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Saudi Arabia has scrapped its decades-old Kafala system, a work sponsorship that was often unfair, freeing 13 million migrant workers, including 2.6 million Indians, from restrictive employer...

'The Railways is today running train services with 30% less number of loco pilots.' Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes.Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters  ...

States are mandated to develop and implement 'heat HAPs' for prevention of heat-induced diseases. But most do not go beyond standard advisory on heat prevention. IMAGE: Women covering themselves...

An environmental health researcher has sought intervention of the National Human Rights Commission, alleging that drafters of the Nuclear Liability Bill have ignored recommendations of the...

But Indians work less than smaller countries with small populations like Bhutan, the Congo, Lesotho and Gambia. IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational...

India’s new national accounts will leverage new data sources and surveys to enhance the measurement of the country’s informal economy, and introduce double deflation methods across sectors,...

Algorithmic management (AM) in India has led to a decline in job quality, with “clear” evidence of increased monitoring, surveillance and work intensity, noted International Labour...

India's labour landscape is undergoing one of the biggest transformation in decades. The government has consolidated 29 pre-Independence and early post-Independence labour laws -- many of them...

With cotton still figuring in the list of commodities that are produced using practices such as child labour, the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) has entered into an understanding...

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...

With the mad rush of celebrities, paparazzi, official photographers and influencers on red carpets and parties, people almost forget that the Cannes Film Festival is firstly, a celebration of world...

Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2020. IMAGE: Danesh Razvi and Tanya Maniktala in A Suitable Boy. It was the year of staying at home and watching films...

Beautiful movies, from across the world. The year 2014 was big when it came to foreign language films, as many film festival award winners played in theatres in New York City. This year 83...