Pakistan's two parliamentary committees in a joint resolution asked India to immediately suspend the ongoing construction of the Kishanganga and Ratle hydro power projects in Jammu and Kashmir, Dawn reported. ​

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For years Dior, Saint Laurent and other fashion brands have been quietly using Indian embroiderers, while offering little in the way of employment protection

Experts point out in India it is left to individuals to quarantine themselves voluntarily

Mohanty, Sachidananda, author

Quantum technology, energy materials, and genomics are priorities

Country will now allow exports if domestic needs are met to treat COVID-19

Plant was starting up after being closed in compliance with government measures to control COVID-19

Some countries noticeably increased the number of inter-country adoptions to the US

 East India Comedy’s stand-up comedian threw a reunion in collaboration with the food delivery platform Swiggy for its philanthropic initiative Hope,

India only country among top 3 markets to see some growth

PwC India is deferring promotions, increments and bonuses for all its employees in India due to Covid impact.

With the new announcements, Deloitte’s partner tally crosses 480. The promotions were across the five verticals — audit, tax, consulting, financial services and risk— but audit division saw the maximum number of partner induction (over 10).

The skill development and entrepreneurship ministry has received multiple queries from firms abroad on apprenticeship norms in India as they scout for new destinations under their ‘one plus one strategy’ of having at least one manufacturing facility outside China.

About Rs 10 lakh crore worth of output is gone for good while job losses are estimated to have crossed 140 million.

Given the government’s extensive requests on avoiding laying off employees, the majority of companies have not implemented or are not currently considering permanent staff layoff/redundancies (84%) or temporary layoff/furlough (83% without government subsidy support and 91% leveraging government subsidy).

Daily wage workers and those employed by small businesses have had to take the biggest blow.

IT, media, and manufacturing employees think their firms will do worse in the next 6 months. However, they’re confident about long-term growth - 77% of manufacturing professionals, 67% of media professionals, and 65% of IT professionals thought their companies would pick up in the next 2 years.

The challenge of retaining staff despite 12.2 crore people losing their jobs in India last month shows how difficult it will be for Modi to restart Asia’s No. 3 economy, where the bulk of the workforce comprises so-called informal labour that are denied security and benefits. Economists predict a rare contraction in national output.

Experts from a wide range of disciplines weigh in on the matter

Outwits RoW after drawing with Russia and losing to USA

Mumbai Indians assistant coach Praveen Amre on the challenge of the second Indian Premier League season and his team's chances.

After a fine domestic season that earned him a place among the probables for the T20 World Cup, all-rounder Abhishek Nayar is raring to go in the second edition if the IPL.

Almost five days after the encounter operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Handwara that claimed lives of five security personnel including a decorate officer, the Pakistan-based Hizbul Mujahideen, headed by Syed Salahuddin, has reportedly claimed the responsibility.

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Privacy breaches like the one at present not only dent consumer confidence but also highlight the need to develop coping mechanisms.

Air India will operate 64 flights from May 7 to May 13 to bring back around 15,000 Indian nationals stranded abroad amid the COVID-19-induced lockdown, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said in New Delhi on Tuesday.

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