When McDonald’s ate crow
The UK’s longest case was a PR disaster for the fast food giant
Mining strike
COVID-19: Sales hit, Odisha sculptors struggle to stay afloat
Absence of tourists and cancelled festival celebrations have hit their livelihood
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Traditional communities can mine sand in coastal areas: MoEF
Ministry order has no provision to curb illegal sand mining in river beds
Nationwide strike cripples France
Letters
COVID-19: Odisha migrants take to chain-pulling to deboard closer home
State not pressing charges; officials recognise hardships
Indian companies' CDM projects pollute environment
Most clean projects cleared on face value and are based on tall claims
News Briefs
Right To Food: Give ration cards to 80 million unorganised and migrant workers within 2 months, directs SC
Ration cards must be issued irrespective of the quotas defined in section 3 of NFSA, says court
Nearly 56 million Indians joined back agriculture in 3 yrs: Is it a good sign or an indicator of an economic distress?
The “India Employment Report 2024” by the ILO says the COVID-19 pandemic reversed a national employment transition from farm to non-…
Voting without voters: Bihar migrant workers forced to sacrifice ballot rights due to financial strain
Require special provisions, free trips home to participate in democratic process
People from which Indian states migrate the most? Answers will surprise you
Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Himachal Pradesh have the highest overall migration rate according to a recent ILO report
Voting without voters: Migrant workers in Odisha’s Nuapada unable to afford trip home to cast ballot
About 75,000 workers in district are migrant labourers and 63,000 of them eligible voters
Voting without voters: In Uttar Pradesh, areas with low turnout are hubs of migrant workers
EC plans to reach out to migrant workers via postcards to encourage them to vote, but it may be too little, too late
Voting without voters: West Bengal may see migrants flocking home to vote & document citizenship status amid CAA worries
Migrants likely to influence fate of elections in state; CAA cloud advantage to Trinamool but BJP to leverage governance failure that led to …
Punjab’s ‘Donkey Flights’ to the world’s conflict zones
Widespread joblessness explains why Punjab’s migrants resort to desperate means to reach their final destinations
A job in a warzone or unemployment at home
Indian diplomatic missions need to closely monitor the security situation and assess the threat perceptions to its communities
Voting without voters: In Odisha, turnout suffers in districts home to migrants despite promise of goodies, travel fare
Lowest turnout in Berhampur in Ganjam district, CM's home turf, due to large-scale migration to other states, say experts