-The Telegraph Study records targeting of minorities during pandemic, including use of social media handles like ‘#CoronaJihad’ New Delhi: The Washington-based think tank Pew Research Centre has come out with a study that puts India at the top of its index of social hostilities involving religion in 2020 in the context of the impact of Covid restrictions. The study has recorded the targeting of minorities in India during the pandemic, including the use...

-Outlook India How going back to traditional farming practices is changing the lives of Bhil Adivasis in the hilly tribal village of Gamaniya Hameera in Rajasthan. Twenty-eight year old Kailash Nathu, a member of Bhil Adivasi community, recalls a horrific incident from 2018, when like very year, he migrated from his village Gamaniya Hameera, all the way to Gujarat to find work as a daily-waged labourer. Nathu was not the only villager...

-Newsclick.in Weavers' cooperatives struggling due to lack of orders from two state govt. owned retailing units along with other factors Kolkata:  The famous   “khat-khat- khat “  sound that comes from a traditional handloom weavers hut is becoming fainter in Shantipur of Nadia district about 100 kilometres from the state Capital of Kolkata. Shantipur is known for its weaving skills and traditional weavers producing Shantipur sarees which are high in demand in...

-The Telegraph Uncle of young migrant worker flying in with body ‘at own cost’ Calcutta: A 17-year-old migrant worker from East Burdwan’s Purbasthali died in Gujarat’s Morbi bridge collapse that has claimed at least 134 lives since Sunday evening. Habibul Sheikh, 17, a high school dropout, who went to Morbi to work at his uncle’s jewellery shop 10 months ago, visited the “hanging bridge” in Morbi with four other migrant workers from Bengal...

--Press release by National Coalition on the Education Emergency dated 31st October, 2022 More than 12 organisations and several individuals were part of a national consultation where issues faced by migrant children were discussed and actionable recommendations were proposed.  Bengaluru, Mumbai and New Delhi, October 31, 2022: Not-for-profit organisations and civil society institutions have demanded that migrant children be provided the right to quality education immediately and have proposed an actionable framework...