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New labour codes: National minimum wage, gratuity payments after one year, among key changes

India, Nov. 22 -- All fixed-term employees will become eligible for gratuity payments after one year of continuous service, instead of five years earlier, and a national minimum wage will cover all wo... Read More


Solar System is racing through space 3x faster than thought: Study

Washington DC, Nov. 22 -- New measurements of radio galaxies reveal that the solar system is racing through the universe at over three times the speed predicted by standard cosmology. Using highly se... Read More


Dad's sweet message asking his daughter when she is free to call wins hearts: 'Are your office hours over?'

India, Nov. 22 -- A father's simple text asking when he can call his daughter has gone viral, winning hearts online. The screenshot of the WhatsApp conversation was shared on X (formerly Twitter) by ... Read More


Gurugram: MCG to procure 10 advanced anti-smog guns amid pollution spike

India, Nov. 22 -- To curb rising pollution levels in the city, the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) will soon add ten additional anti-smog guns for fine spraying of water, officials said on Fri... Read More


Ggm: Banker detects fraud, saves client from rRs.r6.5cr scam

India, Nov. 22 -- A relationship manager of a private bank helped avert a cyber fraud of Rs.6.5 crore by contacting the police after spotting an unusual transaction on one of his customers' account , ... Read More


Delhi HC declines Wani's plea to meet lawyer, sends matter back to trial court

New Delhi, Nov. 22 -- The Delhi high court on Friday refused to pass an order permitting 20-year-old Jasir Bilal Wani, alleged co-conspirator in the Red Fort bomb blast case, to meet his legal counsel... Read More


37 Maoists including 3 Telangana state committee members surrender in Hyderabad

India, Nov. 22 -- Thirty-seven members of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), including three members of the banned group's Telangana state committee, formally surrendered before director general o... Read More


35-yr-old man held for brutally raping 13-yr-old neighbour

India, Nov. 22 -- A 35-year-old man from Nalasopara was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting his 13-year-old neighbour while she was alone at home on Wednesday, said the police. According to th... Read More


Guest Column| Steel frame to cautious core: Bureaucracy in age of change

India, Nov. 22 -- In the early decades after Independence, India's bureaucracy was celebrated as the "steel frame" of the Republic, disciplined, confident, and bold in implementing the national vision... Read More


Labour reforms mark new era for workforce: Uttarakhand CM

Dehradun, Nov. 22 -- Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday said that labour reforms have ushered in a new era for the country's workforce, adding that the implementation of the fo... Read More