Labour
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‘Treated like slaves’: Migrants suffer abuse, exploitation in UK’s care work sector
A crippling staff shortage enabled the hiring of thousands of overseas carers since 2022, but many now find themselves trapped and in debt.
Emma Batha, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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‘Finally feel valued’: Nepal nurses head abroad for better pay, work conditions
There have been growing concerns of a shortage of nurses and medical professionals in the Himalayan country.
Rojita Adhikari, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Despite working so hard, why does free time remain elusive?
In a consumption-saturated society, time spent neither producing nor consuming goods increasingly appeared as wasted time.
Gary Cross, The Conversation
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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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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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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Low wages, few jobs at home: What’s pushing Indian labourers to take up work in Israel
At a recruitment drive in Varanasi where hundreds of workers showed up, some said they were hoping to earn money.
Saurabh Sharma, IndiaSpend.com & Mithilesh Dhar Dubey, IndiaSpend.com
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69 Indian workers allege their employer is illegally holding them in Jordan
They also accused the garment manufacturer of withholding their dues and denying them food and water.
Scroll Staff
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The corporate push for ‘lean workforces’ could explain the long queues at Indian airports
The idea of doing more with less is the elephant in the room.
Anand P Krishnan
Video
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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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Watch: Footballers give their jackets to young player escorts amidst heavy rain in New York City
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Caught on camera: Supermarket floor collapses, shopper falls through it
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‘Look at my wonderful costume’: Actor Anne Hathaway reacts to scenes from some of her popular movies
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Watch: Chef makes life-sized pencil and sharpener entirely from chocolate
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India’s e-Shram registration portal for workers is facing an unexpected obstacle: Aadhaar
Of the 38 crore unorganised workers in India, just 24% have registered in the portal’s first three months.
Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend.com
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e-Shram: All you need to know about India’s first centralised database for unorganised workers
The system is aimed at helping migrant workers by making the benefits they are entitled to more ‘portable’.
Gautam Doshi, FactChecker.in