‘There is no one to hear our woes’ Updated: Updated: Phone factory workers allege harassment; Industries Minister assures protection to firm Share Article AAA Police lathi charge workers at an iPhone manufacturing plant in Narasapura on Saturday after they ransacked the premises over delay in the payment of salaries; (below) damaged property.
Phone factory workers allege harassment; Industries Minister assures protection to firm The police investigating the violence at the iPhone manufacturing plant at Narasapura industrial area, on the outskirts of Bengaluru, say it was a “well-coordinated and executed attack” led by a group of contract workers. Early Saturday morning, thousands of workers from Wistron Infocomm Manufacturing (India), which is part of the Taipei-based Wistron Corporation manufacturing iPhones, ransacked the plant.
Six to seven months after the lockdown, people continued to go to bed hungry, skip meals frequently, and are unable to afford nutritious diets because of loss of income, shows the Right to Food Campaign’s survey of 4,000 people living on the margins across 11 States in September and October, calling into question the government’s decision to withdraw free grains under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) after November. Army veterans camping at the Singhu border, the heart of the farmers’ agitation, have, since November 26, collected 5,000 gallantry medals that they seek to return “in lieu” of the Centre’s decision to repeal the three new farm laws. Predominantly hailing from Punjab and Haryana and with farming as a source of sustenance now, the veterans said they planned to collect 25,000 medals over the next two days. Lakhs more were on their way to the protest site, they added.
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