-PTI/ The Hindu SC Bench also asked all the states impleaded as parties in the case to file replies in the matter. The Supreme Court Tuesday directed all states to inform it about the number of MIGrant children and their condition on a plea seeking directions for the protection of their fundamental rights amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. A bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V...

-Outlook India If talks of lockdown turn into reality and if it gets implemented for a month or more, then a reverse MIGration of daily wage labourers can be expected from impacted cities, say experts Mixed signals from some of the states like Delhi, Maharashtra, Karnataka among others is giving rise to concern that a repeat of last year’s exodus of MIGrant labourers during the extended lockdown would once again impact operations...

-The Indian Express India has welcomed refugees in the past, and on date, nearly 300,000 people here are categorised as refugees. But India is not a signatory to the 1951 UN Convention or the 1967 Protocol. Nor does India have a refugee policy or a refugee law of its own. Last week, the Supreme Court appeared to accept the Centre’s contention that the Rohingya people in India are illegal imMIGrants when it...

-NDTV.com With increasing coronavirus numbers the fear of imposition of lockdown has been making MIGrant workers anxious. New Delhi: Amidst the rising number of coronavirus cases in the national capital, some of the MIGrant workers have started returning to their native places in fear of imposition of lockdown. Some alone, with backpacks, while some with their families, MIGrant workers can be seen leaving for their home at ISBT, Anand Vihar, and other key...

-Scroll.in One of them is in Kolkata, and the other, in a village. Both were set up to keep schoolchildren amidst books. The distance between the posh neighbourhood of Patuli in Kolkata and the dusty meandering roads of Ashina village is over 50 kilometres. The villagers of Ashina most likely have never seen the towering housing complexes near the Satyajit Ray Park in Patuli. Similarly, most of the residents of Patuli may...