Generally, economists refer to indicators like Worker Population Ratio (WPR), Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) and Unemployment Rate (UR) in order to assess the extent of joblessness and work related precarity at a particular period of time in a certain geographical area. However, there are other indicators too, which can help in understanding the job situation, livelihoods security and vulnerability of workers in a better way such as 'percentage distribution...

-Livewire.thewire.in A few Days ago, I reported a story for Entrackr about the life of one Zomato delivery worker in Gurgaon. I tailed him as he went about his Day delivering orders, calculating the kilometres he rode for and the money he made at the end of his ten-hour long shift. The story blew up. In this piece, I document some aspects that were left out of the first story to keep...

-NDTV.com With 186 people in hospital and a high number of affected children, the Firozabad administration has ordered closure of schools for Classes 1-8. Firozabad: The death of 53 people, including 45 children, over the past 10 Days in a suspected dengue outbreak in Firozabad has prompted the Uttar Pradesh government to set up an inquiry. At the Firozabad medical college, the scenes are horrifying: rows of children suffering from fever and their...

-ThePrint.in Supreme Court TuesDay ordered the demolition of two under-construction towers at Supertech's Emerald Court complex, ruling them illegal and against residents' rights. Noida: “Come have laddoos, we won toDay.” Anyone entering Supertech Emerald Court at Noida’s Sector 93 TuesDay was greeted by Resident Welfare Association (RWA) members with these words, and big smiles. It was a Day of victory for them indeed.  After a nine-year fight against real estate major Supertech —...

-Down to Earth blog The ecology of Himachal Pradesh’s hydropower hub is too fragile for such projects “Twenty-five years ago, people could be excused for not knowing much, or doing much about climate change. ToDay, we have no excuses,” Desmond Tutu, South African theologian, had said. The recent landslides in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district brought back focus on how 40 per cent of the state is geologically ‘highly sensitive’, according to a report...