Workers demand increased wages, rollback of app-based attendance

NREGA workers from various states are protesting at Jantar Mantar for timely pay, compensation, increased wages and the roll-back of app-based attendance

JNU professor Nivedita Menon slams universities dialling parents if children take part in protests

Economist Jayati Ghosh pointed out the failure to recognise unpaid work and said the percentage of working women in India is 18 per cent

Mary Kom, Yogeshwar Dutt in ministry’s panel to probe wrestlers’ allegations

Sports ministry’s five-member Oversight Committee, which will investigate allegations of sexual harassment and exploitation made by wrestlers, includes three women and has been asked to submit report in four weeks

Wrestlers call off protest after Govt asks Sharan to step aside as WFI president

Earlier on Friday, World Championship medallist Vinesh and Olympic medallist Bajrang had warned that if their demands aren’t met and those guilty of sexually exploiting women wrestlers and coaches aren’t punished, they will take the matter further

Nurses of Delhi govt-run hospitals begin ‘symbolic’ strike

The Delhi Nurses Federation (DNF) had recently carried out a march till the Delhi secretariat to press for their demands, including regularisation of services, promotions that are long due and creation of new posts.

Farmers block national highway near Haryana’s Kurukshetra, demand early procurement of paddy

Some protesting farmers jumped over police barricades put up on the road during their protest

IIT-Delhi protest: Admin effects 30 per cent tuition fee

Students from various courses gathered at the Wind T Corridor on the IIT campus on Friday, with posters and placards displaying their refusal to accept the fee hike.

IIT Delhi: Administration responds to fee hike protests as President plans to visit the institution

Riddled with constant fee hikes with no increase in stipends, students at Delhi IIT resort to protest, demanding a reasonable hike, if not complete reduction