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TopicRight to sit bill

Topic: Right to sit bill

What is ‘Right to Sit’, the Tamil Nadu bill that mandates seating facilities for shop workers

Tamil Nadu introduces bill in assembly inspired by Kerala, which in January 2019 made it a law for shops to provide seating facilities to their employees.

Tamil Nadu’s ‘Right to Sit’ Bill is a welcome reform. It should become a national ‘right’

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Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.