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Monday, November 3, 2025
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Topic: labour

Labour Ministry reviews field offices for faster dispute resolution

The hybrid meeting took place Monday under the office of Chief Labour Commissioner.

‘Worst Italy’: Meloni rues death of Indian working at Lazio farm, terms employer attitude ‘disgusting’

'Gangmastering a plague’, says PM after Indian farmer Satnam Singh, said to be illegally employed at farm near Rome, died when his employer ‘dumped him on road with his arm severed’.

India and Taiwan ink key agreement on labour cooperation

Taipei announced Friday it had signed MoU with New Delhi to allow Indian workers to be employed in Taiwan. This comes as India-China ties remain strained over the 2020 Galwan clashes.

SubscriberWrites: India’s Social Security Code is a Paradigm Shift in Labor Practices

The new code offers a consistent definition, aiming to provide clarity and standardization.

UK’s labour shortage a ‘ticking time bomb’. Hiring refugees can help

Refugees bring in a diverse range of skills and experiences from their home countries. This diversity fosters a creative work environment within the company.

Your ‘revdi’ is freebie, mine is ‘upliftment’ & how one wrong turn can ruin a track record

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

The world is facing a skilled labour shortage. But there is a way to fix it

Some employers have reduced their hiring plans and are reassessing talent strategies, but numerous job openings that remain unfilled.

Even China, India face labour shortages. Can automation rescue the world?

Adopting automation speeds up the manufacturing process and stretches scarce talent. It can even make the workforce more inclusive.

Why men can — and should — participate in the care economy too

If liberating women’s potential is the output, how might increasing men’s labour contribution to the paid care industry be the input?

Salaried jobs are hardly growing — govt data explains the Agnipath anger of young Indians

Government’s latest Periodic Labour Force Survey, released last week, shows that India’s salaried class has grown 3 percentage points & 1 percentage point in rural & urban areas.

On Camera

A fitting tribute to Pakistan’s General Shanti

Durrani as NSA was a leap for Pakistan. No surprise that he didn’t even last a year in that job. He chafed after 26/11, seeing it as a deliberate Army/ISI betrayal.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.