Rice and easy

Missing link

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

Cattle, labour and other non-descripts

India's farm labour needs dignity

Handloom is haute

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

Use revenue-sharing model for development, land acquisition

Access to village commons improved livelihoods but some recent state policies seek to grab them

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 

‘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

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  

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Create a million person days under MGNREGS: Patnaik to officers

He also asked them to ensure food security for migrant workers returning to the state