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India’s invisible workforce gets a new safety net: Key labour reforms for migrant employees decodedIndia's inter-state migrant workers gain significant protections under new labour code rules notified on May 8, 2026. The Occupational Safe...
Death toll in Vedanta power plant blast rises to 24Another worker from Jharkhand injured in the boiler explosion at the Vedanta power plant in Singhitarai village of Sakti district, Chhattis...
Not just Noida, why workers are protesting across several cities in IndiaIndustrial unrest has erupted in Noida, one of Asia’s largest planned industrial hubs, as workers across thousands of units protest over mi...
West Asia war: Amid gloom and doom in Surat and Tiruppur’s textile clusters, one industry offers hopeAs the West Asia conflict drags down most sectors in India’s two major textile hubs, one segment in Surat is opening up new opportunities
Surat's diamond industry loses shine: Factory closures, job losses, & falling orders hit hardSurat's diamond business is in crisis due to declining global demand and competition from lab-grown diamonds. Workers face job losses and r...
Diamond production down by 21%; 10,000 workers lose jobs, salary cuts for othersAccording to the union's rough estimate some 10,000 diamond workers have lost their jobs in the last few months because of production cuts ...
20,000 jobs lost in Surat as diamond demand fadesSurat, the main centre of India's diamond industry, offers employment to some 800,000 workers in its 4,000-odd cutting and polishing units....
Gujarat: 4 workers killed, 20 injured in Surat chemical factory fireThe body was recovered late night, Sachin GIDC police inspector DV Baldaniya said, adding that 20 workers were injured in the fire and they...
Ukraine war robs India's 'Diamond City' of its sparkleRussian mining giants like Alrosa traditionally accounted for over a third of India's rough diamonds, but supply has all but stopped becaus...
Ukraine impact: About 250,000 workers in Surat's diamond units sent on leave, job losses loomThe US Treasury had slapped sanctions on Alrosa on April 8, potentially cutting off about 30% of the world's supply of rough diamonds.
Surat's diamond industry workers say no to Diwali holidays as demand revivesTraditionally, workers in Surat get a fortnight to a month-long holiday for Diwali, said industry executives.
With migrants gone, jewellery exporters seeks more time to fill ordersNearly four lakh migrant workers in Surat and Mumbai left because of lockdown and are unlikely to return to work before Diwali. Orders that...
Thousands of migrant workers flee Gujarat after alleged hate attacksGujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry president said though normalcy is returning, a sense of fear pervades workers, most of whom are fr...
Steel wire factory issues suspension of work noticeAfter finding the notice put up on the main gate of the factory when the workers reported for work, they squatted on the Expressway since 8...
Migrant workers to be counselled on AIDS in trainAround seven lakh people from the district work in textile mills and diamond-cutting factories in Surat and Ahmedabad, said a survey.
Are India's garment factories any better than Bangladesh's?India is home to a raft of garment clusters. ET Magazine investigates if disaster like Bangladesh is waiting to happen.
Startling differences in working conditions of diamond and garment industry in SuratA diamond polishing worker on the rolls of a company earns Rs 15,000-25,000 a month. Temporary workers earn Rs 300-1,500 per carat of diamo...
Iron wire factory closed in Kalyani, 650 joblessAuthorities of an iron wire factory in Kalyani Industrial Belt today announced suspension of work, rendering about 650 workers jobless.
- Workers of Diamond industry in Surat demand rise in wages
Hundreds of workers engaged in cutting and polishing of diamonds in Surat took to streets and pelted stones on diamond factories as their w...
- Inferior diamonds sparkle among high grade lots
Badlo is an illegal practice existing in the industry for many years.