Migrant Labour
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The death of an Indian worker illustrates Israel’s long exploitation of foreign labourers
The country has relied on overseas workers, including Palestinians, for decades while excluding them from Jewish society and no protection of their rights.
Julie Weise, The Conversation & Shahar Shoham, The Conversation
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States will have to seek permission to employ workers from Uttar Pradesh, says Adityanath
The chief minister also announced a migration commission to ensure employment for workers within Uttar Pradesh.
Scroll Staff
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How labour conditions at construction sites are leading to higher rates of child malnutrition
Half of the migrant children surveyed at construction sites in Ahmedabad were underweight.
Divya Ravindranath
Trending
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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Will the upcoming Indian election be free and fair?
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Why migrant-dominated UAE’s exclusionary nationalisation model is unsustainable
The UAE economy relies on inequality and migrant workers, 90% of the population, who come from elsewhere in Asia.
Riaz Hassan
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Using apps and credit cards, the Odisha government is trying to save migrants from bonded labour
Drought and dire poverty force villagers to take loans from labour agents, which they have to pay back by spending months working at brick kilns.
Anuradha Nagaraj, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Loss of jobs, not viral videos: Why migrant workers are leaving Kerala
Demonetisation and GST have shrunk the state’s job market.
TA Ameerudheen
Video
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Watch: Comedian sings Ed Sheeran song in the style of artists ranging from Sonu Nigam to Kumar Sanu
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Watch: Woman holds abdominal plank position for over four and half hours
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Watch: Kuno National Park posts video to celebrate cheetah cub Mukhi’s first birthday
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Watch: Migrant workers travel in train toilet owing to unavailability of seats
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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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Watch: An animated video that follows the journey (and the misery) of a migrant worker in West Asia
The two-year-old video has gone viral because of reports about thousands of Indian being laid off and left stranded in the Gulf.
Scroll Staff
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The plight of Indian labourers in UAE is almost literally the last thing New Delhi worries about
Lengthy joint statement covers everything, including Yoga Day, before turning its attention to labour welfare.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
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No ticket, will travel: Andhra migrants search for work in Kerala
There is no work under MNREGA in Andhra villages, and daily wages in Kerala are at least three times higher.
Rahul M
The Reel
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‘Patna Shuklla’ review: A competently argued legal drama
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‘Inspector Rishi’ review: A superbly crafted battle between fact and fable
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‘Alibaba Aani Chalishitle Chor’ review: A lightweight study of modern marriage
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic
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China's migrant worker crisis and the children that are left behind
The suicides of five Chinese children left behind by their migrant worker parents could be an ominous sign of things to come.
Samantha Hoffman, The Conversation
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Rare protest by South Asian labourers about unpaid wages prompts Dubai to mobilise riot police
Hundreds of Indians, Bangladeshis and Pakistanis took to the streets in the emirate.
Scroll Staff
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Exploitation of labour in the Gulf begins right at home in India
Two new reports reveal that debt bondage and deceitful recruitment agencies in India are as guilty of exploiting vulnerable labour as employers in West Asia.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
The Field
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Football: AIFF five-member committee to seek answers from Igor Stimac on India’s recent dis
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Tennis, Miami Masters: Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden through to the final
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Badminton, Spain Masters Super 300: Crasto-Ponnappa, Sindhu move into quarter-finals in Madrid
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IPL 2024: Riyan Parag, bowlers set up win for Rajasthan Royals against Delhi Capitals
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IPL 2024: KKR bring in Allah Ghazanfar as replacement player; RR rope in Keshav Maharaj