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CCPA intensifies probe into Ola Electric over consumer complaints and unfair practices
Ola Electric faces significant scrutiny from both consumers and...
EPS-95 pensioners demand Rs 7,500 minimum pension
Pensioners have been agitating for over 7-8 years for an increase...
Sacked GM workers in India sue company,CEO Barra for unpaid compensation
In a filing to the High Court of Bombay dated Jan 16, the General Motors Employees Union of 1,086 factory workers states the company has failed to pay them compensatory wages of 50% of their monthly salary starting April last year, as ordered by a local industrial...
Nepal finds Black Boxes of aircraft after deadliest crash in 30 Years
The data on the recorders may help investigators determine what caused the Yeti Airlines ATR 72 aircraft, carrying 72 people, to go down in clear weather on Sunday just before landing in the tourist city of Pokhara The plane, on a scheduled flight from Kathmandu to...
Global jobs growth will halve in challenging 2023: ILO
The number of unemployed people in the world is expected to rise by 3 million to 208 million in 2023, while inflation will eat into real wages, the ILO said in a report on global trends "As prices rise faster than nominal labour incomes, the cost-of-living crisis...
Support from others in stressful times can ease impact of genetic depression risk: Study
Compared to individuals in the study who had low depression polygenic risk scores, the doctors and widows with higher risk scores had higher rates of depression after they lost social support, but also had lower rates of depression when they gained social support...
Nurturing Talents: Compensation for Indian Workforce
Though western countries are embracing and adopting the concept of Total Rewards for retaining employees, a more nuanced approach is warranted when designing a compensation structure for the Indian workforce Shwetha Ram While the COVID-19 pandemic upended the...
Lack of Covid preventive measures in China may lead a 2020-like situation: Report
The ongoing Covid wave in China has seen Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Chongqing, and other urban areas struggling to contain the outbreak, with hospitals overwelmed and mortuaries full China is no longer adopting preventive measures to stop the country's Covid...
Researchers reveal couples who work from home do not have same experience
Organizations and managers should give their male employees more flexibility when possible so they and their families can better adapt to crises like the COVID-19 pandemic," Jasmine Hu, lead author of the study and professor of management at The Ohio State...
PSU gen insurers and unions to meet on Jan 12 for sorting out differences over E&Y recommendations on restructuring
A section of employees of public sector general insurance companies had given a call to go on strike on January 4 against the proposed unilateral restructuring in the state-run insurers. The unions alleged that the proposed restructuring would weaken the public sector...
5 New Year resolutions almost everyone makes but doesn’t follow!
Every year people make new year's resolutions and while the intent is to follow and live by them throughout the year, very few of them actually materialise. While there are some new ones, some simply are carried forward every year. As we are about to step into 2023,...
Investors’ wealth erode by Rs 15.77 lakh cr in four days
''Besides spurt in Covid cases in China and Japan, the better-than-expected US Q3 GDP numbers further raised concerns that the Fed will go for more rate hikes to tame inflation, which further accentuated selling pressure in the markets,'' said Amol Athawale, Deputy...