-Hindustan Times Workers who have registered so far belong to diverse occupations, such as construction, apparel manufacturing, fishing, gig and platform work, street vending as well as domestic work. Nearly half of 40 million workers of the country’s informal economy registered on a recently launched national portal are women, and most workers regardless of gender are from disadvantaged castes, official data that shines new LIGht on India’s invisible unorganised labour force shows. Trends...
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Hit hard by cracker bans, Sivakasi’s fireworks workers are missing a transition plan -Hariprasad Radhakrishnan
-TheNewsMinute.com Caught between denialism and short-sightedness, vulnerable communities in Sivakasi bear the brunt of clampdowns due to air pollution. At the strike of a gavel in Delhi, LIGhts go out in Sivakasi. When states located thousands of kilometres away place curbs, sales turn out to be a damp squib in the fireworks capital. Year after year, about 6.5 lakh people in Sivakasi dependent on the fireworks industry suffer from rude market shocks because...
More »48 Hours Of Rain In Uttarakhand, No Electricity Or Phone Signal -Vishnu Som
-NDTV blog After more than 48 hours of incessant rain, the first sign of a let-up - it has now come down to a drizzle with the government indicating that the worst may now be over. But there has been a heavy price to pay. After three days of splendid sunshine in Majkhali, in Uttarakhand's Almora district - which opened up extraordinary views of the Nanda Devi, Trishul and Panchachuli ranges, heavy, overcast...
More »Recent Statements by the Chief Minister of Haryana Amount to Incitement of Violence, Grounds for Dismissal From Office -Yashashwini Santuka
-Newsclick.in In LIGht of the recent statements made by the Chief Minister of Haryana calling for the farmers protesting against the three farm laws to be met with violence. In an address to volunteers on October 3, 2021, the Chief Minister of Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar reportedly said, “Pick up sticks and fight those furious farmers. We will see everything. If you stay in jail for two-four months, you will become a...
More »6 dead after rain triggers landslides in Kerala; IMD sounds 'Red Alert' for 5 districts
-IndiaToday.in Six people have died after heavy rain triggered landslides in parts of Kerala. The IMD, meanwhile, had sounded a 'Red Alert' for at least five districts in LIGht of the situation. Six people have died and dozens are feared missing after heavy rain triggered landslides in south and central Kerala on Saturday. The deaths were reported from Thodupuzha and Kokkayar in Idduki and Koottikkal in the Kottayam district. In addition to floods...
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