No more N-I-M-B-Y

Our excessive reliance on 'others' to manage 'our' waste has let the situation go out of hand

50 debt-ridden weavers in Varanasi committed suicide since Modi became PM

Conditions of weavers community got worse during Modi regime, reveal experts’ findings

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

Capital labour rush

A drought-like condition at home and long-term employment opportunity in Amaravati, the new capital of Andhra Pradesh, are fuelling migration …

Weaving trouble

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

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 …

What delayed launch of phase IV of AIDS control programme?

Activists say Supreme Court decision criminalising gay sex under Section 377 of IPC may be a reason

Simmering discontent over tea

The newfound success of brand Darjeeling is fuelling suspicion between planters and workers. Sayantan Bera reports

Towards food security: perspectives from three continents

The Food Insecurity Report 2014, released by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) last week, has revealed that one …

Letters

Life around Mumbai’s salt pans

The salt pans are a source of livelihood for more than 2,000 migrant workers from different parts of the country

Voice-over

Newspaper>> WorkerÔÇÖs rights ÔÇó China

The women who are left behind

IN THE ABSENCE OF THEIR MEN: THE IMPACT OF MALE MIGRATION ON WOMEN Leela Gulati Publisher: Sage Publications, Delhi Price: Rs 200

Choking effects

Workers suffer from respiratory ailments after cleaning World Trade Centre debris

Workers in unorganised sector lack social security

Hard work pays

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In court

Suit yourself for safety

A new safety suit can sound alarm bells the moment it is damaged and make working in hazardous environments safer

News Snippets

No one is alien

Women and capitalism

LABBOUR AND GENDER: SURVIVAL IN MODERN INDIA U Kalpagam Publisher: Sage Publications Price: Rs 285(hb)/Rs 175(pb)

News Snippets

Losing proposition

Bamboo musings

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

Healthy ruling