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Afghan workers helped Western groups, now left behind

Many organisations working with the US and NATO forces have helped Afghan women to become self-supporting but fear that as they left the Taliban would wreck the progress and reimpose the harsh tenets that snub principles of western democracy

The double whammy of Covid and automation

The Future of Jobs 2020 report published last week by the World Economic Forum (WEF), famous for its annual jamborees of the world’s movers and shakers in the Swiss resort of Davos, points out that automation, combined with the pandemic, is creating a “double disruption” scenario for workers.

Ahead of Pujas, workers struggle to make ends meet

A sole earning member of a poor family of five, Mr Roy has not been getting any orders of late. However, the College Para Puja Committee, which is celebrating its 70th Durga Puja this year, has given him an opportunity to bring back smiles in the faces of his family members during the pujas.