NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Labor notified draft rules under the Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code (OSHWC), 2020, inviting interested parties to submit objections and suggestions within 45 days. Key provisions of the code include limiting the maximum number of working hours per day to 12 hours, with a …
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NEW DELHI: A clear and irrefutable link establishing the Pakistani origins of the four terrorists killed Thursday in Nagrota has emerged, prompting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to directly name “Pakistan-based terror organization Jaish-e-Mohammad” for their efforts to wreak great havoc and destruction to “target grassroots-level democracy in Jammu and Kashmir. …
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NEW DELHI: Amid fresh disputes over the party’s leadership after the poor performance in Bihar, Congress on Friday formed three panels on economic affairs, foreign affairs and national security, relying on former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to lead them as he accommodated some of the G-23 dissidents. The panels are …
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Recent Covid-19 cases spiked to new peaks in two states on Friday, the first time in November that a state reported its highest single-day count, even as the daily count of new infections nationwide rose to a maximum of nine days. India reported 46,328 new cases on Friday, the highest …
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday conducted a review of India’s vaccination strategy amid indications that the rapidly developing Oxford-AstraZeneca injection could be eligible for emergency use authorization in India from next month. “Important issues related to the progress of vaccine development, regulatory approvals and acquisitions were discussed,” …
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India’s daily coronavirus infections have halved from a peak of more than 97,000 in mid-September, but the significant drop has raised new questions about the South Asian nation’s testing regimen and whether it reflects the true state of your epidemic. As the country surpassed the grim milestone of 9 million …
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CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana High Court said that marriage between first cousins is illegal. The court said that the marriage that the petitioner wants to celebrate with a girl, who is his first cousin, was also illegal per se. “… the presentation in the present petition that when she …
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NEW DELHI: The energy-packed second phase of the world-class Malabar naval exercise, featuring two aircraft carriers, fighter jets and ten other warships from India, the US, Japan and Australia, came to an end in the arabian sea on Friday. With an eye on an expansionist and Aggressive china, the 24th …
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JAIPUR: Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday he said that “love jihad” is a term “fabricated” by the BJP to disturb communal harmony, prompting a strong reaction from Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. In a tweet, Gehlot said that marriage is a matter of personal freedom and bringing a …
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NEW DELHI: President of Congress Sonia Gandhi has created three separate committees to discuss policy issues related to economic affairs, foreign affairs and national security, with the former prime minister Manmohan singh part of the three panels. While former Finance Minister P Chidambaram and party leaders Mallikarjun kharge Y Digvijaya …
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