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70 hour work a week is illogical suggestion
INFOSYS Chairman Narayana Murthy has stirred a hornet’s nest by throwing an idea that the working hours of employees and workers should be fixed seventy hours a week. However, a large number of workers, trade unions and even politicians are up against this idea. The opposition has erupted against this stupid idea which he has…
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Doyen of Labour Laws and Eminent Lawyer HL Kumar Passes Away
A well-known lawyer of labour laws in Delhi H L Kumar is no more. He was courteous to the core and enjoyed a good reputation across the country. Not only employers and their organisations but also employees, trade unions of all hues and colours, government officials and judges used to take advice and benefit from…
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Not even a word of truth is found in what terrorists say
By Parmanand Pandey Now the reports suggest that Hamas terrorists were responsible for the ghastly attack on Al Ahli Arab Hospital situated in the Gaza Strip. Hamas is the original sinner of starting and escalating the war in West Asia. It was guilty of killing hundreds of innocent people in Israel. Some 300 people died…
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Reserving the judgment for many months defeats the purpose of justice
Gayan Vapi Case of Allahabad High Court is a glaring example …
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Journalists like K B Mathur will Always Remain Relevant
After many years I have had the opportunity to talk to the former editor of the Amrit Prabhat Shri K B Mathur the other day on WhatsApp, who lives near Toronto in Canada with his son. In my life I have worked with three editors, the first one was Shri S K Bose of Northern…
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Not much is to be seen in the crossing over of Anju Thomas to Pakistan
These days love stories of two women namely, Anju Thomas and Seema Haider (Sachin) have become the talk of the town. Both crossed the borders of their own respective countries to meet their loved ones. The latest one is Anju Thomas, who went from India to Pakistan to marry her lover, Nasarullah. Seema Haider has…
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Only sensitisation and crackdown can stop Child labour
First of all, here is news, which has been flashed across all newspapers that an airline Pilot couple in Delhi, who allegedly hired a 10-year-old girl as domestic help and tortured her, were arrested a few days back, and have been sent to jail. According to police, medical tests showed that the girl had sustained…
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Seema Haider Must be Protected
Controversy has flared up across the country over Seema Haider, an illegal migrant from Pakistan to Greater NOIDA of Uttar Pradesh (India) to live with her lovelorn new husband. She claims to have converted to Hinduism and has married a Hindu Sachin at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu (Nepal). She has illegally come to India along…
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Education System Touching Low-ebb
University and College teachers’ appointmentprocesses and interests have changed beyond recognition in the last four tofive decades. My father-in-law Dr Sabhajit Mishra, a retired Professor and Headof the Philosophy Department of Deen Dayal Upadhyay University of Gorakhpur,says that in the seventies the salaries of university and college teachers werenot as lucrative as they are today yet…
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Uniform Civil Code a Welcome Move
Article 44 of the Constitution of India says: ‘The State shall endeavour to secure for the citizens a Uniform Civil Code throughout the territory of India.’This was made clear by the makers of the Constitution of India more than 7 decades ago, yet it is still not fulfilled and is being debated at various fora…