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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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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View from the Margins: A Dalit Christian explains why he will be voting for change
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EC rejects claims that EVMs gave extra votes to BJP in Kerala mock polls, SC reserves verdict
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Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
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Is apple cider vinegar as good for health as it sounds?
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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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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Watch: Dogs wag their tails to ‘conduct’ classical music orchestra
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Watch: Glimpses of Indian singer Sid Sriram’s debut performance at Coachella 2024
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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: ‘The Broken News’ returns for a second season
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ trailer: A teenager bonds with her grandparents during a summer vacation
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‘Silence 2: The Night Owl Bar Shootout’ review: A bland cop meets a dull case
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‘Juna Furniture’ trailer: Mahesh Manjrekar directs and stars in film about ageing
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Start the week with a film: In ‘Tokyo Sonata’, the unequal music of an emotionally distant family
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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: Suryakumar, bowlers help Mumbai Indians seal thriller against Punjab Kings
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Cricket: Meg Lanning opens up about struggle with food and exercise that led to her early retirement
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Paris Olympics 2024: Long jumper Sreeshankar Murali ruled out of Games with knee injury
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Badminton: Kento Momota, former world champion, announces international retirement
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Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju drops to second after draw against Fabiano Caruana