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#MeToo: Filmmaker Nishtha Jain alleges Vinod Dua harassed her in 1989, he denies

Jain says the incident occurred when Dua interviewed her for a job. Dua denies the allegation, says he’ll issue a statement Monday.

MJ Akbar won’t resign, calls all #MeToo allegations political vendetta

Junior foreign minister MJ Akbar vows to take legal action for what he calls ‘accusations against evidence’, which have been spreading like ‘viral fever’.

Bengaluru’s informal water markets are a view of the future

Families in Bengaluru outskirts must piece together drinking water from communal supplies, intermittently available tap water, and 'water ATMs'.v

Good news for Delhi? Sharp reduction in stubble burning incidents in Punjab & Haryana

The state governments’ initiative to reduce the practice of stubble burning, which is said to cause the smog in Delhi-NCR, seems to have worked...

After legal win, Sec 377 petitioner Keshav Suri launches foundation to share LGBT stories

The launch of the Keshav Suri Foundation saw five panel discussions on how corporates, the media, and politics can be widened to include LGBTQIA people.

MJ Akbar returns home amid pressure to resign, says will release statement later

Akbar is facing sexual harassment allegations by several women as part of the #MeToo movement and pressure has been increasing on the government to sack him.

Taiwan turns to Mahatma Gandhi to cement cultural ties with India

Besides portraying Gandhi’s life and ideology, the Taiwanese govt has also displayed information on India’s cultural and heritage sites in an exhibition.

Soon: Sign-language interpreters at all government meetings, workshops

The ministry of social justice has written to all ministries to implement the move as part of a larger push to address India’s lacking services for the disabled.

At chat with Rahul Gandhi, current & ex-HAL employees say ‘hurt by govt jibe’ on Rafale

Nirmala Sitharaman had said recently that the UPA-era deal for 126 Rafales had fallen through because HAL did not have the capability to make the jets.

Maids, drivers and peons now have an HR consultant in Mumbai

Meenakshi Gupta Jain launched Helper4U — an online platform — to link Mumbai’s domestic workers with jobs, and to stop sexual and financial exploitation.

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New labour codes make India’s workforce competitive with China—and build Viksit Bharat

By consolidating 29 laws into four codes, compliance is streamlined and regulations are simplified, improving “ease of doing business”. This is bound to improve investor confidence.

Vehicles, TVs, mobile phones—PM EAC report shows rural India is catching up with urban consumers

Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.

General secrets from frozen peaks: A Kargil veteran reveals what politically correct writers left out

At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war. 

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.