Nutrition scheme ‘fraud’, row over placards rock MP Assembly; House adjourned for the day

Nutrition scheme ‘fraud’, row over placards rock MP Assembly; House adjourned for the day

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh Assembly was adjourned for the day on Wednesday amid ruckus by the Opposition over alleged irregularities in implementation of a supplementary nutrition scheme and policemen allegedly stopping Congress legislators from bringing placards into the Vidhan Sabha complex. The House was earlier adjourned twice during the Question Hour due to bedlam over […]

Minister of Labour and Employment, Bhupender Yadav, attends the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ meet at Bali New Delhi: Union Minister of Labour and Employment, Bhupender Yadav, attended the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ meeting at Bali, Indonesia on 13 – 14 September 2022. Speaking at the Ministerial session, The Minister spoke about the importance of countries to come together for promotion of responsive and robust policies relating to employment generation, social protection, skilling and formalization, in the post pandemic period for ensuring a more resilient, equitable and sustainable recovery. The Union Minister also commended Indonesia for selecting the priority areas which are critical in the ever changing world of work. These are, Labour Market Integration of Persons with Disabilities, Sustainable Growth and Productivity in Human Capacity Development through Strengthening Community Based Vocational Training, Promoting Entrepreneurship and Supporting Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) as a Job Creation Instrument and Adapting Labour Protection for More Effective Protection and Increased Resilience for All Workers. The Minister also drew the attention towards the exemplary achievements of India in all these areas. He highlighted the provisions made in the social security code for providing social security to the gig and platform workers. He further emphasized that the skill development is being aligned to the need of the future of work. He said that the experiences gained from this year’ G20 Employment Working Group meetings would aid India in its upcoming presidency and would contribute to our pursuit of securing labour welfare, in light of the dynamic nature of the 21st Century world of work. Minister also held several bilateral meetings with Countries including Germany, Singapore, UAE, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Netherlands, and Turkiye. In all these meetings, Minister briefed on our upcoming Presidency and broad priorities and sought the support of these Countries and Organizations for our goals. Need for signing of Migration and Mobility Agreement and Social Security Agreement at the earliest was highlighted for facilitating ease of mobility and for ensuring social security to the international workers. —PTI inister also attended the welcome dinner hosted by H.E. Ida Fauziyah, Minister of Manpower, Indonesia and witnessed the Joint statement by B20 – L20, two prominent engagement groups of G20

Minister of Labour and Employment, Bhupender Yadav, attends the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ meet at Bali New Delhi: Union Minister of Labour and Employment, Bhupender Yadav, attended the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ meeting at Bali, Indonesia on 13 – 14 September 2022. Speaking at the Ministerial session, The Minister spoke about the importance […]

Gold prices fall Rs 265; silver price slides Rs 786

New Delhi: Gold price in the national capital declined Rs 265 to Rs 50,616 per 10 grams on Wednesday despite rupee depreciation, according to HDFC Securities. The price of the yellow metal had touched Rs 50,881 per 10 grams on Tuesday. However, the COMEX spot price of gold was marginally higher at USD 1,705 per […]

SC modifies BCCI’s constitution, office bearers can serve continuously for 12 years in State & BCCI

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday allowed modification of BCCI’s constitution and paved the way for its President Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah to continue in office without having to serve the mandatory cooling-off period. A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli said that an office bearer can have continuous tenure of […]

ICC T20 Rankings: Virat Kohli jumps to 15th; Suryakumar Yadav 4th

DUBAI: Star India batter Virat Kohli jumped 14 spots to be ranked 15th in the latest ICC T20 Internationals batting rankings after a fine show at the recently-concluded Asia Cup. Kohli made handsome gains after he produced a dominant batting display (276 runs in five matches) in the continental tournament held in UAE that also […]

Mumbai Indians elevate Jayawardene, Zaheer to new central roles

Mumbai: IPL franchise Mumbai Indians on Wednesday elevated former players Mahela Jayawardene and Zaheer Khan to new roles of global head of performance and global head of cricket development respectively. The appointments were a part of MI’s central expansion plan. According to a MI statement, Jayawardene will be providing senior leadership to the group’s cricket […]

Congress prez poll: Jairam Ramesh bats for consensus, upholds “prominence” of Nehru-Gandhi family

Thiruvananthapuram: With the process for electing the new Congress president round the corner, senior party leader Jairam Ramesh has batted for “consensus” in selecting the new AICC chief and sought to uphold the “prominence” of the Nehru-Gandhi family in the organisational matters in any sort of emerging situation. Ramesh, the AICC general secretary in-charge Communication, […]

There is sense of momentum by the Ukrainian armed forces says US

Washington, Sep 14 The White House has said that there is a sense of momentum by Ukrainian forces against Russia but cautioned that the ongoing war in Ukraine remains “unpredictable”. We’ve been watching closely. The events in the north are more dramatic than what we’ve seen in the south. I would let President Volodymyr Zelenskyy […]

Active Covid cases in India decline to 45,749

New Delhi:India logged 5,108 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,45,10,057, while the active cases dipped to 45,749, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll climbed to 52,82,16 with 19 fatalities, which includes 12 deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am […]