People's initiatives
Orissa and UP villages once again prove that people are better managers of natural resources than today's obdurate governments
International Sex Workers Day: Odisha’s sex workers get little help amid COVID-19 lockdown
The COVID-19 lockdown means a complete loss of income, struggle for daily survival for sex workers across the country
Simply put: Why pesticide
Odisha registers biggest COVID-19 spike, mostly migrants from Surat
34 migrants who had returned from Surat, tested positive, 24 of them from Ganjam
Modernising energy
Dead beat
Workers offer wages
Rice and easy
Missing link
Cattle, labour and other non-descripts
India's farm labour needs dignity
Handloom is haute
Families of 120 of 121 doctors who died of COVID-19 in Bihar yet to get compensation
The delay in compensation have demoralised doctors who are living in fear after the recent spate of deaths in the state
COVID-19: For migrant workers, a long road ahead
Back home, several daily wagers find themselves endlessly waiting to earn again
Use revenue-sharing model for development, land acquisition
Access to village commons improved livelihoods but some recent state policies seek to grab them
‘Globotics could disrupt lives of millions of skilled workers’
Richard Baldwin, professor of International Economics, talks to DTE on protectionism, globalisation and the rise of robotics
'If humans, robots work together productivity will be higher'
Naresh Kantoor, managing director of Gurugram-based Encon Systems International, a firm that assembles industrial robots, says these machines do …
Bamboo can generate 516.33 million man days of work in India every year
With most of the global export market for bamboo products yet to be tapped and potential to generate 516.33 million man days of work every year, …
Change in immigration rules flayed
A US government plan to simplify immigration procedures for professionals in 10 short-listed vocations has come under fire
All in a day's work
For women in the hill area of Kumaon, Uttar Pradesh, life is not easy. They have to wear the skin off their knuckles to scrape together a living
Against the wind
Government policies and land prices are preventing companies from setting up wind mills in Nagercoil
COVID-19 stimulus: How will states identify unregistered migrant workers?
The Union government set aside Rs 3,500 cr for migrant workers not registered under NFSA
Bihar doctors worried as more healthcare workers fall prey to COVID-19
At least 150 healthcare professionals, including 100 doctors, have tested positive for COVID-19 so far in the state
COVID-19 labour laws dilution: ‘Neo-liberal character has eroded welfare state’
We have moved back to the 19th century in regard to labour laws, says labour economist KR Shyam Sundar
Punjab’s ‘Donkey Flights’ to the world’s conflict zones
Widespread joblessness explains why Punjab’s migrants resort to desperate means to reach their final destinations
Right To Food: Give ration cards to 80 million unorganised and migrant workers within 2 months, directs SC
Ration cards must be issued irrespective of the quotas defined in section 3 of NFSA, says court