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Citizens and experts rally to save Mumbai’s BEST buses from privatisation pitfalls

AMAB advocates for restoring public funding, ending exploitative contracts, and expanding bus services to meet the city’s growing needs

Migrant Diaries: The story of Abul Hasan Mirza

“I'll invite you home for a meal soon. We want to thank you,” says an optimistic construction supervisor who shared the rations he got with his team

Migrant Diaries: The story of Laxman Prasad

“I am glad that I have reached my village, and we do not need to beg in front of anyone for food,” says the Mumbai loving auto driver who hails from Jharkhand

55 million domestic workers could lose jobs due to Covid-19: ILO

37 million of them are women, and those employed in the informal sector are at greater risk

28 migrant labourers injured in separate road incidents in Lucknow

The accidents took place in Kannauj and Kanpur as buses carrying them turned turtle after hitting road dividers

Migrant Diaries: The story of Munna Sheikh

“It took us over 62 hours of a hellish train ride to reach home. I hope the Bihar government gives us money,” says a labourer wondering how else would his family survive

Is the SC directed industry-worker negotiation plausible?

Many questions have been raised on how this large-scale exercise will pan out and how the Centre will be able to keep a check on the same

‘We’, not ‘us’ and ‘them’

The ‘Us and Them’ has been playing to a full house on the world stage, in the recent past

Migrant Diaries: The story of Ganesh Yadav

“How long will our relatives feed us? I will soon have to come back to Mumbai to earn,” says a cook from Madhubani would prefer to work in Bihar, but he doesn't have a choice

Migrant Diaries: The story of Dilip Rana

“My wife took loans to get me home safe. Will the government help me repay the money,” asks a construction worker who fears poverty more than the Coronavirus

Defy, resist, combat: Farmers’ unions call for massive mobilisation

All India Kisan Sabha, All India Agricultural Workers’ Union and Centre of Indian Trade Unions will lead a nationwide mass movement on August 9

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