The draft rules allow shift timings to be increased from eight to up to 12 hours, which some say when added to the time that it takes to travel to and from the workplace, will significantly increase the time employees end up spending on work.
Apart from Bengaluru, Faridabad, Indore and Hyderabad, cities such as London, Moscow, Toronto, Brasilia, Dubai and Melbourne have also been selected.
A Justice Department report has found former Labor Secretary Alex Acosta exercised poor judgment in handling an investigation into wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein when he was a top federal prosecutor in Florida.
Renowned Indian-origin South African human rights lawyer Priscilla Jana who represented many anti-apartheid political leaders, including Nelson Mandela, has passed away at the age of 76, the country's human rights commission has said. She died on Saturday...
Treating the sick and dying isn't even the toughest part for nurse Amelia Montgomery as the coronavirus surges in her corner of red America.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, surging over 4 per cent, after the IT major announced a mega-Rs 16,000 crore buyback plan at Rs 3,000 per equity share. The firm, meanwhile, reported a 6.87 per cent dip in the Septemb...
Thousands of Indonesian students and workers protested on Wednesday against a new law they say will cripple labor rights and harm the environment, with some clashing with police.
Dozens of fragments of human remains were discovered in clandestine graves in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, Mexican authorities said on Monday, as violence rises in the conflicttorn state.
TikTok owner ByteDance has applied for a licence in China in line with the country's tech export requirements, as it strives to seal a deal with Oracle Corp and Walmart Inc for TikTok's U.S. operations to stave off a U.S. ban on the app.
Sony Corp said its nextgeneration PlayStation 5 console would launch in November priced at $499.99 and $399.99 for a version without a disk drive, as it squares off against rival Microsoft Corp's Xbox console.
According to the police, complainant Dhirendra Kumar, a resident of Maruti Vihar of Chakkarpur village in Gurugram, received a WhatsApp message from a woman named Poonam Makela.
A tiny baby gorilla has been born at the zoo in New Orleans.
The CBI has arrested a branch manager of Bank of Baroda for allegedly taking a bribe from a farmer for clearing his agriculture loan, officials said Friday. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted searches at the residence of accused branch...
Akanksha Puri, who plays the role of Maa Parvati in Vighnaharta Ganesha, is reportedly quitting the show.
Self-styled 'godman' Asaram was arrested in August 2013 and convicted almost five years later in April 2018 on charges of raping a teen student of his ashram.
