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Sriperumbudur comes alive after 7 p.m. Fast-food carts light up, groups of migrant workers stream out of factory gates towards their accommodation or to dinner, and narrow lanes fill with activity in a town built around manufacturing. There is a sense of relief on the faces after the toil of a full day. Tucked between…
For Mahalakshmi R., who has been riding a bike taxi for nearly two years, every increase in fuel and food prices directly cuts into her daily earnings. What was once enough for three modest meals a day is no longer sufficient. “I earn an average of ₹700 to ₹1,000 each day, depending on the number…
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech during the ruling Workers’ Party Congress in Pyongyang, on February 19, 2026. Photo Credits: Korea News Service via AP North Korea’s ruling party has opened a landmark congress, state media said Friday (February 20, 2026), launching a political spectacle expected to unveil the next phase in…
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The workers alleged that the company had forcibly taken away their passports. Bhubaneswar: A group of 35 labourers from Odisha alleged that they were held captive by a company in Laos for which they were working. Urging the government to bring them back, the labourers in a video clip said the plywood company stopped its operations…
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