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Demonetisation biggest scam after Independence: AAP
As the country completed two years of demonetisation, Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday called it the "biggest scam" after India's independence which demolished national economy
37 flights delayed as AI ground handling staff go on strike at Mumbai airport
As many as 37 Air India flights, including some international ones, were affected Thursday after a section of employees of the national carrier's ground handling subsidiary, AIATSL, went on a flash strike against non-payment of Diwali bonus and other issues, an official said. The employees of the Air India Air Transport Services Ltd (AIATSL) struck work at the Mumbai airport from the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, demanding payment of Diwali bonus and reinstatement of three of their colleagues whose contracts were not renewed by the company, he said. AIATSL, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the national carrier, provides ground handling services to Air India across airports in the country. It has about 5,000 employees, including those on contract. "Some AIATSL employees at the Mumbai airport are on strike since Wednesday-Thursday (intervening) night over non-payment of Diwali Bonus and reinstatement of the services of some of their former colleagues. This stand-off has ...
Underperforming Chinese workers made to drink urine, eat bugs
A Chinese home renovation company made its workers drink urine, eat cockroaches and had them whip each other for "underperformance".
AI ground handling employees go on strike; flights affected
Air India's flight operations were affected Thursday after a section of employees of the carrier's ground handling subsidiary AIATSL went on a flash strike against non-payment of Diwali bonus, an official said. As many as 10 domestic and three international flights were delayed by up to three hours due to the strike, the airline official said. Air India Air Transport Services Limited (AIATSL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the national carrier, provides ground handling services to Air India across airports in the country. It has about 5,000 employees, including those on contract. "Some AIATSL employees at the Mumbai airport are on strike since Wednesday-Thursday (intervening) night over non-payment of Diwali Bonus, leading to disruption in services. These employees, however, are on contract," the official said. "Till this morning, 10 domestic flights were delayed besides three international ones. The delay was up to three hours," he said. Air India has pressed into service its ...
Sad manual scavenging exists even 70 years after Independence: Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday rued the existence of manual scavenging even 70 years after India's Independence, underscoring his government's resolve to eliminate the practice.
BJP, BJD stage demonstrations over unemployment in Odisha
The ruling BJD and opposition BJP staged separate demonstrations across Odisha on Monday, holding each other responsible for unemployment in the state and betraying the jobless youths. While the youth and student wings of the BJD launched a three-day protest in front of central government offices, the BJP Yuva Morcha activists demonstrated at the employment exchanges in the state. BJD general secretary Sanjay Dasburma said similar demonstrations would also be held outside central government offices on Tuesday and Wednesday. "Though the BJP had promised to create two crore jobs every year in its election manifesto, employment opportunities were lost due to demonetisation and faulty economic policies of the NDA government," he said. BJD leaders also accused the BJP-led government of having failed to come up with an industrial corridor in Odisha since 2014. The BJP, on the other hand, alleged that the BJD government had no positive agenda for development of the state. BJP .
19 district setups to promote AYUSH in Bengal: Mamata
Observing the National Ayurveda Day, West Bengal Chief Minister on Monday said that 19 district administration setups have been formed during her tenure for the promotion of AYUSH.
NAFTA 2.0 could draw some jobs back to US, but at what cost?
President Donald Trump insists his new North American trade deal will deliver a victory for US factory workers by returning many high-paying jobs to the United States. Maybe. But a review of the agreement suggests that it could also mean higher prices for consumers and more inefficiencies for businesses. And the biggest winners might end up being robots and the companies that make them. As Americans vote in the midterm elections, Trump is heralding the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement as a triumph for his antagonistic trade policy an approach that he says will usher in "a new dawn for the American auto industry and the American auto worker." The pact, unveiled Sept. 30, does appear to meet some of Trump's goals: It could shift more factory production to the United States, thereby reversing a long-standing flow of jobs to lower-wage Mexico. And it could result in better working conditions and perhaps higher pay for Mexico's long-suffering labourers. But shifting away from a business model ..
BJP-BJD tussle over joblessness to hoodwink people: Congress
Amidt war of words between the BJD and the BJP over unemployment in Odisha, the Congress on Sunday claimed that both the parties are pretending to be worried over the plight of the jobless since polls are due next year. Stating that common people are aware of the truth, the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Niranjan Patnaik said neither the BJP nor the ruling BJD is sincere about providing jobs. "As election is nearing, the BJP and the BJD are hoodwinking people by accusing each other over employment generation," Patnaik said in a statement. While the BJP's youth wing plans to lock all employment exchanges in the state on Monday protesting rising unemployment, the BJD has announced that it will stage dharna before central government offices to counter the saffron party. "There is no difference between rules of the BJD and the BJP. Both parties are corrupt. They have jointly looted Odias during their rule," Patnaik alleged, referring to BJD-BJP rule in .
Odisha approves investment proposals of Nalco, Vedanta
The Odisha government Saturday approved investment proposals worth Rs 25,845 crore for setting up six mega manufacturing facilities by Nalco, Hindalco, Vedanta and Chiripal Poly Films Limited. A High Level Clearance Authority (HLCA), headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, gave its nod to the investment proposals of the large scale manufacturing units, which have the potential to create 13,700 jobs in the state, an official said. Of the total 25,845 crore investment proposals, Vedanta Limited alone has proposed to invest Rs 14,223 crore and create employment for 10,694 people in three separate units. The aluminium major has proposed to expand the capacity of its refinery unit at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district at an investment of Rs 6,483 crore, which would provide employment to 9,494 people. Vedanta Limited also proposed to invest Rs 1,240 crore for expansion of its aluminium smelter plant at Bhurkhamunda, in Jharsuguda. The project will create employment for 800 ...
