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Crises of Migrant Workers Continue, Need Action: Supreme Court Issues Notices to Centre and States

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Migrant workers and their families wait to get on a bus to reach a railway station to board a train to their home state of Uttar Pradesh, during an extended lockdown to slow the spreading of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New Delhi, India, May 26, 2021. Photo: (REUTERS/Adnan Abidi)

A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan took suo motu cognisance of the issues relating to migrant workers and sought a response from Solicitor General Tushar Mehta.

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  • Last Updated: May 27, 2021, 12:00 AM IST
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After innumerable stories of their plight and agony, the Supreme Court on Tuesday decided to finally look at the problems being faced by migrant workers left stranded in different parts of the country due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown.

The top court admitted that “crises of migrant labourers is even continuing today with large sections still stranded on roads, highways, railway stations and state borders”, requiring effective concerted efforts to improve the situation.

A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan took suo motu cognisance of the issues relating to migrant workers and sought a response from Solicitor General Tushar Mehta.

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Fixing the matter for hearing on Thursday, the bench recorded in its order that “there have been inadequacies and certain lapses” although the Centre and states have maintained they were taking all necessary steps.

“We are of the view that effective concentrated efforts are required to redeem the situation,” said the bench, which also included Justices Sanjay K Kaul and MR Shah.

The bench asked the law officer to assist it and bring to the notice of the Court all measures and steps taken by the Government of India and to be taken in this regard. It also issued notices to all the states and union territories, seeking their responses at the earliest.

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In its order, the bench referred to newspaper reports and media reports that have been “continuously showing the unfortunate and miserable conditions of migrant labourers walking on-foot and cycles from long distances”.

“They have also been complaining of not being provided food and water by the administration at places where they were stranded or in the way i.e. highways from which they proceeded on-foot, cycles or other modes of transport,” it said.

The bench was ostensibly referring to the incident wherein a 16-year-old girl rode 1,300 kilometress on a bicycle, with her father as pillion, from Haryana’s Gurugram to Bihar’s Darbhanga.

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The court emphasised the present situation of lockdown in the entire country and said this section of the society needs succour and help by the concerned governments, especially steps need to be taken by the government of India, state governments or union territories in this difficult situation to extend helping hand to these migrant labourers.

The Supreme Court order has come more than a month after the problems being faced by migrant workers came to light. Not only this, when a few petitions relating to migrant workers were taken up by the apex court earlier, it expressed satisfaction at the steps being taken by the central government and did not seem it to be a “crises” — used today in the suo motu order.






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The internet is currently divided following a viral video that showed remarks by students from Galgotias University about Sam Pitroda, the Chair of the Indian Overseas Congress, regarding the ‘inheritance tax’.

As per Business Standard, this incident that has filled the entire nation with laughter took place in Greater Noida. Purposedly, the students of Galgotias University held a protest in Delhi. 

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When an AajTak reporter reached the protest site, he questioned the students engaged in the protests. The reporter asked the students the motive behind their protest and the message their placards conveyed. 

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Students seemed clueless about the questions asked. While responses from other students were even funny and laughable. 

Thus, the video showcasing students’ response has gone viral all over the social media platforms. The video has also garnered funny reactions from netizens online. 

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One student stated that his motive behind the protest was his desire for a developed India. However, he lacked the basic specifics. 

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It seemed that the protest was made to touch a range of issues in the nation, such as women’s empowerment, urban naxalism, NaMo’s stand on mangalsutra and wealth redistribution, inheritance tax and many more. However, clarity remains elusive. 

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A huge update for those who were a part of COVID vaccination programs! Rare side effects of the vaccination have surfaced, questioned by numerous health experts.

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“TTS is thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome, which is basically a clot in the blood vessels of the brain or elsewhere, along with a low platelet count. It is known to occur in very rare instances following certain types of vaccines and also from other causes. According to the WHO, adenovirus vector vaccines, in particular, have rarely been associated with this condition.”

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TTS can be treated with a multidisciplinary approach. It includes supportive care, anticoagulation therapy to prevent blood clotting, and hospitalization.

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The prime suspect in the murder case of a famous Punjabi singer, Goldy Brar, is alive, reported TOI.

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Orders by the government-linked Goldy Brar to a listed terrorist organization under the UAPA, Babbar Khalsa International. 

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Goldy Brar has never ceased to vanish from police’s eyes since he murdered Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala. His father also was a Police Officer himself.

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