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Russia to import 1 million skilled workforce from India
Russia to import 1 million skilled workforce from India
1 min read14 Jul 2025A baby’s weight, one video at a time: How AI is reshaping child healthcare in rural India
In a world where each day brings more bad news about wars, death, destruction and tariffs, here’s a feel-good story about how artificial intelligence is helping ensure Indian children are in good health, right from birth.
10 min read6 Jul 2025UK Work Visa Scam: What is it, why has it left migrants stranded and what's the solution? Explained in 5 points
The now-discontinued Health and Care Worker Visa introduced by the UK government allowed medical professionals to come to or stay in the UK to do an eligible job with the NHS, an NHS supplier or in adult social care.
2 min read26 Jun 2025How Kashmir’s entire economy hinges on migrant workers who can vanish overnight
From steel mills to apple orchards, Kashmir’s fragile industries depend on migrant workers whose sudden exodus during every bout of unrest threatens to shut down the region’s economic engine.
7 min read21 Jun 2025Why the continued neglect of migrant workers will derail India’s growth story
Every time crisis strikes—be it a pandemic, a natural disaster, or, like now, cross-border conflict—there's one group that quietly packs up and disappears from the headlines: India’s migrant workers.
4 min read17 May 2025India showcases its learnings in promoting labour welfare, social justice at ILO
The Indian delegation, led by Secretary Dawra, made several interventions on key issues, showcasing India's achievements, learnings, and perspectives to advance the shared agenda of promoting labour welfare, social justice, and quality employment generation globally.
2 min read16 Mar 2025Indonesia Set to Lift Ban on Migrant Workers to Saudi Arabia
Indonesia is set to sign an agreement to lift its decade-long moratorium on sending citizens to Saudi Arabia as domestic workers and formal sector employees, following assurances of stricter labor protections from the Gulf nation.
1 min read15 Mar 2025UK Restricts Overseas Care Hiring in Drive to Reduce Migration
The UK government will force employers in the care sector to hire migrant workers already in Britain before they can recruit from abroad, in its latest attempt to bring down the huge number of people arriving in the country through legal routes.
2 min read13 Mar 2025The superpower of Odisha’s migrant workers, crafted over a decade
Sita Behera from Odisha's Khordha district pursued a course to become an electrician. Shortlisted by a power distribution company for a job, she was asked to climb a 40-foot tower, which she did with ease. Today, she is known as the ‘transmission queen’. Who are the people behind her success?
10 min read3 Mar 2025Worker scarcity: Low-wage labour in India is crying out for a quantum leap in pay
As large employers like L&T express concerns about an urban shortage of workers, the role of freebies is being raked up. But this is just a side-story. Aspirations need to be stoked—through the offer of far better lives.
3 min read18 Feb 2025