The Karnataka government said it'll work with industry associations and workers' unions to arrive at amicable solutions on the number of working hours and wage arrears in the current scenario.

Working on my mental fitness, says Dominic Thiem

#LockdownHeroes: This Mother’s Day, let us salute these braveheart working moms

Karnataka government to decide on working hours & wage arrears

Nine trade unions under the umbrella of Joint Committee of Trade Unions (JCTU) have said it would oppose any proposal to increase the working hours an

Centre plans to raise the total borrowings to ₹12 lakh crore this fiscal

Any adventurer, hiker or backyard naturalist with a camera can help scientists survey and hopefully save the world’s amphibians thanks to a new social networking site that links “citizen scientists” with researchers tracking the decline of amphibians around the globe.

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Suzan Murray, chief veterinary medical officer at the Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park, recently returned from Hanoi, where she led a team of scientists training pathologists from Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam to better sample, recognize and detect wildlife diseases in hopes of preventing emerging pandemic disease.

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Meet Rachel Collin, a staff scientist and director of the Bocas Research Station at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. Rachel studies the evolution of marine gastropods (snails) and oversees multiple disciplines of marine biology at the Collin Lab in Bocas del Toro.

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The Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine today announced $7.25 million in grant awards for eight projects focused on strengthening safety culture in the offshore oil and gas industry.

In L.A., community leaders are working to prevent an undercount of Asian Angelenos. ; Credit: via NPR

The 2020 Census kicks off in a matter of weeks. Census officials say Asian immigrants are “hard-to-count” because many have limited English and distrust government. 

Leo Moon is learning about the census with friends at a city-led workshop in Koreatown. He didn’t fill out the form in 2010, mostly because he didn’t want the government knowing he’s undocumented. But Moon says he’ll take part next year because the census determines how much funding and representation people get.  

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Robert F. Kennedy's speech at the Ambassador Hotel. Sandi Gibbons the woman in the white dress on the bottom right.

She’s spent her life on both sides of the microphone.

For half of her career she was a reporter, finding herself in places like the Ambassador Hotel ballroom on the night Robert F. Kennedy was shot, and in the courthouse covering Charles Manson.

For the other half of her professional life, she spent a lot more time in L.A.’s courthouses as the spokeswoman for the L.A. County District Attorney’s office. She served three DAs, and now she’s hanging it up. Her retirement lunch was attended by three past and present DAs, with a fond message from a fourth, and as many of her reporter and DA friends could fit in the restaurant.

RELATED: Veteran reporter, DA spokesperson Sandi Gibbons is retiring

Sandi Gibbons has tales to tell, and here she recounts a few funny, moving and plain old perplexing ones from her life in court. And I can tell you from knowing her, she is one great dame.

Correction: Original headline spelled Sandi Gibbons' name "Sandy"

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How can employees stay motivated and productive while teleworking during the COVID-19 crisis?

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Getting cybersecurity right in the work-from-home world can feel daunting. ESET Chief Security Evangelist Tony Anscombe shares 6 best practices that will steer you in the right direction.

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Ecosystems are not only essential to human life but can help us face changing conditions in the future. This Thematic Issue brings together the latest research on how the protection of ecosystems, and the services they provide, can form an important part of climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies.

Over the next few years business continuity solutions will continue to power the new redefined future of work itself.

As social distancing measures become common and workers adjust to their new professional environments, even from their own living rooms, there is potential for private and working life to blur into one.

Thanks to the intervention of Cloud-based tech tools, professionals no longer need to visit their offices to engage in business transactions.

The emergence of new business environment in the wake of Covid-19 is expected to boost cloud services and digitisation as companies overhaul their digital infrastructure to deal with new ways of working, they said.

The emergence of new business environment in the wake of Covid-19 is expected to boost cloud services and digitisation as companies overhaul their digital infrastructure to deal with new ways of working, they said.

Grey talks about the past few months, Myke is thinking about graphs, and they both provide more thoughts on time tracking.

Pull quote: If it wasn’t for the amazing training, I wouldn’t be where I am today

South Chesterfield – Remnants of Tropical Storm Michael left portions of Virginia, including the VDOT Richmond District, covered in water and...

Brian Zenowich will sometimes spend his workdays doing a little arm-in-arm dancing. His dance partners manage to stay in step, duplicating his every move almost

Electronics giant announces it will compensate workers relocating to China for the poor quality of air they will have to breathe.

EWG grades the products many of us use to clean our kitchens and houses. How do your 'green' cleaning products rate?

The job satisfaction of working for a nonprofit is worth an extra $40,000 per year, British study finds.

Telecommuting is a nice perk, but it isn't always easy to stay focused.

The country may be filled with hardworking employees, but a new poll shows no one is working harder than the residents of Columbia, Mo.

Just a week after the West Virginia Governor shot a bullet through the cap and trade bill he has pulled way ahead in the polls.

Lots of research goes into the annual vaccine, but that doesn't mean we always get it right.

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The rejuvenating lunch breaks of yesterday are long gone. They've become rushed working lunches, and surveys show it's getting worse.

Software house has also introduced measures to enable its clients to follow suit.

Insurance Age finds out how Michael Lawrence, broker distribution and underwriting director at LV, has adapted to changes in working practices amid the Covid-19 outbreak.

Insurance Age finds out how Tim Ryan, executive chairman of Ryan's and the Una Alliance, has adapted to changes in working practices amid the Covid-19 outbreak.

Insurance Age finds out how Paul Beck, managing director at Direct Insurance Corporate Risks, has adapted to changes in working practices amid the Covid-19 outbreak.

Insurance Age finds out how Tom Bartleet, CEO of Erskine Murray, has adapted to changes in working practices amid the Covid-19 outbreak.

Insurance Age finds out how Norrie Erwin, managing director at Carrot Insurance, has adapted to changes in working practices amid the Covid-19 outbreak.

Insurance Age finds out how Be Wiser CEO Sharon Beckett has adapted to changes in working practices amid the Covid-19 outbreak.