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Whose Interests is India’s Tech Workforce Serving?

We must take control of our labour and knowledge, says this open letter to India’s engineers, scientists and developers.

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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Migrant labor and the Indian lockdown

COVID – a space for workers?

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

Stay where you are, UP govt tells migrants 

CM asks neighbouring states to ensure migrant workers from UP,  get facilities in situ

Covid-19 Lockdown: Migrant workers begin to leave city in a painfully long walk home

They have lost jobs, homes in the city, and there are no interstate busses or trains to take them back to their villages

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