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The Orissa High Court awards them Rs 20 lakh each to two SBI Sweepers

Two daily-wage sweepers had given their “sweat & blood” to the State Bank of India, the Orissa High Court said on June 23

Labour laws and rights in peril in India?

A look at the evolution of labour rights in India and how the central and several state governments plan to stanch them away

Strangers as pallbearers: Death and grief in lockdown

Images that are both heart-warming and heart-breaking, emerge from all over the nation as strangers from different religions and backgrounds come together to perform last rites- the cycle of life and death continues as we learn to mourn in isolation.

UP govt withdraws order forcing 12-hour shifts for industrial workers as Allahabad HC issues notice 

Soon after suspending a number of crucial pro-worker clauses...

20 lakh crore package just “jugglery of figures”: AITUC

It said that the government completely ignored the working masses of the country

Migrants killed in accidents on the way back home: 24 in UP, 5 in MP

Vehicle collisions on the road are emerging to be dangerous to the lives of migrants returning home

Delhi government provides Rs. 5,000 aid to construction workers for the second time

It also announced a one-time assistance of Rs. 5,000 to public service vehicle drivers and para-transit drivers

Fourteen migrants die, 60 get injured in two road accidents

The two accidents took place in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh respectively

37 migrants wanting to go home to Odisha cheated of around Rs. 50,000 by trucker and cops

The Palghar police have claimed that the money has been recovered and returned to the migrants

Gujarat HC gives directions on affordable COVID19 treatment and for starving, helpless migrants

Guj HC goes big, takes cognizance of starving migrants, asks state to regulate fee structure of pvt hospitals

Pelting stones in protest against a failing system is tough on a hungry stomach

Image: Prakash Singh/AFPPeople in some parts of Delhi rushed to...

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