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
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
पलायन रोकने का दावा फेल, फिर बिहार छोड़कर बाहर जा रहे मजदूर
कोसी, मिथिलांचल और चंपारण के इलाकों में रोज पंजाब और हरियाणा से बसें आ रही हैं, जो मजदूरों को अपने साथ धान रोपणी के ...
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 …
मजदूर दिवस: क्यों शासन पर भरोसा नहीं कर पाए प्रवासी मजदूर
मजदूरों को भ्रम में रखने के लिए कानून तो बनाए गए, लेकिन उनकी पालना नहीं की गई
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
Appetite for danger
Jobs involving hazardous chemicals actually select people with the appropriate genes
No greenhorn
FM focuses on political environment
Orissa kendu leaf workers end strike
Rs 1 crore due to NREGS workers in UP
Making labour the fall guy
BJP thinks undoing labour laws will spur a manufacturing boom. Even now workers enjoy little protection or social security
लॉकडाउन में 50 फीसदी बढ़ा रिवर्स रेमिटेंस, गांव से महानगर खातों में पहुंचे पैसे
बिहार में छपरा, दरभंगा, मोतिहारी और मध्य प्रदेश में सागर जैसी जगहों से लोगों ने महानगरों को इंडिया पेयमेंट बैंक के माध्यम से खातों ...
अपना पूरा दिन कहां खर्च करते हैं भारतीय, एनएसओ ने जारी की सर्वे रिपोर्ट
एनएसओ ने पहली बार टाइम यूज इन इंडिया सर्वे रिपोर्ट जारी की है, जिसमें लोगों की दिनचर्या के बारे में जानकारी जुटाई गई है
प्रवासी श्रमिकों ने श्रमदान से पुनर्जीवित की घरार नदी
सालों पहले चैक डेम बनने से जब नदी का पानी कम हो गया तो खेतों की सिंचाई रुक गई और धीरे-धीरे लोग गांव छोड़ ...
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
कोरोना लॉकडाउन: मजदूर क्यों न खोते धैर्य?
अमीर अब सरकार पर सबसे ज्यादा भरोसा करते हैं, जबकि कम विशेषाधिकार लोगों का अनुभव इससे उलट रहा
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
Illegal mining forces Raniganj residents to eat now and die tomorrow
Villages in Asansol-Raniganj coal belt, which go to polls on April 29, 2019, stand on precarious land that might collapse any day, but the …
Bihar in reverse gear
State plans to bring down its minimum wage rate to that under MGNREGA
Closure of stone crushers leaves labour high and dry
Crafted tales
Startups are connecting artisans to the urban consumer by providing them an online market to showcase their craft