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Monday, December 15, 2025
TopicWorkers

Topic: workers

In last 5 yrs, 361 railway workers died in train accidents while doing maintenance work on tracks

Rlys minister Vaishnaw provided this data in response to a question in Rajya Sabha. He also said 'approaching train' warning system RAKSHAK not effective in hilly terrain, tunnels etc.

How rock-solid grit moved mountains: Scenes from the op that rescued 41 trapped tunnel workers

17-day ordeal for 41 workers trapped inside under-construction Silkyara tunnel ended late Tuesday after rat-hole miners burrowed through last 18 metres of rubble. How it unfolded.

Working late is a thing of the past in Belgium. They now have a ‘right to disconnect’

A new law passed in Belgium allows civil servants to switch off work emails, texts and phone calls received out of hours, without fear of reprisals.

A payment before end of contract can boost poor worker’s productivity by 13%, study shows

Researchers from UC Berkeley, MIT, Chicago Booth and France conducted a field experiment in Odisha to find that workers carry their mental burdens to work.

Blue-collar workers app Apna becomes a unicorn in 21 months, valued at $1.1 billion

The digital hiring startup serves more than 16 million users and 150,000 employers and enables an average of 18 million job interviews each month.

Saudi Arabia set to remove several controversial restrictions on foreign workers

Non-Saudis will no longer need employer’s permission to change jobs, travel abroad or leave the country permanently. New rules will come into effect on 14 March.

Employees might see better salary hikes in 2021 as companies bet on high consumer demand

Survey finds that companies across sectors like e-commerce, energy, financial institutions and pharmaceuticals, are projected to increase compensation by an average 7.3% in 2021.

US judge blocks Trump ban on H-1B visas for high skill workers

New ruling conflicts with a pair of decisions in September in similar cases. Judge says order applies only to members of plaintiff organizations like Amazon and Microsoft.

How Indian factories are trying to overcome labour shortages as economy reopens

Some companies are promising free travel tickets, housing & food to draw workers to urban areas, others are hiring new faces from nearby locations.

By sealing Delhi NCR borders, Covid has ended fluidity between where labourers live and work

The very labourers who have held on for over two months of lockdown and not left, are now abandoning Delhi NCR in droves.

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I’ve been driving an EV for 2 years—Indian roads are ready to switch to electric

Driving an electric vehicle for months, the Hyundai IONIQ5, BMW iX and now the Kia Carens Clavis electric, has convinced me of the viability of EVs for city and mid-range commutes.

Rupee’s turmoil has echoes of 2013

With the US-India trade deal yet to get done, rupee depreciation may be helping to mitigate India’s loss of competitiveness. The other problem is extreme despondence among overseas equity investors.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.