-The Telegraph Delivery team, beauticians’ lives ruled by phone calls and sprints to customers New Delhi: The company Pinki Saini began working for in 2018 did not pay her. Instead, she paid the company for letting her work for it. When she started the job as a beautician with Urbanclap — now known as Urban Company — Pinki says she had to pay the firm a “joining fee” of Rs 4,000. She also...
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Rural distress increased sharply as farm wages fell - Santosh Mehrotra
- Deccan Herald Covid-19 reverse migration of labour added to joblessness A rise in self-employment and unpaid family labour three years into the Covid-19 pandemic even as wage rates fell is an indication that rural distress has risen, the economist Santosh Mehrotra writes. Economic distress was on an upward trajectory even before the Pandemic and the sudden arrival of millions of reverse migrants in 2020 added to the stock of unemployed people...
More »BF.7 and XBB: ‘India doing fine, masks hold little value if…’ says Dr Gagandeep Kang -Poulomi Ghosh
-Hindustan Times Virologist Dr Gagandeep Kang said India does not need restrictions but precautions but China will see a lot of infections like that of India's second wave. Virologist Dr Gagandeep Kang on Friday broke down the current Covid situation in India in comparison with China and said India is doing fine and won't require travel restrictions but China will see 'lots and lots of infections', similar to what India witnessed during...
More »After measles, experts worry typhoid could pose the next health challenge as India delays vaccine -Tabassum Barnagarwala
-Scroll.in The country already has a high typhoid burden and increasing drug resistance could led to a rise in treatment cost and recovery time. The measles outbreak in Mumbai, followed by Ranchi, Ahmedabad and Malappuram over the past month has drawn attention to the large number of unvaccinated children. Over 16,000 suspected cases have been recorded in India. Of the 20 children who have died of measles since October 26 in the...
More »Why are India’s slowing exports a cause for concern? -K Bharat Kumar
-The Hindu How are other export-dominated countries faring? Why is the government optimistic that domestic demand will counter the effects of declining exports? The story so far: India’s exports declined about 16.7% in October compared with the year-earlier period. This is the first slide reported for any month since February 2021. October imports rose at a much milder pace than earlier, most likely because of softening commodity prices worldwide, and trade deficit...
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