What Verma Committee says on sexual harassment at work

The panel’s report is candid in identifying that the state has abysmally failed to promote gender equality and eradicate gender bias, says Kumkum Sen The New Year’s most important......

Court vacancies call for public debate: Committee

With more than 100 vacancies plaguing higher echelons of a judiciary, already weighed down by 30 million case arrears, a parliamentary panel has called for a public debate to find a way to appoint......

Asif Zardari freed on bail

The 8-year ordeal of Asif Ali Zardari, the jailed husband of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, endedMonday when the Supreme Court of Pakistan granted him bail in the last of the many......

The mysterious Tibetan Lake

Less than two months ago, there was euphoria in the corridors of South Block as India 'celebrated' 50 years of the Panchsheel Agreement. 'It is not often that you find a former President, five......

Lessons To Be Learnt From Nitin Desai's Death

We must stop stigmatising business failures.Particularly when startups are mushrooming all around, the financial system, backed by the RBI and the government, can explore ways of extending support......

Air India unions seeks labour dept's 'urgent' intervention

A joint forum of Air India unions on Friday sought the labour department's 'urgent' intervention and initiation of conciliation proceedings in the matter of their passage policy and service......

SC orders arbitration to resume over Future's merger with Reliance Retail

The Supreme Court on Wednesday took note of the consent of US e-commerce major Amazon and Future group and ordered the resumption of arbitral proceedings before the SIAC tribunal over Future......

Amazon-Future case: SC sets aside Delhi HC orders, remands cases back for fresh decision

The Supreme Court Tuesday set aside three Delhi high court orders including the refusal to grant a stay on the final arbitral award which had restrained Future Retail Ltd from going ahead with its......

ICC introduces anti-racism, anti-corruption codes

The International Cricket Councilon Thursday introduced anti-racism and anti-corruption codes in its revised Code of Conduct to maintain and promote "fair play and multiculturalism". The new codes......