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A polluting industrial unit in Gujarat continues to operate, despite the state Pollution Control Board issuing notices to shut it down

COVID-19: Alang’s ship breakers look at workers from diamond, other sectors to stay afloat

The industry witnessed a reverse migration of at least 75 per cent of its workforce

COVID-19: Distress calls from migrants reveal India’s digital divide

Communication between migrant workers, their family members has come to a standstill

Over half the HIV infected people globally do not know their positive status: UN

Gap Report calls for scaling up efforts to end the disease by 2030

MGNREGA: Workers call for scrapping of attendance scheme at Jantar Mantar protest 

The NREGA Sangharsh Morcha alleged that the claims of government about smooth functioning of the scheme were false and misleading  

How e-waste crisis continues to plague informal sector

Over 90% of electronic waste management is done by informal sector workers, most of whom are unaware of their rights  

UN develops modules to provide safe work environment to health workers

Experts say high rate of infectious viral disease, back injuries, sharps injuries reported among health workers across the world and that it is …

“Women being denied forest claims’

Report by non-profits highlights gender disparity in Forest Rights Act implementation

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COVID-19: Bracing for agrarian crisis and food insecurity

Distress among marginal farmers and unavailability of food to migrant labourers has been largely ignored in Union government’s economic …

Marxists vs Paternalists vs Liberals: Where healthcare stands in India

How health as a right, investment and consumption regularly crops up in capitalist discourses 

Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan: A travesty on migrant workers

Its primary aim is to woo voters in Bihar where elections will take place later this year

Sanitation workers on COVID-19 front lines: How to save the warriors?

Several incidents in the last few months have shone spotlight on abysmal conditions under which sanitation workers function — without …

COVID-19: WTO pushes long-term agenda of liberalising MSMEs

World Trade Organisation recommends digitalisation, transparency, trade facilitation and finance of MSMEs to revive economy

Rejected forest rights to be reconsidered: tribal affairs minister

It may not be possible to reject land title claims filed under Forest Rights Act in future

From tailors to paani poori sellers: MGNREGA lends a hand to migrant returnees

DTE visited village Dhamna in Uttar Pradesh’s Jalaun district to see how life in rural India is being sustained by the biggest …

Can MGNREGA be a tool for post-COVID-19 rural recovery

Agriculture is the least-affected sector of the economy. It is poised to gain and lead economy’s revival process

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 9, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

COVID-19 lockdown: Isn’t it time for the State to do business again?

The government has to step away from its role of a regulator succumbing to the pressure of businesses; it must recognise its power as procurer / …

Cost of marble

Mining in Rajasthan's Rishab Dev tehsil, the only place in the country that produces green marble, registered 6,681 times growth in 14 years. But …

Economic Survey 2022-23: Health not a priority? Just over 2% of GDP spent

Out-of-pocket-expenses remained dangerously high till 2019-2020

When McDonald’s ate crow

The UK’s longest case was a PR disaster for the fast food giant

India in a microcosm: Will COVID-19 reverse migrants pick up the plough again? Palanpur throws up a question

Palanpur has been closely monitored and studied since the early 50s to help economists, policy makers understand the changing rural landscape of …

COVID-19 virus now in community, getting bigger: Himanta Sarma

Assam recorded its highest one-day spike of 1,202 new COVID-19 cases on July 4; 782 cases were from Guwahati alone

COVID-19: Sales hit, Odisha sculptors struggle to stay afloat

Absence of tourists and cancelled festival celebrations have hit their livelihood