fisherwomen across...

Issuing Ration Cards on the basis of 2011 Census might be injustice: SC to Union Gov’t

Court says Central and States to ensure migrant workers are mandatorily provided ration

LMHC sanitation workers demand reinstatement of retrenched employees

72 days after the illegal termination of their services, LHMC sanitation workers forced to shift demonstration to Jantar Mantar

Karnataka powrakarmikas to get job permanency in 3 months!

Unions celebrate the first big success of a decades long battle for basic rights of sanitation workers

LHMC sanitation workers decry illegal termination

A month later, the sanitation workers held a demonstration outside the directors office to demand their dues

Zomato delivery man lay bleeding until Muslim colleague came to his aid

Allegedly stabbed for smoking, Sagar's pleas for help were ignored by passers by until Asif called for help

Lucknow: Two arrested for thrashing Dalit Zomato delivery boy

Oddly, despite previous strong stands against hate crimes against delivery persons, this time the company has maintained silence

Karnataka Police allegedly harass West Bengal migrants in Bengaluru

Police ignore documents proving their India nationality, allegedly threaten violence

Scrap the ‘Agnipath Scheme’, protesters stage violent protests countrywide

Violent scenes from Bihar, Haryana, New Delhi, Jammu and Jharkand have seriously exposed the Modi regime’s widely publicised Agnipath recruitment scheme for the army

Will Robot HomoSEP dignify work for India’s sanitation worker?

Robot to clean septic tanks, dignify sanitation work, sans human intervention is here

UP Govt announced Rs 21 lakhs earned from auction of migrant workers’ cycles, earns flak

Confiscation of their only means of transport and then such a unilateral sale in an auction has raised serious questions

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