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- India
Greatest setback for workers’ rights: Congress on new labour codes
New Delhi: The Congress on Monday, May 11, lashed out at the Central government which has fully operationalised the four labour codes by notifying the final rules, alleging that these codes are…
- India
India world’s top receiver of remittances from workers overseas
United Nations: India is the world’s top receiver of remittances from workers overseas, getting $137.7 billion in 2024, up from $83.2billion in 2020, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). Overall,…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad civil society demands activists release held during Noida protest
Hyderabad: Trade union leaders and human rights activists in Hyderabad on Saturday, April 25, condemned the Uttar Pradesh government and police over the arrest of several activists, journalists and students in connection with…
- Offbeat
Are humans training AI, robots to take away their factory jobs?
A video showing rows of factory workers wearing head-mounted cameras while carrying out routine tasks has gone viral online, triggering widespread speculation about whether the footage is being used to train artificial…
- India
Factory workers’ protest over wage hike turns violent in Noida
Noida: Vehicles were torched, property was vandalised and stone pelting was reported from Phase 2 and Sector 60 areas in Noida on Monday, April 13, as protests by factory workers demanding a…
- India
West Asia conflict hits Surat textile hub hard as input costs rise
Surat: Gujarat’s textile hub in Surat has started feeling the pinch of rising input costs due to the ongoing West Asia conflict, with several units either curtailing their daily working hours or…
- World
US moves to raise H-1B wage floors
Washington: The US Department of Labor has proposed new rules to raise wages for foreign workers under H-1B and other visa programmes. The move aims to align foreign worker pay with US…
- Hyderabad
Fulfil Telangana Congress manifesto vow on Hamali welfare board: Activists to govt
Hyderabad: Invoking the Congress party’s pre-election assurances in the Abhaya Hastam Manifesto 2023, a broad coalition of civil society groups and activists has written to chief minister A Revanth Reddy, urging the…
- India
President Droupadi Murmu to visit Ayodhya Ram temple on March 19
Ayodhya: President Droupadi Murmu will visit the Ram temple here on March 19, chairman of the Ram Temple construction committee Nripendra Mishra said on Sunday, March 8. The President would stay in…
- Business
Driving for Ola or Uber? Platforms are quietly making drivers pay them
Hyderabad: If you have ever taken an Ola, Uber or Rapido, you know how it works. You pay the app, the app pays the driver. But a growing number of platforms are…
- Hyderabad
50,000 gig workers participate in strike in Hyderabad, unions claim
Hyderabad: About 50,000 of the total two lakh gig workers in Hyderabad participated in the strike called on Wednesday by the unions demanding better payouts and improved working conditions, TGPWU president Shaik…
- Telangana
Telangana factory blast: Death toll rises to 44
Hyderabad: The death toll in the blast in Sigachi Industries Ltd’s manufacturing unit in Pashamylaram near Hyderabad rose to 44 with two injured succumbing on Tuesday. According to officials, the two workers…
- Telangana
Search continues for 8 missing workers at Telangana factory
Hyderabad: A week after the horrific fire and explosion at Sigachi Industries Limited’s manufacturing unit in Pashamylaram near Hyderabad, the search continues for eight missing workers. Rescue teams continued to comb through…
- Telangana
Telangana govt to bring legislation to support gig workers
Hyderabad: The Congress government in Telangana is set to introduce legislation to protect and support the 4.2 lakh gig workers in the state, party general secretary Jairam Ramesh said on Monday. Mandatory…
- Telangana
Telangana tunnel tragedy: Intense efforts on to trace remaining 7 missing men
Hyderabad: Day after recovering one body from the debris, rescue teams continued intense efforts to search for the remaining seven people in the SLBC tunnel in Telangana’s Nagarkurnool district on Monday. Rescue…
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