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Migrants queue up for thermal screening on their arrival at Amethi railway station from Gujarat by a special train, during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Amethi. PTI Photo

Dev 360: Can gutting labour laws spell advantage to India?

The key assumption is that labour rights are a major roadblock to business growth

15 May 2020 5:17 PM IST

r: Farmers harvest strawberries in a field, during the ongoing nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus, in Srinagar, Wednesday. PTI photo

Chandrajit Banerjee: How to restart economy in a way that's safe and...

With companies shutting shop as a result of the lockdown, the corporate performance outlook for the current financial...

13 May 2020 6:16 PM IST

Oil prices fell in early Asian trading on Wednesday . (AFP Photo)

Oil falls amid concerns about second wave of virus, rise in...

Traders shrugged off a further call by Saudi Arabia for larger production cuts to balance the market following a...

13 May 2020 8:29 AM IST

Stranded migrants board a truck to reach their native places in Uttar Pradesh, during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, at Bakania bypass in Bhopa. PTI Photo

AA Edit: Stop states from trampling over labour rights

The government must realise that it is illogical, undemocratic, immoral and inhuman to put the workers at the receiving...

11 May 2020 5:52 PM IST

Migrants arriving from Andhra Pradesh undergo thermal screening after deboarding a train at Danapur railway station, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Patna. PTI Photo

Manish Tewari: India rushes headlong into summer of death

It begs an obvious question if governments are not there to help citizens in need what else are they there for?

11 May 2020 5:29 PM IST

Migrants with their belongings walk along ISBT and Seelampur road to reach their native places, during the nationwide lockdown imposed to contain the coronavirus pandemic, in New Delhi. PTI Photo

Congress demands setting up of multimodal agency to resolve migrant...

Interestingly it was the Congress almost 38 days back that demanded that migrant labourers who wanted to go home should...

10 May 2020 7:43 PM IST

: Congress President Sonia Gandhi during a video appeal to migrants, in New Delhi. PTI Photo

Waqyanawis: Amid Modi-Shah inertia, Congress Party makes presence felt

Slowly, the Congress Party in the coronavirus pandemic is not looking bad at all

10 May 2020 5:39 PM IST

Stranded migrant labourers queue to board a special train to hom. (AFP)

Unable to return home, migrant labourer from Bengal ends life in...

The 22 year-old labourer was unable to book ticket in the Shramik Special' train recently from Kerala as he did not have...

10 May 2020 11:04 AM IST

According to a report published by the World Economic Forum, another dating app, OkCupid, has recorded a 26 per cent increase in conversations

Love amidst the lockdown

The ongoing Coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent lockdown has changed the way people date

9 May 2020 8:40 PM IST

Bharat PetroResources Ltd (BPRL), an exploration and production subsidiary of BPCL, had in August 2008 bought a 10 per cent stake in Area-1 Offshore of the Rovuma Block from the US energy major Anadarko Petroleum Corp for $75 million.

AA Edit: Rallying with fuel

The Centre's decision to levy an excise duty of Rs 10 on a litre of petrol and Rs 13 on diesel would help in collecting...

9 May 2020 7:44 PM IST

Migrants from Madhya Pradesh walk along a road towards their native places during the nationwide lockdown, imposed in wake of the coronavirus pandemic, in Surat. PTI Photo

AA Edit: Centre must come with lockdown exit plan now

None questioned the wisdom of shutting the nation down when Mr Modi took the unprecedented decision, as the objective...

9 May 2020 7:24 PM IST

The exercise of creating the graded zones of red, orange and green on the basis of the intensity of Covid-19 in these areas seems to have been done without strategic intent. PTI Photo

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr: Govt muddling in crisis, drift and politics...

The Central government took gratuitous decisions without consulting the chief ministers and the state governments

9 May 2020 7:10 PM IST