-The Hindu NGO says strike in June violated SC direction A contempt petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against the Indian Medical Association for calling — and the Centre for not preventing — a nationwide strike by doctors on June 17, 2019. The strike was held to demonstrate solidarity with the junior doctors of West Bengal in their protest against assault on two junior doctors at the NRS Hospital in Kolkata....
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Bengal IT employees apply for trade union registration
-IANS * The Kolkata Forum for IT Employees said there has been a number of incidents of unfair labour practices in the past * There are 1.8 lakh employees working in the IT industry in West Bengal The Kolkata Forum for IT Employees on Saturday said it has applied to the West Bengal government for trade union registration in the Information Technology and ITes, Business Process Outsourcing and Knowledge Process Outsourcing industry in...
More »Draft law seeks 10-year jail, fine of Rs 5 lakh for attacks on doctors -Abantika Ghosh
-The Indian Express The draft law was submitted by the IMA to the Ministry in 2017 — it had demanded a central law for the protection of doctors, and has raised it again in the wake of the NRS Medical College and Hospital incident in Kolkata. New Delhi: Last Saturday, when he wrote to Chief Ministers asking them to frame laws for protection of medical professionals, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh...
More »Several more SSC jobs disappear under Modi 2.0 -Ashlin Mathew
-National Herald There are fewer jobs in the market. Several people are crying hoarse about the reducing jobs in the government. But the government has been cutting it down even further. National Herald had reported earlier that the government was under-reporting several vacancies. Now it has come to light that several more existing vacancies are being under-reported by the Staff Selection Commission. In the latest RTI responses, it has come to light that...
More »20,000 government hospital doctors in Delhi to go on strike on Monday at IMA's call
-Hindustan Times The strike is likely to hit outpatient clinics and other routine services (like diagnostics). Emergency services, however, won’t be affected, doctors assured. New Delhi: Around 20,000 resident doctors from government hospitals in the national capital will go on strike on Monday demanding a central law to protect those in the medical profession. The call for the strike was given by the Indian Medical Association (IMA), a representative body for doctors.The Resident Doctor’s...
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