-TheWire.in The report by the CHRI urges India to ratify the Domestic Workers Convention or 'C189' as a step towards streamlining national protections for an enormous sector that is largely left to fend for itself.&NBSp; New Delhi: While domestic workers across the world have suffered in the COVID-19 pandemic, the astounding lack of overarching legal or policy provisions in India to safeguard their wellbeing has meant a dire downward spiral for men...
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Eye on LS polls: Govt set to supply piped water to 5.77 lakh households -Snehamoy Chakraborty
-The Telegraph In November, Bengal topped among all states by providing water supply connections to 2.40 lakh destinations in a month Bolpur( Birbhum): The Bengal government has set a target to supply piped water to around 5.77 lakh households in Bengal’s 10,729 remote rural hamlets facing water shortage within March next year. Sources said the state public health engineering (PHE) department recently held a statewide survey to identify remote hamlets located in forested...
More »'Blatant misogynist material': Sonia Gandhi seeks apology from CBSE for 'regressive' question
-IndiaToday.in Calling the controversial passage in Saturday's CBSE English question paper 'blatantly misogynist', Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi in Lok Sabha sought an apology from the Board. Congress interim President slammed the ' shockingly regressive’ passage regarding women in the CBSE's English exam question paper during the Zero Hour in Lok Sabha. She also sought an apology from CBSE. The Class 10 CBSE English question paper triggered a controversy on Saturday for allegedly...
More »Retail inflation rate rises to 4.91% in November 2021
-MoneyControl.com The CPI-based inflation rate has increased on a sequential basis. It was 4.48 percent in October 2021. The country's retail inflation rate, which is measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose to 4.91 percent during the month of November 2021, as per the data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on December 13. The inflation has increased sequentially, as it was recorded at 4.48 percent in October...
More »'Want to know about govt policy', SC on plea seeking revival of vaccine PSUs
-IANS/ National Herald The Supreme Court on Monday sought Centre's response on a plea seeking revival of vaccine public sector units, to boost Covid-19 vaccination amid the pandemic. A bench comprising Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and A.S. Bopanna said: "We want to know what the policy of the government is..." The bench noted that Solicitor General Tushar Mehta wass appearing for the Centre and took note of his submissions that a reply will be...
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