Over 80 per cent of the street vendors surveyed in Delhi reported a decline in customers during heatwave days in April and May, and around 50 per cent experienced significant income loss, according......
Decks have been cleared for the dismantling of the controversial ship Blue Lady, formerly SS Norway, at the ship breaking yard at Alang, after the technical committee appointed by the Supreme Court......
The Norwegian cruise liner Blue Lady will finally be broken at Alang ship-breaking yard after the Supreme Court Technical Committee gave its consent to Gujarat Maritime Board to grant beaching......
Nagaland Police has chargesheeted at least 30 members of the 21 Para Special Force including a Major, in the December 4, 2021 botched army operations in Oting-Tiru area of Mon district when at......
I suggest we build a Vigyan Mandir (Temple of Science) with the ambience of a place of worship, so that it becomes a destination for pilgrims.We should embed on its walls bronze plaques describing......
To ascertain the toxicity of substances used for making toys, the government has decided to screen the level of metal coating used in them. Under the guidance of the India Council of Medical......
The International Labour Organisation is planning to come out with a set of guidelines on working conditions in industries like call centres, ITES (Information technology-enabled services),......
In the first week of April this year, a group of men came and stood outside the Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi. They carried placards with offensive slogans directed at me. We......
Ushering in a big wave of reforms by implementing the four labour codes, setting up the national social security fund to cover over 38 crore informal sector workers and improving the ease of doing......
India's gig workers continue to be without any social security cover or a minimum wage guarantee. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The recent protests by employees of Urban Company and the......