Migrant Workers
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Israel: Money to clear debts or safety – migrant workers looking to leave face difficult choice
Thai and Filipino nationals make up the biggest share of foreign migrant workers in the country.
Lin Taylor, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Mariejo Ramos, Thomson Reuters Foundation & Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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You cannot ‘create disquiet’ in stable state, SC tells YouTuber accused of spreading misinformation
Manish Kashyap challenged the invocation of the National Security Act and the 19 FIRs filed against him for spreading fake videos of attacks on migrant workers.
Scroll Staff
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India’s migrant children are falling through the cracks of social programmes
Migrant children have lower nutritional outcomes, are less likely to complete schooling and to benefit from government policies and programmes.
Azera Parveen Rahman, IndiaSpend.com
Trending
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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Why are so many young Indians trading in cryptocurrency, especially in tier-two cities?
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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Sugar in Nestlé baby food sold in African countries shows how corporations influence public policy
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SC asks BJP’s Prashant Umrao to apologise for tweet on attacks on migrant workers in Tamil Nadu
The court also remarked that as a laywer, Umrao should be ‘more responsible’.
Scroll Staff
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Bihar officials find videos of attacks on migrant workers in Tamil Nadu are fake
In their report to Bihar chief minister, the four-member team concluded that no migrant workers were attacked in the southern state.
Scroll Staff
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BJP spread rumours about attacks on migrant workers in Tamil Nadu for electoral gains, alleges JD(U)
JD(U) national president Rajiv Ranjan Singh claimed that the BJP tried to raise tensions between Tamil Nadu and Bihar but failed.
Scroll Staff
Video
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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Watch: Meet Sparkles, the new avatar of Boston Dynamics’ robot dog with a special costume
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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Watch: School authorities turn classroom into swimming pool to encourage attendance during heatwave
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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Disinformation about attacks on migrants spread after my call for united Opposition, says MK Stalin
The Tamil Nadu chief minister said that people can understand BJP’s agenda if they notice the timing of the spread of the disinformation.
Scroll Staff
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Bihar team visiting Tamil Nadu says situation normal for migrant workers
Several videos circulating on social media earlier this week had falsely claimed that daily wage workers from Bihar are being attacked in the southern state.
Scroll Staff
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Explained: How disinformation and politics made migrant workers flee Tamil Nadu
The BJP has been accused of using false claims of violence against North Indian migrant workers to target the ruling parties in Tamil Nadu and Bihar.
Nachiket Deuskar
The Reel
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Watch: In animated prequel, Baahubali and Bhallaladeva unite to defeat the warlord Raktadeva
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‘Naach Ga Ghuma’ review: Soft landings in saga of a woman and her missing maid
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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‘The Fall Guy’ review: Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt sparkle in entertaining action comedy
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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ trailer: Barry Jenkins directs prequel to 2019 photorealistic animated film
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Post-Covid, Centre must simplify access to welfare schemes for migrant workers to truly benefit
Many unorganised sector labourers lack the basic documentation and technical know-how required to register for such programmes.
Prabhat Raghavan & Gauri Thampi
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19 workers fled Arunachal border road project. Only 10 survived. Their ordeal tells a larger story
Relatives of the workers, all from impoverished villages in Lower Assam, allege they were engaged in forced labour.
Rokibuz Zaman
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Modi government’s efforts to help India’s 11.1 crore informal workers in MSMEs have fallen short
The criteria for relief packages for the sector excluded more than 90% of medium and small industries.
Chitra Rawat, IndiaSpend.com & Shiwani Agrawal, IndiaSpend.com
The Field
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IPL 2024: Hyderabad deliver death-bowling masterclass to defeat Rajasthan in last-ball thriller
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ICC T20 World Cup 2024: Rohit Sharma, Ajit Agarkar on team selection, KL Rahul’s omission and more
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India tour of Bangladesh: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana guide India to victory in third T20I
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Hockey, FIH Pro League: Salima Tete to lead Indian women’s team for European leg
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Badminton, Thomas and Uber Cup 2024: Indian women lose to Japan, men to China in quarter-finals