A group of daily wagers are on a fast-unto-death at -14°C in Leh; their voices should be heeded

The workers, in a challenging environment like Ladakh, have alleged inhumanity and discrimination employment regularisation; it’s a gross …

Labour organisation report shows 150 million migrants in global workforce

Two main factors are driving migration at present—economic hardship and geopolitical crises leading to the lack of decent work

Women and capitalism

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Reporter’s diary amid COVID-19: Reaching home

Down To Earth’s Vivek Mishra has walked from Delhi to Shravasti in Uttar Pradesh to capture the plight of workers returning home after …

Nearly 56 million Indians joined back agriculture in 3 yrs: Is it a good sign or an indicator of an economic distress?

The “India Employment Report 2024” by the ILO says the COVID-19 pandemic reversed a national employment transition from farm to non-…

Coronavirus: Chinese media reports drop in new cases, WHO dismisses any trend

Wuhan hospital director dies due to COVID-19 infection

Children of a lesser god

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Losing proposition

Healthy ruling

On the job

Literacy levels

‘Mobile Girls Koottam' is a witty take on complex issues facing women workers today

If you are feeling a little cynical about politics lately, this book might be just the right dose of magic to push you out of the rut

Expand and diversify migration pathways, says UN chief António Guterres

Returns, re-admissions must be safe, dignified and in full accordance with international law

Where does the world stand 4 months into COVID-19?

It has learnt at a deadly cost that inequality in development has the power to make a health emergency into a long-term problem  

Crushing job: Study points out risks for migrant workers at stone quarries

National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj found significant child labour at quarries in Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh

Farm income drops in 16 states and union territories

The national average income from cultivation increased by just 3.8 per cent between 2002-03 and 2012-13, when the overall farm sector grew by 3 …

Bamboo musings

Although termed "forest weed" or "the poor man's timber" bamboo's potential may satisfy modernity's growing needs

People from which Indian states migrate the most? Answers will surprise you

Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Himachal Pradesh have the highest overall migration rate according to a recent ILO report

No sway for education to Haryana snake charmers: The Sapera community has been left far behind

Nearly 80% of the Saperas in urban areas are still illiterate

Simply put: Guillotine loom

SC stays Odisha HC order on migrants; allows them to return

Returning migrants narrate tales of anguish and misery

Apple makes them cry

Pledge>> Computers • China

Gearing up AIDS awareness

Blue-collar job declining worldwide