Haryana Roadways employees end strike
Haryana Roadways buses started plying across the state on Saturday after employees withdrew their 18-day-old strike.
US adds 250K jobs in Oct, unemployment rate steady
Over 250,000 new jobs were added to the US economy in October and the unemployment rate remained steady at 3.7 per cent, official figures stated Friday. The average hourly earnings, a closely watched measure of worker pay in the US, also rose 0.2 per cent from September, putting wages 3.1 per cent above the year-ago level -- the fastest gain since April 2009, according to a Bureau of Labour Statistics monthly report. The unemployment rate remained at 3.7 per cent in October and the number of unemployed persons was little changed at 6.1 million, it said. Over the year, the unemployment rate and the number of unemployed persons declined by 0.4 percentage point and 449,000, respectively, it said. "Wow! The U.S. added 250,000 Jobs in October - and this was despite the hurricanes. Unemployment at 3.7%. Wages UP!" Trump tweeted immediately after the report was released. "These are incredible numbers. Keep it going, Vote Republican!" Trump said in an apparent effort to get political mileage .
US adds 250,000 jobs in October; unemployment rate steady
The US economic engine brushed past last month's Hurricane Michael to continue its robust job creation while giving workers a fat pay bump, the government reported Friday. In a welcome development for Republicans ahead of next week's bitter midterm vote, American employers added 250,000 net new positions in October, handily overshooting forecasts, while salaries rose at the fastest rate since 2009, the Labour Department said. Unemployment held steady at 3.7 per cent, a 48-year low. The result was a surprise as some economists had expected the hurricane that made landfall on the Florida panhandle in the middle of the employment survey week to depress reports of hiring and worker pay. Instead, officials said the storm, which disrupted business and life for millions, produced "no discernable effect" on the estimates. Companies kept right on hiring in healthcare, manufacturing, construction, transportation and warehousing. But perhaps more significant, average hourly earnings, a closely ..
Haryana roadways staff end 18-day-old strike
Following directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday, various unions of Haryana roadways employees have agreed to withdraw their 18-day-old strike.
SC directs AAP govt to decide minimum wages 'afresh' in 3 months
The Supreme Court has directed the AAP government to "redo" the exercise of fixing the minimum wages for the scheduled employment "afresh" within three months. The top court said that the minimum wages for all classes of workmen in all scheduled employment would be governed by the notification issue by the AAP government on an interim basis. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, however, made it clear that, at this stage, no arrears need to be paid but the current wages will be as per the notification dated March 3, 2017 till the time it decides the appeal against the Delhi High Court judgement. "We also make it clear that the question of arrears under the notification dated March 3, 2017 will be governed by such wages as may be re-fixed pursuant to the fresh exercise ordered to be undertaken. "We also make it clear that no recovery of amount paid shall be made by employer(s). Needless to say, in the de novo exercise ordered to be carried out will be open for all the ...
After HC intervention, Haryana Roadways employees decide to end strike
Haryana Roadways employees have assured the Punjab and Haryana High Court that they will call off their strike by 10 am on Saturday. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Krishna Murari and Justice Arun Palli on Friday asked the state government to take back all the suspended and dismissed employees immediately, said senior advocate Anupam Gupta, who was appointed as amicus curiae to assist the court in the matter. The assurance to call off their strike was given by four employee union leaders, including Hari Narayan Sharma. While fixing November 14 as the next date of hearing in the matter, the bench directed the Haryana government not to take any action against the striking employees. Haryana Advocate General B R Mahajan assured the court that the government will resolve the matter with the protesters amicably. Earlier, the bench had detailed discussion with the union leaders. The bench was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by advocate Arvind Sethi on ...
Google employees in San Francisco join worldwide walkout
More than 1,000 Google employees here on Thursday joined global walkout in the city's downtown area to protest workplace sexual harassment at the world's top internet company.
Delhi workers to get enhanced minimum wages from Nov
Workers -- skilled, unskilled and semi-skilled -- in the city will get raised wages from this month under the Delhi government's minimum wages rules notified in March this year, AAP minister Gopal Rai said Thursday. Talking to reporters here, the Delhi labour minister said unskilled worker will get a total of Rs 14,000 this month, which includes three months of dearness allowance (DA), while semi-skilled and skilled worker will get Rs 15,400 and Rs 16,792, including DA, respectively. Rai said that the Supreme Court Wednesday allowed operation of the March notification for three months. The government will launch a 20-day campaign on November 10 to create awareness among the workers about the Minimum Wages Act amendments, which was approved in May by President Ram Nath Kovind. According to the Act, employers violating the laid down rules will face a fine of up to Rs 50,000 besides a jail term of three years. He said that in December, the government will start taking strict action ...
Judge grounds Ryanair's plan to transfer Dutch pilots
A Dutch court Thursday slapped down Ryanair's plan to transfer more than a dozen Dutch pilots elsewhere in Europe, saying the no-frills airline "abused its power" in deciding to close its Eindhoven base. The under-fire Irish airline announced early last month it was shuttering its base in the southern Dutch city and pulling out its four aircraft on November 6. Ryanair added that it would seek to minimise job losses by slotting in Dutch pilots elsewhere in its continental network. Sixteen Dutch pilots however sued the budget operator, asking the judges in an urgent injunction to rule against the decision. "Ryanair may not transfer 16 pilots from their home base in Eindhoven abroad," the Den Bosch District Court said in a statement. "The judge ruled that Ryanair abused its power when deciding to close its base," the court added. While the judge couldn't reverse the company's decision to close its Eindhoven base, the ruling means Ryanair must continue paying the pilots. The judge also ...
U.S. labor market tightening; manufacturing slowing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New applications for U.S. unemployment aid fell last week and the number of Americans receiving benefits was the lowest in more than 45 years as labor market conditions tightened further.