-TheWire.in A PIL seeking social security benefits for gig workers and platform workers brings to the front a storm of issues that have festered over the last few years. There is a storm of discontent brewing within India’s app-based worker community, which the Union government has been sidelining for far too long much to the dismay of the over 15 million gig workers in India. While the government persists with an apathetic attitude...
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11,000 Applicants For 15 Jobs Reveal A Frightening Madhya Pradesh Reality -Anurag Dwary
-NDTV.com Over 32 lakh are registered as unemployed in Madhya Pradesh even though around 1 lakh government jobs are lying vacant. Bhopal: Fifteen job openings for peons, drivers and watchmen in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior saw nearly 11,000 unemployed young men flock to the city on Saturday and Sunday not just from within the state but also neighbouring Uttar Pradesh. Although the jobs needed candidates who had cleared the 10th-grade exams, applicants included graduates,...
More »Millions of Indian Children Affected by COVID-Related School Closures, Digital Divide -Murali Krishnan
-TheWire.in Millions of school children in India, especially from poor families, dropped out of school over the past two years because of the COVID health emergency. Raghav Paswan, a vegetable vendor from East Delhi has two school-age children, 12-year-old Vinita and nine-year-old Gita, who have not gone to school for the past two years because of the pandemic. Paswan’s meagre income has dropped further during the pandemic, to the point where he could...
More »Police Cracks Down Doctors Protesting in Delhi, Several Detained
-TheWire.in The stir, led by the Federation of Resident Doctors' Association, has been going on for 12 days now. New Delhi: Protests by a large number of resident doctors in Delhi over the delay in NEET-PG 2021 counselling on Monday took a dramatic turn, with police personnel cracking down on the protesters. Both the protesters and police have said that several persons suffered injuries in the ensuing melee. The stir, led by the...
More »Uttar Pradesh Worst Performer in NITI Aayog Health Index, Kerala top for 4th Year -Abdul Alim Jafri
-Newsclick.in The poll-bound state ranked the worst in institutional deliveries both in 2014-15 and 2019-20. Lucknow: With less than three months left for the Assembly elections, the Yogi Adityanath government has received some less than flattering news with Uttar Pradesh (UP) once again figuring at the bottom of 19 large states and Left-rule Kerala emerging as the state with the best overall health performance for the fourth consecutive year on the fourth...
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