All vaccine centres in Mumbai to be functional from Monday

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Sunday said it has received 1.5 lakh Covishield vaccines and all the vaccination centres in the city will be functional on April 26. Earlier this month,......

Child labour: Huge burden on tiny hands

"We don't discern a definite trend in child labour just going by the number of children rescued or persons arrested as that has been volatile over the years," says Sadanand Date, deputy......

What if migrant labour want 'ghar wapasi'?

'In difficult times as now, the call of the village is all that these migrants can hear,' observes Vijaya Pushkarna. IMAGE: A migrant worker carrying a fan and a sack of goods walks to his......

Maha allows inter-district travel in Mumbai region

The Maharashtra government on Thursday allowed inter-district movement of people within the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. With 56,794 COVID-19 cases and 1,742 deaths so far, the Mumbai Metropolitan......

Government takes up pay cut, layoffs with India Inc

A senior official in the central labour commissioner’s office said the efforts of the government were to resolve the cases amicably and not to press for legal action against employers. ......

How to shut shop, the Mumbai way

What does a company that wants to exit a business do when the state doesn't readily give permission to shut?The answer, manufacturing companies in Maharashtra have found, is simple: Stop paying......

Strike by RBI staff deferred

The United Forum of Reserve Bank Officers and Employees has decided to defer tomorrow's proposed nationwide strike.The forum said in a statement that the decision to defer the strike was taken......

Next week's bank strike deferred

The All-India Bank Employees Association on Friday said the proposed two-day national strike on July 25-26 has been deferred after a meeting with Indian Banks Association (IBA) and the labour......