"No-one knows about their work. Their untold stories need to be told," Rashmitha told the BBC. Her pictures were featured in ...

Beedi rolling offers a flexible work arrangement, allowing women to earn an income while managing household responsibilities. "If beedi rolling is stopped, our heartbeats will also stop," stated a ...

Lack of evidence on the change of conditions in their post-beedi rolling jobs could be the reason behind such low-key intervention, says Satapathy. The other researchers engaged in this research ...

The Thoothukudi Q branch police have arrested three persons and seized around 2,000 kg of beedi leaves from them at Vellapatti beach in Thoothukudi. The consignment was intended to be smuggled to ...

So, to serve the poor people in the fishing villages, beedi rolling workers, farm labourers, etc., an emergency and elective delivery operation services can be started at the GH by utilising the ...

Madurai: The Q Branch team seized a mini-truck carrying 1,200 kg of beedi leaves intended for smuggling to Sri Lanka near the coast south of Inigo Nagar, Tuticorin, early Wednesday. Acting on a ...

The report said that the government should make beedi workers aware about the health hazards of beedi rolling, smoking, and passive smoking, and provide better healthcare services, including ...