The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed a bill to increase maternity leave to 26 weeks from 12 weeks at present. The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016, also provides for leave up to 12 weeks for a woman who adopts a child below the age of three months, and for commissioning mothers. Passed by the Rajya Sabha on August 11, 2016, […]
» Read moreOn exit polls that predict the BJP emerging as the single largest party in UP and coming to power in Uttarakhand, the BSE Sensex climbed over 146 points in opening trade today on heavy fund inflows. All the sectoral indices led by consumer durables, IT, metal, realty, bank, capital goods and auto sectors were trading in the positive zone with […]
» Read moreTwo men shot dead two people and seriously injured a third today at a cafe in Basel, north-west Switzerland, police said. “Two men came into Cafe 56” around 8.15 pm local time “and fired several rounds of shots,” police said in a statement, without providing information on a possible motive. “Two customers were killed. Another is in a critical condition.” […]
» Read moreIn-a-first for Western Railways (WR), two women ticket checkers were deployed in long-distance train on March 8. Women power rode to new heights with the Mumbai-Surat Intercity Express on the occasion of International Women’s Day. The women ticket checkers — Neeru Wadhava and Radha Iyer — checked commuters travelling in first class on Mumbai-Surat Intercity Express on Wednesday.
» Read moreThe Supreme Court on Thursday put forth searching questions to businessman Vijay Mallya on the disclosure of his assets to the court. A bench, comprising Justices A.K. Goel and U.U. Lalit, asked Mr. Mallya if he was truthful after a consortium of banks led by the SBI alleged that $40 million was transferred by him to his three children in […]
» Read moreFor the first time, an Indian educational institute has broken into the top 10 of a global university rankings. On Tuesday, the Times Higher Education (THE) revealed that India is home to one of the world’s best small universities, as it made public the 2017 edition of the rankings. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, has been ranked eighth at the […]
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