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Domestic Workers in India: Status, Issues, Legal and Policy Framework

As per the ILO convention 189, a domestic worker is a person engaged in domestic chores within an employment relationship. India is witnessing a constant increase in the...

August 16, 2017

Stephen Wooldridge, former world cycle champion passes away

Stephen Wooldridge (39), Australia’s former Olympic and world cycle champion, has passed away in Australia on August 14, 2017. The former star team pursuiter won gold for Australia...

August 16, 2017

Sankara Rao appointed as new MD & CEO of India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL)

Sankara Rao has been appointed as the new Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL). According to an order issued...

August 16, 2017

Shashi Shekhar Vempati newly appointed CEO of Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV)

Shashi Shekhar Vempati, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at public broadcaster Prasar Bharati, has been given the additional charge of CEO in Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV). Vempati succeeded...

August 16, 2017

Italy to host 2017 G7 Interior Ministers summit on security issues

Italy will host a summit of G7 Interior Ministers centered on security issues, which is scheduled to be held in October 2017. The meeting is being organised at...

August 16, 2017

Santosh Sharma appointed as new CMD of Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL)

Santosh Sharma has been appointed as the new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Hindustan Coper Limited (HCL). Currently, he is Director (Operations) in the HCL. According to...

August 16, 2017

Bangladesh to chair IONS maiden International Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise (IMMSAREX)-2017

The International Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise (IMMSAREX) will be chaired by Bangladesh at the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) in the Bay of Bengal in November 2017....

August 16, 2017

India’s first-ever aviation university to come up Uttar Pradesh

The Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University (RGNAU), which is India’s first-ever aviation university, will soon be inaugurated at Fursatganj in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh. The central university is...

August 16, 2017

India’s first-ever railways disaster management centre to come up in Bengaluru

India’s first-ever railways disaster management centre is expected to come up near Bengaluru, Karnataka by 2018 and will be used to replicate train accidents to improve rescue operation...

August 16, 2017

Dr Bhakti Yadav, first woman doctor of Madhya Pradesh passes away

Dr Bhakti Yadav (92), the first woman doctor of Madhya Pradesh, has recently passed away in Indore on August 14, 2017. Her life epitomised the power of compassion...

August 16, 2017

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