COVID-19: UP stares at mammoth challenge as migrants return home
More than 1.2 million migrants returned to Uttar Pradesh since the nationwide lockdown was imposed on March 25, according to state official
Crushed and torn
Closed tea gardens of West Bengal are enclaves of death and destitution. Speculative ownership and a callous government have prolonged the crisis,…
COVID-19: IMA shoots angry letter on govt statement about health worker deaths
Minister Ashwini Choubey had said Centre had no centralised data on how many healthcare workers had succumbed to COVID-19 as health was …
Will agriculture help twice-returned Saurashtra migrants tide over COVID-19 crisis?
Several Saurashtra migrants who had returned to work in Surat in May-end said they have fallen back on land resources for agriculture
Where COVID-19 has left Nigeria’s health system
Doyin Odubanjo, executive secretary of the Nigerian Academy of Science, on how the pandemic may affect the country’s ability to manage …
What is in the Union Budget 2021-22 for children? Not much
The budget continues to deprive pregnant women, lactating mothers and children from vital benefits of schemes and interventions
How the COVID-19 pandemic is impelling big corporates for an ethical reset in India
Care and sensitivity towards stakeholders and society at large are going to be crucial for businesses to survive, earn trust and thrive in the …
COVID-19 warriors: How a student group helped stranded migrants
A group of 30-odd students in rural Bengal started a forum with a helpline service, provided relief to 5,000 migrants across the country
Two-thirds of migrant workers still don’t have access to government ration: Survey
The survey also reveals several other shocking facts that fly in the face of government claims on migrants
The killer mines
Open cast mining activity in Rajasthan has played havoc with the environment and is killing workers slowly
Kiln Eco-
Brickmaking is a profit-driven enterprise. At one level, it produces the basis of the built-up world. But what of the hidden -- ecological and …
COVID-19: Even skilled workers line up for MGNREGA in Kurukshetra
With economic recovery uncertain, those who would earlier avoid central job schemes are now ready to take up work
Police cracks down on retrenched UCIL mine workers in Jharkhand
Most of the protesting workers are tribal people who were displaced from their land by the Bandhuhurang mining project
Handloom threatened
Textile ministry proposes change in definition of handloom. Weavers fear it can ruin the tradition
Forest dwellers march for their rights
State governments reject 50 per cent of the 3.15 million claims filed under Forest Rights Act
Land of discord
Origin of the relentless strife in Bodoland lies in a series of blunders, right from colonial times
Toxic tales from God's own country
As deformity cases swell in Kerala's Kasaragod district, the silent screams of the victims fall on the deaf ears of the government
Old data kept those in need away from PDS amid COVID-19 lockdown: Report
More than 100 organisations carrying our food relief efforts need financial support, faced challenges in feeding the poor
COVID-19 shows the world needs physicians who can look beyond medical charts
COVID-19 has placed a spotlight on the field of social medicine. It has done so by showing up inherent injustices in society
AMR ticking timebomb: Drug-resistant gonorrhea outbreak in Kenya major fertility threat, researchers warn
Gonorrhoea is the second-most common disease to be sexually transmitted across the world
COVID-19: Confusion, chaos plague Himachal over e-pass violation
Several returnees lying to obtain e-pass, violating home quarantine, allege sources
COVID-19: What about women in informal sector?
From weavers in Manipur to domestic helps in metropolitan cities, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought uncertainty to women workers’ lives&…
COVID-19, floods: Bihar stares at twin challenge with onset of monsoon
Bihar Chief Secretary Deepak Kumar held a meeting with top officials on June 10 to review preparedness measures
Punjab bats for direct seeding of rice. But will it help farmers?
Lack of migrant labourers in the wake of COVID-19-fuelled reverse migration has prompted state government to abandon traditional transplantation …
Pollution Pvt. Ltd.
A polluting industrial unit in Gujarat continues to operate, despite the state Pollution Control Board issuing notices to shut it down