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SC takes stock of countrywide compliance of POSH Act

New Delhi, Jan. 7 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday took stock of the implementation of gender-sensitive provisions for women at workplaces across the country by asking high courts to report establishme... Read More


India concerned, urge parties to have dialogue: Jaishankar on Venezuela crisis

India, Jan. 7 -- External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that India is concerned about the recent developments in Venezuela, urging all the involved parties to sit down and have a dialo... Read More


Provide documents on war footing to eligible voters: Kerala CM to district collectors

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 7 -- Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has instructed all district collectors to take steps to provide the required documents on a war footing to eligible voters who find... Read More


Recruitment agencies' explosive growth in Bangladesh goes largely unchecked: RMMRU

Dhaka, Jan. 7 -- Bangladesh hosts the largest number of migrant recruiting agencies in South Asia, yet effective oversight of their operations remains absent, the Refugee and Migratory Movements Resea... Read More


Chandigarh: War of words rocks Cong-AAP ties weeks before mayoral poll

Chandigarh, Jan. 7 -- With the city just three weeks away from electing its next mayor on January 29, the ties between INDIA bloc partners Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) appear to be on shaky ... Read More


CPM MP John Brittas seeks EAM Jaishankar's intervention during German Chancellor's visit over Baby Ariha Shah case

New Delhi, Jan. 7 -- John Brittas, CPI(M) MP from Kerala, has written a letter to the Union Minister of External Affairs, S. Jaishankar, urging urgent high-level diplomatic intervention during the for... Read More


"Population equivalent to that of several states disenfranchised": Congress MP Pramod Tiwari alleges BJP of disenfranchising vulnerable groups

Prayagraj, Jan. 7 -- Congress MP Pramod Tiwari claimed that approximately "2 crore 90 lakh" names have been removed from the electoral roll in Uttar Pradesh, equating the population to that of several... Read More


Supreme Court raps 'rich, affluent' for using writ pleas to dodge PMLA trials

New Delhi, Jan. 7 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday lamented what it described as a growing trend of the "rich and affluent" approaching constitutional courts to challenge the validity of penal laws aft... Read More


'Gross deficiencies': Why Jammu's Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute lost MBBS nod amid admission row

India, Jan. 7 -- Weeks after a row over the admission of 46 Muslim students at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence in Reasi, Jammu and Kashmir, the National Medical Commission (NMC)... Read More


Gig firms need to contribute 5% of workers' wages for social security by June 30, draft rules say

New Delhi, Jan. 7 -- Firms in India's gig economy, known as aggregators and platforms, will have to contribute up to 5% of the wages payable to workers as contribution towards a National Social Securi... Read More