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Workers Cry for Justice!
The latest issue (dated April 25, 2026) of the popular magazine ‘Frontline’ has an incisive article entitled, ‘What Noida’s worker strikes tell us about the Labour Codes’ broken promise’....
Telangana gov’t bans school fee hike till next year, defers rent collection for three months
Other states like Delhi and Maharashtra are also following suit
Plea in SC asks no coercive action be taken on trivial violations amidst lockdown
This is on the ground that the police and courts should not be over-burdened with such cases and also to prevent police excesses
Do the dead have rights in India?
One is compelled to ask this question in the light of a recent incident in which a deceased doctor was denied burial because he succumbed to Covid-19
Muslim minds at the front of disease control in India
An AMU alumnus has developed India’s first Covid-19 testing kit, while Cipla and Wockhardt, both founded by Muslims are developing drugs to combat multiple diseases ailing the country’s citizens
BJP members target Tablighi Jamaat for spread of coronavirus
Indulging in hate mongering, while MLA asked members of his constituency to stay away from the Tablighi Jamaat sect and community, the other said that Jamaatis were the number one problem of the country
Hope and a cycle: Migrant worker cycles 1,700 kms to reach home amid lockdown
Mahesh Jena, originally from Odisha was working in Maharashtra’s Sangli district in a foundry
Trying to make it home, 12-year-old girl dies after walking almost 100 kms amid the lockdown
Officials said that the tribal girl died on April 18 due to exhaustion and electrolyte imbalance
West Bengal and Maharashtra governments start plan for movement of intra-state labourers
Even the Centre has set measures for migrants who want to return to their places of work in the state
Stop the open industrial and mining activities in tribal areas: NGO to Odisha CM
Concerns raised by Lokshakti Abhiyan in wake of Covid-19 pandemic
Did MCGM guidelines about resumption of construction activity ignore female workers and their children?
Guidelines also appear to be anti-poor as they offer freedom of movement to supervisors but expect labourers to stay at the site
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