India's rural employment guarantee programme Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee Act has been ranked as the world's largest public works programme, providing social security net......
Nearly 500 coaches of Mumbai's local trains are on the tracks despite crossing their operational life of 25 years. In a reply to an RTI application filed by Mumbai resident Chetan Kothari, it was......
ILO acts upon a plea by 10 central trade unions objecting to the ordinances proposed to temporarily scrap labour laws in Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat, along with other labour law changes. The......
About 400 million people working in the informal economy in India are at risk of falling deeper into poverty due to the coronavirus crisis which is having "catastrophic consequences", and is......
Nearly 25 million jobs could be lost worldwide due to the coronavirus pandemic, but an internationally coordinated policy response can help lower the impact on global unemployment, according to a......
Chinese Premier Premier Li Keqiang said world economic recovery should not be driven by mainly China, but in concert with many countries. The world should not pin its hopes on China to be the......
Average salaries in developed countries are expected to have risen by no more than inflation this year, the International Labour Organization said on Friday.Developed country wages failed to keep......
The smile stays on long after you've left the theatre, says Sukanya Verma. For a premise where the main guy can size-shift from ant to giant, the struggle is surprisingly real. No matter how......
'He has given us a history, a heritage that we can share with generations to come,' says Aseem Chhabra. IMAGE: Gordon Warnecke and Daniel Day-Lewis, right, in Stephen Frears' My Beautiful......
Jeremy Irons considered maths 'very boring' till he read G H Hardy's A Mathematician's Apology. The actor, who plays the British mathematician in The Man Who Knew Infinity, talks numbers, acting......
Tony Scott, brother of Ridley, creator of cinematic testosterone fests that helped finance the future of Quentin Tarantino and paved the way for the jock cinema of Michael Bay, released a new movie......
It's been 40 years. Four decades since rock and roll hit its flower-powered zenith in a New York farm. Half a million watched, over 30 acts performed. It never got bigger than Woodstock, from......
IMAGE: Team Europe captain Luke Donald poses with the trophy as his team celebrates after winning the Ryder Cup. Photograph: Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters Europe resisted a fierce American......
Morikawa serves notice with PGA Championship triumph IMAGE: Collin Morikawa poses with the Wanamaker Trophy after winning the 2020 PGA Championship. Photograph: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY......
With mind and body both more willing now, the only way for the World No 3 is up, says Dhruv Munjal. P V Sindhu Photograph: David Ramos/Getty Images Anyone who has followed P V Sindhu's career even......
Players made my job easy, says Europe skipper Bjorn IMAGE: Europe captain Thomas Bjorn celebrates after the Ryder Cup Sunday singles matches at Le Golf National. Photograph: Ian......
IMAGE: Team USA's Tiger Woods looks dejected after Team Europe won the Ryder Cup. Photograph: Regis Duvignau/Reuters Tiger Woods accepted responsibility for the American defeat at the Ryder......