India’s federal government on Tuesday introduced two new labor code bills in the lower house of parliament. The Code on Wages and the Code on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions are expected to affect about 500 million workers if passed. As carried in JURIST
Former IAS officer Ashok Kumar Gupta has been appointed as the chairperson of the Competition Commission of India (CCINSE 0.00 %), according to an official communication. The CCI keeps a tab on unfair business practices across sectors. In a communication issued Friday, the Corporate Affairs
India and Pakistan will resume their talks on various aspects of the crucial Indus Waters Treaty in Lahore on Wednesday, the first bilateral engagement since Prime Minister Imran Khan took office. India’s Indus Water Commissioner P K Saxena is expected to reach here today to
The Union environment ministry has issued a notification setting noise standards for all airports across the country. The limits, however, exclude defence aircrafts, and those that are landing and taking-off. The notification issued on June 18 states that noise standards within the overall boundary for
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) today castigated India for taxing international tickets, as it asked governments to facilitate the growth of worldwide connectivity by avoiding creeping re-regulation, maintaining the integrity of global standards and addressing a capacity crisis. “We must take governments to task.
With a year to go for next general elections, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said the country is not safe in the hands of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government. Addressing a press conference in Lucknow, the former Union Minister said, “Unfortunately, the evidence we have seen in the
The Supreme Court recently in the case of Viacom 18 Media Private Limited and Ors. v. Union of India And Ors., held that once an expert body has determined the maintainability of a film in view of its effect on public order, the states cannot refuse such
Maintaining that no institution, including the judiciary, is safe in the country, the Bombay High Court on Thursday said that India’s image abroad “is nothing but about crime and rape”. The division bench of Justice S C Dharmadhikari and Justice Bharati H Dangre was hearing
The Navy today cheekily let China’s naval force know, “we see you on the Indian Ocean”. It did that by tweeting a “warm welcome” to three warships of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (Navy) (PLA-N)) that entered the Indian Ocean region (IOR). The Navy then added
Markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Monday ordered Bata India to strengthen its systems and conduct an internal probe to fix responsibility after its initial investigation found leakage of price sensitive information related to the firm’s quarterly financial ahead of official