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A homeless man eats his lunch in front of a wall painting extolling the glory of India. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Sujatha Surepally: What be charity but an old feudal measure to purchase their soul?

Free lunches won't keep the migrant worker from wanting to go home and start over

12 Apr 2020 10:17 PM

Gypsy women prepare lunch in their hut in New Delhi on April 4, 2020. (PTI)

What social distancing is possible in a hut?

37% of Indians live in a one-room dwelling, and 32% in a two-room house/dwelling

09 Apr 2020 12:31 AM

This image posted on prime minister Narendra Modi's Twitter account shows him lighting an oil lamp to mark the country's fight against the Covid-19 pandemic on Sunday, April 5, 2020.(AP/Twitter)

Pavan K Varma: Why didn’t the PM focus on steps to help the needy?

It is sobering to remember that many migrant workers were not at home to light a lamp

06 Apr 2020 3:22 PM

One needed a vast amount of ineptitude to create the conditions in which we landed.

Veena Das: Charity can’t win this war on the poor

Please redirect the massive structure of surveillance you've built to the task of providing services to the poor right now

06 Apr 2020 8:47 AM

A stranded migrant worker carries a child as she crosses the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway during the nationwide lockdown in Palghar, Maharashtra. PTI photo

Migrant workers' wages: Supreme Court seeks Govt's reply

Workers’ plight worries judges, next hearing April 7; Centre says ‘shut PIL shops’

04 Apr 2020 1:15 AM

Migrant workers make the journey to their respective villages on foot following the nationwide lockdown amid the coronavirus epidemic in New Delhi. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Dev 360: Lockdown, long march: Catastrophe looming

If we don’t take immediate measures to mitigate the larger human crisis the lockdown has triggered, we are heading towards a catastrophe

02 Apr 2020 1:54 PM

Migrant workers walk on NH 24 near Akshardham in East Delhi to go to their villages in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. (PTI)

Now it's the states' job to stop the corona refugees

Having triggered the migrant exodus, the Centre now works the levers to stop it

30 Mar 2020 3:12 AM

Migrant workers line up outside the Anand Vihar bus terminal in New Delhi to leave for their villages in the wake of the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown announced by prime minister Narendra Modi. On March 28, tens of thousands of migrant workers fought and shoved their way onto buses organised by Uttar Pradesh to go to their home towns. (AFP)

Why PM Modi should make a call to Naveen Patnaik

The Odisha CM would have some valuable insights on how to plan for a disaster

29 Mar 2020 8:35 AM

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar. (PTI)

Nitish has not one but three crises coming up

There's the coronavirus, return of thousands of workers and the early arrival of brain fever

28 Mar 2020 8:08 PM

Functioning of construction sites, small-scale industries, hotel, restaurant and several other sectors to come to a standstill (PTI)

Migrant workers leave in groups from Covid19 hit Kerala

Kerala has more than 25 lakh migrant workers, mostly from states like Assam, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha

18 Mar 2020 3:22 PM

The meditation session was attended by around 5,000 workers from 20 countries including India, Sri Lanka, Philipines and Pakistan. (Photo: AFP)

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar speaks on leading stress-free life to migrant workers in UAE

Art of Living (AOL) founder embarked on four-day maiden visit to UAE on invitation from the ruler of Fujairah, Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi.

17 Nov 2018 3:56 PM

‘Onus on Guj to protect migrants’

But, it is the responsibility of a state to maintain law and order situation.

10 Oct 2018 2:08 AM

This form of racism/provincialism discriminating against anyone not a ‘son of the soil’ is a sad commentary on our society, which hasn’t matured beyond caste, community and state of origin feelings. (Representational Image | File)

Gujarat must step in to protect migrants

The fear of jobs being taken away by locals is part of the larger problem of why “outsiders” are sometimes targeted.

10 Oct 2018 12:07 AM

Most migrant workers would be able to leave the country without having to obtain permits from their employers under the law, said the International Labour Organization in a statement via its Doha office. (Photo: AP)

Qatar lifts exit visa system; workers can now leave without permits

Doha is keen to show it is tackling allegations of worker exploitation as it prepares to host the 2022 soccer World Cup.

05 Sep 2018 8:20 AM

The Dubai-Mumbai air sector witnessed the highest flow of passengers at about 2.5 million during the 2017-18 financial year, primarily led by migrant workers, according to data released by the Ministry of Civil Aviation.

Dubai-Mumbai busiest international route, courtesy migrant workers

The Dubai-Mumbai sector was followed by the Dubai-Delhi sector with about two million passenger movement.

23 Jun 2018 4:49 PM

According to the NGO, an estimated 3 million people are characterized by insecurity of wages, dangerous working conditions, and lack of access to any kind of welfare in today’s society.

Mumbai NGO to organise exhibition showcasing health through art

NGO hosts exhibition with focus towards creating awareness of health issues faced by migrant construction workers and their children.

01 Nov 2017 4:05 PM

Qatar ruler Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

Qatar's migrant workers including Indians on Gulf crisis frontline

While Qatar's Western expats are likely to ride out the economic impact, there is no such luxury for Ajit and his colleagues.

15 Jun 2017 7:13 PM

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