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  COVID-19: Migrant workers swamp TN's Sundarapuram to collect passes for 'Shramik' trains

  News | May 20, 2020 16:42 IST

  The foremost norm to combat COVID-19 pandemic-social distancing- gone for a toss in Tamil Nadu, where migrant workers gathered in large numbers in Coimbatore's Sundarapuram to collect 'shramik special' train passes to return to their hometowns.

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  People requesting Sonu Sood on social media to help them reach home

  Celebrities | May 18, 2020 18:59 IST

  Bollywood actor Sonu Sood has been a saviour for many migrant workers and now his social media timeline is flooded with requests from people stuck in various corners of the country urging him to send them home amid the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.

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  Migrant worker steals bicycle to pedal disabled son to home, leaves apology note

  India | May 17, 2020 0:55 IST

  A migrant worker in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur stole a bicycle to reach his home town Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, which is 250 kilometers, along with his disabled son. Interestingly, the worker left behind an apology note for the cycle owner.

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  Non-migrant workers in Delhi see income drop by at least 57 per cent during lockdown: Study

  Business | May 16, 2020 15:19 IST

  Almost two months into the coronavirus-induced lockdown, non-migrant workers in Delhi have seen their average weekly incomes drop by at least 57 per cent, according to a combined study done by a US and a Canadian universities.

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  COVID-19: Migrant workers walk on foot in MP to reach home town

  News | May 15, 2020 11:20 IST

  A group of migrant workers was seen walking on foot in Madhya Pradesh amid coronavirus pandemic.

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  Man paddles 1,350 km on rickshaw to reach home

  India | May 13, 2020 15:25 IST

  Here's another tale of herculean endeavour by yet another migrant -- this time it is middle-aged Govind Mandal who carried his wife and son on his rickshaw from Delhi to Deoghar paddling for nearly 1,350 km for a fortnight, proving the adage "where there is will there is way". 

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  Telangana: 21-year-old migrant worker dies of sunstroke after walking 300 km

  India | May 13, 2020 7:29 IST

  A 21-year-old migrant worker collapsed and died, apparently of sunstroke at Bhadrachalam on Tuesday after walking 300 km from here with three friends to try and reach Odisha in view of the lockdown, officials said.

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  Chief Labour Commissioner has no data on migrant workers: RTI activist

  India | May 06, 2020 15:34 IST

  The Chief Labour Commissioner (CLC) does not possess the state-wise or district-wise data on the number of migrant workers under distress due to the three phases of lockdowns in the country, an RTI activist said on Wednesday.

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  UP: Migrant worker on way home in Bihar on bicycle dies in Shahjahanpur

  India | May 02, 2020 11:39 IST

  A migrant worker died in Shahjahanpur while cycling from his workplace in Delhi to home in Bihar amid the ongoing lockdown, police said on Saturday. 

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  COVID-19 cases rise among migrant workers in Singapore

  World | April 19, 2020 16:29 IST

  The novel coronavirus have continued to spread in the crowded dormitories for migrant workers in Singapore, accounting for a majority of the 596 new cases detected on Sunday. 

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  Workers from Tamil Nadu finally reach their homes after 3 days walking from Kerala

  India | March 31, 2020 10:47 IST

  Workers Arun and Daivam said, "CM's suggestion to provide food and other facilities to all migrant workers by the employers, is not implemented in many places. We did not receive the services of community kitchen. We don't even have the money to buy food or water."

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  279 migrant Indian workers died in Qatar last year : Amnesty report

  World | June 01, 2015 7:06 IST

  London: As many as 279 migrant workers from India, one of the largest migrant worker sending countries, died in 2014 in Qatar - the host of 2022 Fifa World Cup, Amnesty International said in its