Migrant Labour
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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
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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
Trending
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Watch: Beyoncé was joined by her daughter Blue Ivy on stage for a dance routine during UK concert
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‘The match between a translator and a writer is alchemical. It’s like being married’: Anton Hur
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Arrested, acquitted: Jigna Vora recounts her trauma after being accused in journalist J Dey’s murder
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Transformation of the goddess and clay: Naveen Kishore’s photos capture hues of conflict
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Why a ‘fail-safe’ signalling system fails to prevent deadly train crashes
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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
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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
Video
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Eco India, Episode 227: How a booming construction industry is rapidly depleting a crucial resource
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Watch: Sparks from flyover fall on moving traffic below in Guwahati
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Watch: This robot dog ‘critiques’ art pieces using artificial intelligence (and prints it out)
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Watch: Rescuers free humpback whale trapped in shark nets off Australian coast
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Caught on camera: TV news debate spirals into verbal altercation and physical clash among panellists
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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
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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
The Reel
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‘Bloody Daddy’ review: Plenty of cocaine but not enough speed
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‘Por Thozhil’ review: A gripping police procedural
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‘Dhoomam’ trailer: Fahadh Faasil headlines Pawan Kumar’s crime thriller
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Bring out the earplugs – ‘Gadar: Ek Prem Katha’ is back
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Pastel shades, tableau shots: Recreating the Wes Anderson aesthetic
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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
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Under pressure, Qatar announces that it will change archaic laws for workers building World Cup facilities
Integrate Gulf workers into cities they are building, help them pay their recruitment debt, urges new report on Guggenheim Abu Dhabi.
Mridula Chari
The Field
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French Open 2023: World No 1 Iga Swiatek wins third Roland Garros title - 'Young legend’
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Hockey, FIH Pro League, India vs Netherlands as it happened: Hardik Singh and Co lose 2-3
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Watch: When Harsha Bhogle met Peter Drury, a conversation between two legendary sports broadcasters
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WTC Final, AUS vs IND, Day 4 as it happened: Kohli, Rahane rebuild; India need 280 more on Day 5
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Hockey: Savita Punia headlines 33-member core probables as Asian Games preparation begins