It is time to end the “brinkmanship” and “get down to the real business” of reaching a global agreement on financial support to help developing countries cut emissions and cope with the effects of climate change, the United Nations’ climate chief told negotiators in Azerbaijan as the COP29 summit entered its final week.
By Kerry Reals on 19 November 2024
People in the UK are “substantially” more likely to have a serious accident today than they were 20 years ago and accidental deaths have reached an all-time high, according to a new report from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).
By Kerry Reals on 18 November 2024
The number of people in Great Britain who reported suffering work-related ill health fell slightly in 2023/24, compared with the previous year, but work-related fatalities and non-fatal injuries were both up, according to the latest annual statistics from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
By Kerry Reals on 20 November 2024
The much-touted national e-Shram database for informal workers, which the Narendra Modi government promised to set up following last year’s migrant crisis during the Covid-19 lockdown, is now operational.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 07 September 2021
At the 26th United Nations (UN) Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, prime minister Narendra Modi urged rich nations to make $1 trillion climate finance “available at the earliest”, reminding them of climate justice and past “hollow” promises on climate technology and finance. The PM said he was speaking on behalf of all developing countries, not just India.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 13 December 2021
When the coronavirus pandemic shut down the Indian economy, the domestic work sector was devastated. The house helps, an invisible but crucial workforce, who provide essential services in our homes were suddenly unable to go to work, finding themselves unemployed, without paid leave and with no idea when – or if – their jobs would return.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 04 August 2021
Eighty-six offshore workers lost their lives after four vessels that state-run oil and gas major Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) put into service, went adrift in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Mumbai during Cyclone Tauktae on May 17.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 01 July 2021
Indian labour reforms that were to be rolled out in April across the country have been postponed – and according to officials the implementation could get pushed to next year. The Centre’s big-ticket labour reforms are unlikely to be implemented anytime soon because of the deadly second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 09 June 2021
The world must cooperate to tackle the huge challenges of climate change, terrorism and the pandemic, warned Prime Minister Narendra Modi after India officially assumed the year-long presidency of the influential G20 group of the world’s largest economies.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 06 December 2022
Indian businesses have been urged to step up their efforts to tackle work-related stress and better support employees’ mental wellbeing after a survey revealed that 80 per cent of the country’s workforce reported experiencing symptoms of poor mental health in the past year.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 12 October 2022
Hundreds of workers continue to be injured in the supply chain factories of India’s automotive industry, according to a new report published by the Safe in India (SII) Foundation, a non-profit organisation that campaigns for improved safety standards in the sector.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 12 September 2022
More stringent enforcement of the laws banning the manual cleaning of underground sewers and septic tanks in India has been promised as part of a new government drive aimed at stamping out the practice which claims numerous lives each year.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 05 August 2022
Social security benefits, like accident and injury insurance and sick pay, should be extended to people working in the gig economy for mobile app ‘platform’ businesses like food delivery and taxi firms, according to the government’s official think tank, NITI Aayog.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 11 July 2022
