Nigeria’s post-COVID-19 recovery plan has some merit. But it misses the mark

The Nigerian government ignored fundamental problems that have plagued previous economic plans, power and education

COVID-19: ‘Nurses need support for trauma, pain they experience’

A nurse on the frontlines of 2014 Ebola outbreak recounts her story of struggle, fear and courage 

Fighting for a safer workplace

Workers often fail to get proper medical treatment because they are mostly ignorant of occupational diseases.

Fatal exposure

Workers exposed to pesticides over a long period of time may run the risk of contracting cancer

Drying up of MGNREGA allocation will shrink the rural economy further

The focus of MGNREGA has, over time, shifted from employment creation to asset creation 

Only 6 states in India have 45 HCWs per 10,000 population, says Niti SDG index

Some 71.3% households don’t have a single person covered under health insurance or a scheme

Post COVID-19, ILO calls for national-level policy on those working from home

There is an urgency to adopt global labour standards and improve national-level labour registries for home-based workers, organisation says in …

COVID-19: Odisha plans to prevent community transmission with weekend shutdowns at 11 districts

Doctors term the decision as illogical, say government should identify containment zones instead 

COVID-19: Sitharaman’s second tranche of economic stimulus fails to enthuse

Experts question announcements made for street vendors, small and marginal farmers and migrant workers

COVID-19: How will political economy of formal-informal sector play out

While the cost of lockdown was borne by population ignored by bureaucracy, benefits were incurred by a small influential group 

Why 275,000 National Health Mission workers have been protesting for 3 years

National Health Mission workers are up in arms, demanding salary and perks at par with the government's regular staff

Americans want low-cost, quality health care

Hillary Rodham Clinton, head of the US President's task force on health, has a tough task ahead in providing Americans with low-cost, quality …

More than 3,000 healthcare workers in 79 countries have died from COVID-19: Report

Health workers work in unsafe conditions and lack adequate safety gear, wages and medical care in addition to reprisals for protests

Health must be fast-tracked for 2030

The world needs more and better skilled health workers to attain the SDG targets and continue to foster global health beyond 2030

Acute malnutrition worsened among children: NFHS-5

Stunting among children below five did not improve at all; child obesity increased across several states

Every day, 28 people dependent on farming die by suicide in India

People in the farm sector accounted for 7.4 per cent of the total suicides in India, according to the latest NCRB report 

COVID-19 has made the invisible visible

Migrants make economies tick and now with their return there are many questions about the future of work, of …

Cyclone Fani: Artisans to fishermen, trail of devastation has left none

Most traditional workers in Odisha have no means to sustain themselves after the storm pummelled the state

Increase minimum wage by Rs 199, cut calorie intake by 300, suggests expert panel

Suggestions include different national minimum wages across different geographical regions in the country to suit local requirement

Salt rush

Every year, marginal farmers from across the country travel to Mumbai's saltpans to earn some extra money

Weaving trouble

Kashmir's handmade pashmina shawls have long been threatened by power looms outside the state. The problem has now spread within

Making labour the fall guy

BJP thinks undoing labour laws will spur a manufacturing boom. Even now workers enjoy little protection or social security

Will MGNREGA help again? Rs 1,387 crore pending in wages

Migrant workers are returning to their home states again as COVID-19 pandemic lashes out brutally at several urban centres 

Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (June 6-12, 2020)

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

The untouchables: COVID-19 lockdown and the migrants

Social-distancing on the one hand and slipping back to age-old social discrimination on the other hand can break backs