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Last Monday, Punjabi farmworker Satnam Singh suffered critical injuries in an accident on an Italian farm — and then his boss left him to die. The shocking case showed how …
Migrant workers sent $650bn overseas last year – what it means – Copy Read More
NEW DELHI, July 4 (Reuters) – In the Vivekananda Camp slum, adjacent to the U.S. embassy in New Delhi, communal taps supply brackish water for about two hours a day. …
Not politics, not interest rates: India’s surging economy at risk from water Read More
Uneven production, thin trading, climate change and increasing demand will keep food security out of balance. Jayan Jose Thomas and B. Satheesha explain in the wake of India’s rice export …
Trading security Read More
My journey with Amazon began in August 2022, packing items for shipping in the outbound department. When I started, I trusted that my hard work would lead to contract renewals …
Low Wages, Long Standing Hours, No Rest Areas: A First-Person Account From an Amazon Warehouse Read More
The results of India’s six-week-long national election, the world’s largest, started trickling in on Tuesday, showing that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was on track to secure a …
India election: Can Modi carry out tough economic reforms? Read More
NEW YORK (AP) — Some of the world’s wildest action in financial markets is roiling around the Japanese yen. The value of Japan’s currency has tumbled so much that for …
Indians who pre-ordered Teslas in 2016 are giving up and chasing refunds Read More
Experts on Indigenous Peoples have warned that India’s controversial Great Nicobar Development Project must be scrapped. Crucially, their open letter demands that the Indian government alter course before they cause the extinction of the Shompen. …
An Indigenous tribe is facing genocide – all in the name of capitalist settler-colonialism Read More
With national elections around the corner, the Indian government on Thursday announced an interim budget mostly along expected lines, with a few surprises rolled in both for investors and rural …
India budget 2024: What does it say about the economy, elections? Read More
Deepak had been working at Amazon India for six years when he was offered an opportunity for an internal transfer to the company’s headquarters in Seattle. In June 2022, he …
U.S. tech layoffs sent Indian workers home to an even worse job market Read More
Mehak Majeed tells of the race against expectations that female Indian academics must run. As an economist at a Kashmir-based university in India, I have experienced first hand the cost …
A woman’s place in India Read More