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Heavy rainfall unleashes deadly floods across Southeast Asia
Total number of confirmed dead in Vietnam is now 91.Flooding in...
Sitharman meets trade unions for pre-budgetary consultations
The unions demanded that the government must withdraw the proposal...
‘No work-no pay’ not for employees reinstated after full exoneration: HC
"It is apparent that on his reinstatement after the order of dismissal or removal is set aside, a government servant cannot be denied his entire pay and allowances for the period he was out of service," the court said on Tuesday, allowing the petition...
Airline systems across airports working normally: Minister
Airports across the country witnessed chaotic scenes after the online passenger booking, reservation and boarding systems turned to manual mode due to the outage, resulting in higher passenger handling processing time and consequently hundreds of flights were delayed...
Gross Direct Premium Income (GDPI) of the Company stood at ₹ 76.88 billion inQ1 FY2025 compared to ₹ 63.87 billion in Q1 FY2024, a growth of 20.4%, whichwas higher than the industry growth of 13.3%. Excluding crop and mass health,GDPI growth of the Company was at...
Major global IT outage grounds flights, hits banks and businesses around the world
A global tech outage that appeared to be related to issues at cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike and Microsoft on Friday affected operations in sectors including airports, airlines, media and banks. Below is a list of disruptions that have been reported: AIRLINES,...
Microsoft resolves cloud outage that led US airlines to ground flights
Microsoft said its outage started at about 6 pm ET on Thursday, with a subset of its customers experiencing issues with multiple Azure services in the Central US region. Azure is a cloud computing platform that provides services for building, deploying, and managing...
Tier I cities dominate in blue-collar gig job opportunities: Report
It further revealed that Delhi emerged as the prime hub for gig workers, leading with 17.7 per cent of job openings and 22.9 per cent of applications, reflecting robust demand across sectors Mumbai: With a rise in gig economy, tier-one cities led in short-term...
Nasscom Raises Concerns Over Karnataka’s Draft Bill on Gig Workers
Nasscom has voiced concerns over Karnataka's draft bill on digital platform-based gig workers, describing it as placing ''onerous and prescriptive'' obligations on aggregators. These regulations, such as minimum notice periods for termination, disclosures, and...
Surrogate mothers also have right to avail maternity leave Orissa HC
The court ruled that maternity leave should be granted to the employees who become mothers through surrogacy to ensure equal treatment and support for all new mothers, irrespective of how they become parents Bhubaneswar: Orissa High Court has recently ruled that...
Air pollution kills 33,000 every year even in ‘clean’ Indian cities: Lancet
“The significant effects we are observing even below the Indian air quality limits are alarming,” said Bhargav Krishna, fellow at the Sustainable Futures Collaborative and the study’s lead author, “suggesting that perhaps we have set our standards higher than they...
Govt officials visit Foxconn’s Chennai plant, question executives about hiring
"We are collecting information, and have asked the company to submit documents like company policies, recruitment policies" as well as evidence of compliance with labour laws and information on maternity and retirement benefits, A. Narasaiah, the regional labour...