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No digital labour platform perfect to ensure gig workers’ welfare in India: Report
The report by Bengaluru-based Fairwork India, spearheaded by the...
Cognizant adopted discriminatory practices against non-Indians: US jury
The verdict came after the IT firm failed to persuade a Los Angeles...
Over 30 pc of Indian employees want to change jobs: PwC survey
Millennials are the most likely to seek new employment, with 37 per cent indicating that they are likely to switch employers in the next 12 months While Gen Z employees are less likely to quit, about a third of them are extremely or very likely to ask for a reduction...
Caste in California: Tech giants confront ancient Indian hierarchy
The update came after the tech sector - which counts India as its top source of skilled foreign workers - received a wake-up call in June 2020 when California's employment regulator sued Cisco Systems on behalf of a low-caste engineer who accused two higher-caste...
Govt plans a new tax regime, reviews current exemption system for individuals
Eventually, sources said, the government aims to establish a system where there are no exemptions and the complex old tax regime with exemptions and deductions is terminated The intention behind the move was to provide significant relief to the individual taxpayers...
Avoid large gatherings while celebrating I-Day in view of Covid cases: Centre to States
A new Omicron sub-variant has been detected in the majority of samples taken from Covid patients in Delhi as part of a study at the LNJP Hospital All 230 swab samples collected from Mumbai in June-July were found to have been infected by Omicron sub-variants of...
9 million people die each year from neurological disorders: WHO
Neurological disorders, which include stroke, migraines, dementia and meningitis. WHO reported that 43 per cent of children under five in low- and middle-income countries - nearly 250 million boys and girls - are believed to miss their developmental potential due to...
EPFO’s Rs 1.59 lakh crore investment in ETFs rises to Rs 2.26 lakh crore
The EPFO invests 85 per cent of the funds in debt instruments and 15 per cent of the investment is made in ETFs, as per the investment pattern notified by the government New Delhi: Retirement fund body EPFO has invested Rs 1,59,299.46 crore in Exchange Traded Funds...
With huge push from the regulator IRDAI, some of the general insurers including three financially weak public sector companies, have started firing from all cylinders to expand their topline July. ongoing General insurance companies have reported a lower growth in...
1.5 lakh Ayushman Bharat Health & Wellness Centres to be opened by December: Health Minister
''By the end of December, 1.5 lakh Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres will be available to serve the country,'' Mandaviya said while replying to a discussion on the Right to Health Bill, 2021, a private member's bill introduced by RJD MP Manoj Jha last month...
Return to office highest in telecom, consulting sectors; IT lags: Survey
"The survey has made it clear that a distributed workspace strategy is the way to go for occupiers in this new era of experiential workplaces, as occupiers emerge from the after-effects of the pandemic. Flex spaces, in particular, are leading this growth, as occupiers...
Wage Revision: Govt offers 12% hike with 5-yr arrears to PSU general insurance industry
The unions of PSU general insurance industry are yet to respond to the new proposal However, there are indications that the unions will reject the latest wage revision proposals from the GIPSA and would like to stick their demand for a pay parity with Life Insurance...