'The Modi government must create conditions to integrate millions into the rural economy as many migrants are certainly not going to return to live an undignified life,' notes Ramesh Menon.
The Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi has called for the statewide shutdown to protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the proposed National Register of Citizens. Barring stray incidents of stone pelting and attempt to disrupt road traffic in Mumbai, there was not much impact of the bandh in the metropolis.
The government will stand guarantor for loans to be disbursed to youth from the community.
Housing sales mostly declined during the first and the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic but prices did not fall in most of the cities but rather increased in some cities, according to the Economic Survey 2021-22. The pre-Budget document also highlighted that the housing demand recovered after both the waves on the back of pent up demand, low interest rates on home loans and reduction in stamp duty by some states. The survey has analysed the National Housing Bank's data on change in housing transactions in Q1FY21 (first COVID-19 wave) and Q1FY22 (second COVID-19 wave) over the pre-pandemic levels of Q1FY20. It also looked into change in housing prices index during this period.
HR Guru Mayank Rautela offers practical advice.
The organised sector now accepts accredited firms as labour providers for factory shop floors.
HR Guru Mayank Rautela offers practical advice.
Pune architects Dhruvang Hingmire and Priyanka Gunjikar are building houses out of mud and stone, employing local artists and contributing to the village economy.
'The stories I want to tell are very important.'
A circular-cum-advisory issued by the state Directorate of Health Services last week said the second wave of the pandemic is likely in January-February, and asked officials concerned to ramp up COVID-19 testing in the state.
Top 10 cities in the JLL index are Bengaluru, Ho Chi Minh City, Silicon Valley, Shanghai, Hyderabad, London, Austin, Hanoi, Boston and Nairobi.
'If the BJP doesn't want to accept the will of the people, then we will show them what a majority means.'
HR Guru Mayank Rautela offers practical advice.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday said that whether the fire at the Serum Institute of India (SII) was an accident or sabotage will be known only after the probe gets over.
'We are trying to trace them.' 'We feel their phone batteries must have died because they are travelling by road.'
Working online is the new reality, explains HR Guru Mayank Rautela.
HR Guru Mayank Rautela offers practical advice.
'I can't help it if people don't love the minorities, the Dalits and Adivasis; they are as much of this country as any other Indian.' 'If I love them, it does not mean I do not love my country.' 'It is ironic and funny that they have laid such severe anti-national charges against me.'
India has over 4,000 medium tanks, but not a single light tank. It remains to be seen whether the Ladakh face-off with China galvanises a change, observes Ajai Shukla.
HR Guru Mayank Rautela offers practical advice.
A large number of migrants were waiting for food and transport on MP-Maharashtra border for hours.
HR Guru Mayank Rautela offers practical advice.
HR Guru Mayank Rautela offers practical advice.
It is impossible for Mumbaikars not to glimpse themselves or someone they know in Sudhir Patwardhan's paintings.
While consumers feel that petrol pinches directly, diesel hurts indirectly, as it is an input in almost all the goods and services we use.
HR Guru Mayank Rautela offers practical advice.
'Businessmen like Rajiv render public service when they speak truth to power,' observes Virendra Kapoor.
Apollo Tyres Ltd suspended operations at its automobile tube manufacturing plant at Ranjangaon in Pune district due to labour problems.
Talking about dealing with the border issue faced by India, Jaishankar, without naming any country or going into details, said, "You know again we did what we had to do. There was a very active debate which still continues to this day. It is natural for people to offer advice, often on matters which they may not have particular knowledge of, that are a human trait. But again if there was what came through it was that we were resolute, we were strong about protecting our interests."
'For them life is very difficult since there has been no universalisation of PDS.' 'And let's understand that there are people who need ration instead of cooked meals.'
One Chinaman is three time more productive than an Indian at the workplace through his life, observes Virender Kapoor.
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HR Guru Mayank Rautela offers practical advice.
HR guru Mayank Rautela provides a three-point plan.
Mayank Rautela distils his 20-odd years of experience in human resources management to tell you how you can ace in your career.
Ansari was seen on national television being beaten up with rods while tied to a pole and forced to chant "Jai Shri Ram" over alleged theft in June.
With longer work hours and a work from home set-up during the COVID-19 pandemic, women bore the maximum brunt by performing a dual role as a working professional as well as a caregiver.
Of the 6,400 Toyota employees, about 4,000 are union members and the remaining of them are on contract in both the factories.
The strike, however, had no impact on production of auto majors Maruti Suzuki India, Hero MotoCorp, Honda Cars India, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Motors and Hyundai Motors India as their plants in various parts of the country functioned normally.
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