Friday, March 29, 2024

Topic: Migrants

Kerala landslide: Dalit migrant workers at receiving end, 23 died, 43 feared trapped

At least 23 people have been killed and around 43 others feared trapped under the debris after a landslide triggered by heavy rains flattened a row of dwelling units of tea estate workers at Pettimudi in this high-range district Idukki in Kerala early Friday.

Pandemic could spark massive new migration: Red Cross

The devastating economic toll the coronavirus crisis is taking around the world could spark huge waves of fresh migration once borders reopen, Jagan Chapagain, head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said in an interview with AFP.

Mamata seeks Rs 10,000 transfer from PM-Cares to each migrant worker

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday asked the Centre to transfer Rs 10,000 each to the bank account of migrant workers.

198 migrant workers died in road accidents since Mar 25: SaveLife Foundation

At least 198 migrant workers lost their lives in the road accidents during the lockdown from March 25 to May 31, according to data compiled by the SaveLIFE Foundation, a non-profit, non-governmental organization committed to improving road safety and emergency medical care across India.

Photojournalists demand apology from SG Tushar Mehta for remarks in SC on migrants issue

The All India Working News Cameramen Association (WNCA), the representative organisation of photo and video journalists in the country, strongly condemned the observation of the Solicitor General of India, Tushar Mehta against the photo and video journalists in course of Supreme Court hearing on 'migrants' crisis' on 27 May that they were spreading negativity by flashing the images of the pathetic condition of the migrants on their way to their homes and virtually calling them 'vultures' and 'prophets of doom'.

RJD leader Tejashwi offers Rs 5 lakh for kids of woman who died on train

The leader of the opposition in Bihar and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav announced financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh for both the children of Arbina Khatoon, a migrant mother who died due to heat and hunger while returning from Ahmedabad by a Shramik special train to Muzaffarpur on Monday.