A starved judiciary with only 19.78 judges per million population —in contrast, the US has 150 per million— is a reason enough to slap litigation costs of ‘drag litigation’ upon administrative heads of institutions.
As Indian sportspersons are shining on the grounds of Tokyo Olympics, the country, and indeed the world, is beginning to hear their amazing stories. These are stories of struggle, passion, aspiration and stunning talent. Whether boxers or hockey players or wrestlers and javelin throwers, these men and women come from hitherto unheard of locations on the map of India…Nongpok Katching in Manipur, Simdega in Jharkhand, Sundergarh in Odisha, Golaghat in Assam.
The Essential Defence Services Bill, 2021, prohibits workers engaged in essential defence services from striking work especially in light of the decision to corporatise the Ordnance Factory Board. The Bill, 2021, violates two resolutions of the International Labour Conference, which provides guidelines for ILO’s policy, and emphasise the recognition of the right to strike. ILO’s Committee on Freedom of Association considers the right to strike as one of the essential means available to workers for the protection of their interests and explains how trade unions will be rendered powerless.
T K Arun An article in the Economic Times by Abhishek Banerjee purported to bust some myths about the Kerala model and its success in handling the Covid epidemic but presented itself as the venting of frustrations of those smarting…
संतोष मेहरोत्रा, जाजति केशरी परिदा उपभोग व्यय सर्वेक्षण [CES] के आंकड़ों के अभाव में, आवधिक श्रम बल सर्वेक्षण [Periodic Labour Force Survey]गरीबों की पूर्ण संख्या में वृद्धि दर्शाता है। इस क्रम में, यह एक विचारणीय तथ्य है कि भारत सरकार…
अरुण कुमार भारतीय शेयर बाजार में बहार दिख रही है। सूचकांक लगातार ऊंचाई का रिकॉर्ड बना रहा है। इससे निवेशक काफी ज्यादा खुश हैं। फरवरी से अब तक तकरीबन 30 शेयरों ने शत-प्रतिशत रिटर्न दिया है। निवेशकों के उत्साह का…