4 Sikhs among 8 killed in FedEx facility mass shooting in US

At least eight people, including four Sikhs, were killed and five others were left injured in a mass shooting at a FedEx facility in the US state of Indiana, according to community leaders. The......

Indian-American jailed for multi-million dollar fraud

An Indian-American physical therapist assistant has been sentenced to over four years in prison and ordered to pay USD 1.9 million in restitution for his role in a $14.9 million health insurance......

How Babus did during the Pandemic: A report card

The Covid pandemic has left a question mark on how the central government manages its staff.Subhomoy Bhattacharjee reports. IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has only been posted for......

US defends Walmart's lobbying for entering India

Amid controversy over reports that Walmart spent nearly Rs 125 crore for lobbying with lawmakers to get access to Indian market, the US has said the global retail giant did not violate any American......

Fresh Formal job creation slows down in May, shows EPFO data

Formal job creation slowed in May after recovering slightly at the turn of the fiscal year in the previous month, according to the latest payroll data, released by the Employees’ Provident......

Staffing industry wants end to tax woes

The staffing industry, representing companies such as TeamLease and Quess, wants Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to use the Budget route to resolve the tax anomalies it faces. The Indian Staffing......

Licence norms for contract workers relaxed in MP

11 categories of industries will be exempt from the Madhya Pradesh Industrial Relations (MPIR) Act of 1961. This includes textile, leather, cement, iron and steel, electrical goods, sugar,......

Why EPFO blocked accounts of 1 mn employees

The government has found about 900,000 beneficiaries of its flagship job formalisation scheme, the PMRPY, were ineligible in the first place as they were part of the formal economy even before the......

Meredith World Series Hockey Technical Director

Dennis Meredith, a former Competitions and Events Manager and currently member of the FIH's panel of Tournament Directors, has been appointed Technical Director for the upcoming US $2 million......

Hockey: Systems engineering can make India champs

Field hockey has long been the popular team sport in India in which the country has woneight Olympic gold medals in the last century. In the last few years, the country has not been doing too well......