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IHCL, chef Sanjeev Kapoor, Jose Andres offer meals to healthcare workers

Kapoor and WCK have partnered with Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) for its MealsToSmiles initiative

The rural worry

Bharat is suffering on multiple counts

Long days' journey into flight

Book review of 1232 km: The Long Journey Home

Process of registration of migrant workers needs to be expedited, says SC

The Supreme Court Monday said the process of registration of migrant workers is very slow and it must be expedited so that benefit of various schemes can be extended to them amid the Covid pandemic

Children of the pandemic

Why is it important to tell stories in ways that outlive the news cycle? Read author-filmmaker Samina Mishra and illustrator Tarique Aziz's book Jamlo Walks (2021) to look for answers

Provide dry ration, facilitate transportation for migrants in NCR: SC

A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and M R Shah said the Centre may also issue instructions to the Ministry of Railways to take necessary and adequate measures to cater to the need of migrant workers

SC to pass directions on community kitchen, transportation of migrants

The Supreme Court Thursday said it is inclined to pass directions to NCR states to have community kitchens and to facilitate transportation of migrant workers amid the current Covid-19 wave

The discovery of Modi's India

Narendra Modi's is not a picture of a leader concerned about the well-being of the country he governs but of fulfilling a personal and political agenda in spite of it

27 mn households sought work under employment guarantee scheme last month

This was mainly on account of migrants again returning to their homes due to the second wave of Covid-19 and several cities going into lockdowns

Delhi curfew, oxygen shortage take a toll on Noida industrial belt

Rough estimates by local industry owners indicate that at least 15 per cent of the 600,000-odd migrant workers employed in the region have already gone back

Covid-19: Migrant workers scramble to leave as Delhi goes under lockdown

Hundreds of migrant workers thronged at the Anand Vihar Bus Terminal on Monday evening to board the buses for their native places

Uttar Pradesh to set up quarantine centres for returning migrant workers

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed officials to set up quarantine centres in all those districts of the state that are receiving migrant workers

Covid-19: Deserted streets, fleeing workers threaten India's oil demand

After dipping by about 2 per cent in March from February, overall consumption of oil products looks set to extend declines this month.

SC directs states to provide info on number, condition of migrant children

SC Tuesday directed all states to inform about the number of migrant children and their condition on a plea seeking directions for the protection of their fundamental rights amidst Covid-19 pandemic

Lockdowns again: Migrant crisis to job cuts, fear has come back too soon

The lockdown will hurt urban employment in April or beyond

Fearing lockdown as Covid cases spike, migrant workers begin leaving Delhi

Amidst the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the national capital, some of the migrant workers have started returning to their native places in fear of imposition of lockdown

Second Covid wave: Migrants going back can spice up panchayat polls in UP

The UP panchayat polls will be held in four phases in 75 districts from April 15. Return of migrants has added another dimension

Covid surge: PMO's top priority is to prevent reverse migration of workers

With sudden surge in Covid-19 cases in India, preventing another reverse migration of workers, particularly from key industrial areas, seems to be the top most priority of the Prime Minister's Office

Fearing lockdown, several migrant workers in Delhi head for native places

Amidst lockdown fears in light of a surge in Covid-19 cases, several migrant workers were seen leaving Delhi and heading towards their native places

The second wave: Migrant crisis looms again as Covid-19 curbs expand

Lack of business to hit payouts, pushing people out of jobs and cities