[ad_1] As factories come to life after weeks of closure, Indian states are diluting labor laws. A key change made by at least seven states is to increase maximum work hours from 48 to 72 per week. In most cases, these rules, notified in mid-April, will remain in effect for …
Read More »AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal, named by Delhi doctor in suicide note, arrested
[ad_1] The Delhi Police on Saturday arrested Aam Aadmi Party MLA Prakash Jarwal in connection with the suicide of a doctor last month, NDTV reported. The arrest came a day after a Delhi court issued a non-danceable warrant against him. A 52-year-old doctor was found hanging at his home in …
Read More »A.P.’s electrical sector employees oppose Center’s proposed electricity bill
[ad_1] The Andhra Pradesh Energy Employees Joint Action Committee (JAC) and the APSEB Engineers Association (APSEBEA) oppose the Electricity (Amendment) Bill proposed by the Center, 2020, claiming that their purpose is to change the basic objective of ‘public service’ to ‘private benefits’ and will result in private monopolies. Additionally, employees …
Read More »Trump ‘torn’ over US-China trade deal as officials push to fulfill its terms
[ad_1] By: Reuters | Published: May 9, 2020 1:20:25 pm US President Donald Trump with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. (File) U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he was “very torn” about whether to end the so-called Phase 1 US-China trade deal, just hours after top trade officials from …
Read More »One week after relaxed closure, the Center remains on track to open
[ad_1] Written by Abantika Ghosh Rawarish Tiwari The | New Delhi | Posted: May 10, 2020 4:45:32 AM A disinfection campaign using drones in Ahmedabad, where a team of experts dispatched by Center arrived on Saturday. (Express photo: Javed Raja) Although Covid-19 cases are doubling at a faster rate in …
Read More »Covid-19: what you need to know today
[ad_1] How does it coexist with a virus? How does life, work and play unfold when a highly infectious and life-threatening disease still exists? Covid-19 disease is unlikely to be wiped off the face of the Earth, as was smallpox. There is unlikely to be a tipping point, a certain …
Read More »AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal arrested
[ad_1] NEW DELHI : Delhi police arrested the Aam Aadmi MLA Prakash Jarwal party on Saturday and charged Kapil Nagar in connection with a doctor’s suicide case here last month, authorities said. Jarwal and Nagar were called for questioning Saturday night and then arrested, police said. On Friday, a Delhi …
Read More »See: The unbearable lightness of these labor reforms
[ad_1] Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat have suspended a variety of labor laws, ostensibly to remove obstacles to economic rejuvenation after the pandemic-induced blockade. The only material effect of such a suspension of labor protection is to avoid large-scale, export-oriented investment in operations that must be concerned with consumers’ …
Read More »OSE complains to CBI after defaulting $ 411 crore to flee the country
[ad_1] Three Ram Dev International promoters, recently hired by the CBI for allegedly cheating a consortium of six banks in the amount of ₹ 411 crore, have already fled the country before the State Bank of India reached the agency with the complaint officials said Saturday. . The CBI had …
Read More »Coronavirus Lockdown 3.0: fiat suspension of labor laws can only be an immediate response to the current crisis
[ad_1] There has been talk for some time about easing labor laws, already seen in industry circles as too rigid and acting as an obstacle to growth, specifically to facilitate those who come out of the blockade. And it’s not just about getting out of there, there’s also the problem …
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