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Economy

Will the Urban Employment Scheme in Chennai end the woes of urban poor?

August 19, 2022 Padmaja Jayaraman

A status check of the Tamil Nadu Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme piloted in two zones in Chennai at present.

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Economy

Why is Chennai trailing Bengaluru as a destination for IT jobs and startups?

June 3, 2022 Shobana Radhakrishnan

What is holding Chennai back from being an attractive destination for startups and IT jobs? Can remote work help Chennai catch up?

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Economy

What the Ford closure tells us about the economy

September 23, 2021 V Sriram

Automaker Ford’s closure of India operations after continuous losses will lead to thousands of jobs lost in Chennai. But it also holds a hard lesson.

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Civic

Hired under NULM, fired without notice: Conservancy workers in Chennai wait for justice

August 16, 2021 Bhavani Prabhakar

Early this year, the Corporation terminated 545 conservancy workers. We spoke to them to understand their current plight and demands.

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Society

Chennai’s garment workers forever exploited, as watchdog looks the other way

August 5, 2021 Laasya Shekhar

Women garment workers suffer wage theft, forced terminations and harassment, but the labour department rarely monitors violations or acts against employers.

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Economy

Newspaper distributors in Chennai fight COVID blues without any support

July 6, 2021 Laasya Shekhar

Newspaper distributors play a crucial role in the print media industry. Yet they have been left out of all welfare and COVID compensation schemes.

Economy

How COVID landed the MSME sector in Chennai in deep waters

June 22, 2021 Laasya Shekhar and S Swaminathan

From reverse migration of workers to the oxygen crisis, this is how various factors came together to cripple small and medium businesses and livelihoods in the sector.

Society

When will Chennai’s crematorium workers receive their due?

June 1, 2021 Laasya Shekhar

Crematorium workers in Chennai have been living a nightmare since COVID deaths peaked. Their demands deserve a fair hearing.

Health

Fever survey volunteers play a huge role in COVID control. What’s bothering them?

May 28, 2021 Bhavani Prabhakar

With the second wave of COVID, GCC has brought back fever survey volunteers on the ground. We spoke to some of them to understand their roles and challenges better.

Economy

Cracker sellers need help. Not through sanction for crackers, though

November 13, 2020 Laasya Shekhar

As the sale of crackers has fallen drastically in Chennai, thousands of workers in the fireworks industry have lost their jobs. What alternatives could they possibly have?

Economy

From buzzing IT corridor to sleepy corner of town: How COVID-19 has changed OMR

August 31, 2020 Aruna Natarajan

The worst hit have been small businesses in the area, as their customers — mostly migrant IT sector employees — have gone back home.

Commute

Why is MTC paying reduced salaries, even to staff ferrying frontline COVID workers?

June 18, 2020 Laasya Shekhar

Hundreds of MTC workers protested in Chennai earlier this week, raising their voice against salary cuts and improper implementation of COVID-19 norms.

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Health

What are nurses, risking their lives in Chennai’s COVID wards, getting in return?

June 8, 2020 Laasya Shekhar

Most nurses in government hospitals are slogging for hours in high risk conditions today, and taking back meagre amounts as salary.

Economy

Does Uber care? Does Ola provide ‘sahyog’? Drivers struggle to survive during lockdown

May 15, 2020 Aruna Natarajan

With cabs and autos off the road, Ola and Uber drivers in Chennai have been hit hard by the lockdown. Unfortunately, there has been little support from the companies or govt.

Society

COVID-19 exposes the reality of junior Kollywood artists in Chennai

May 5, 2020 Laasya Shekhar

Thousands of Kollywood artists are finding it difficult to even manage regular meals as COVID-19 has brought the entertainment sector to a standstill. But why don’t they have the support of the industry?

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