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Bengali Migrant Workers Detained in Odisha: Calcutta High Court demands answers, seeks coordination between states
Court poses six pointed questions on detention of Sainur Islam and demands answers from Odisha over detention of youth during ‘identification drive’; Court directs West Bengal to appoint nodal officer
Tea industry faces fall in exports, revenues and volumes due to Covid-19 lockdown
Assam and Darjeeling are staring at a loss of 15 percent and 30 percent in revenue respectively
Job losses mount, recession looms as India battles Covid-19
Contractual staff and daily wagers most hit by the 21—day lockdown
Lockdown impact: Father of three allegedly commits suicide in Assam
35-year-old daily wager took extreme step after being forced to watch his children starve for three days
Covid-19 : Indian Society of Labour Economics pens letter to GoI to ramp up relief measures
The organization has written to the Prime Minister and Chief Ministers of all states suggesting additional relief measures for the vulnerable population in lockdown
BJP MP’s daughter-in-law booked for allegedly abetting suicide of migrant employee from Meghalaya
In his suicide note, Aldrin Lyngdoh alleged that he had been discriminated against and was feeling stressed due to the lockdown
Hunger, accidents and apathy killed migrants walking back home amid the Covid-19 lockdown
After the announcement of the nationwide lockdown, migrants walked for hundreds of kilometers in a bid to reach their home villages
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Image Courtesy: TOIThere is a major calamity brewing. State...
India’s Long March – Ekla Chalo Re
Why were low wage migrant workers forced to fend for themselves?
MHA directs States and UTs to provide essentials for migrants stranded amid lockdown
The Ministry of Home Affairs has asked states to make necessary arrangements of food and shelter for migrant workers, students and others stranded amid the lockdown
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