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Infosys for the mass termination of trainees, seeking immediate intervention of two central ministries, the Education and the Skill Development & Entrepreneurship ministry. “NITES…seeks your urgent intervention in a grave matter concerning Infosys Ltd’s blatant violation of The Apprentices Act, 1961, and The Apprenticeship Rules, 1992,” advocate Harpreet Singh Saluja, president of NITES, told union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, in a letter reviewed by ET. This comes days after the Karnataka labour department found no violations of labour laws by the Bengaluru-headquartered IT company in the layoffs of over 300 trainees. Infosys terminated these workers claiming that they had failed to clear three rounds of an internal assessment programme.

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Rahul Gandhi asserted on Sunday that the party's leaders from Kerala «stand as one» and are «united» by the light of purpose ahead. His assertion came after the Congress top brass met leaders from Kerala at the Indira Bhawan here for a brainstorming session on Friday to discuss the strategy and way forward ahead of next year's Assembly polls. Posting a picture from the Kerala leaders' interaction with the media after the meeting, Gandhi said on Facebook: «They stand as one, united by the light of purpose ahead.» His post was accompanied by the hashtag, «Team Kerala». The nearly-three-hour meeting at the Congress's Indira Bhawan headquarters here on Friday had discipline, unity and the strengthening of the state organisation as its running theme.

local value addition and this must be considered when assessing trade balances between the two countries, think tank GTRI said Sunday. iPhones, solar panels, diamonds and petrochemicals are sectors where local value addition in exported goods and contribute far less to India's economy than their headline figures suggest, it said and urged the government to convey to the US administration that India’s import duties are in compliance with the global trade rules. India has the option to retaliate to the US’ proposed reciprocal tariffs by raising duties on certain American goods, taxing their digital firms or issuing compulsory licenses for patented drugs, GTRI said but cautioned that such countermeasures would provoke further action by Washington, escalating into a trade war that could significantly hurt India.

HPCL, the government headhunter struggled to find a suitable candidate for the top job at Bharat Petroleum, as most applicants were narrow specialists lacking multidisciplinary experience needed to run a large organisation. The Public Enterprise Selection Board (PESB) last month interviewed a dozen candidates including BPCL Director (Finance) Vetsa Ramakrishna Gupta and its Director (Refineries) S Khanna but found none suitable for the job of chairman and managing director of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), according to a PESB order. It advised the administrative ministry «to choose an appropriate course of further action for selection including the search cum selection committee,» according to the order. Incumbent G Krishnakumar superannuates as chairman and managing director of BPCL on April 30 this year.

high-security registration plates (HSRPs), as per officials. The government has made HSRPs mandatory for vehicles registered before April 1, 2019, to curb vehicle theft and bring uniformity in identification, placing the onus on manufacturers to install them before handing the vehicles to customers. It extended the deadline to fit HSRPs till April 30. The state government has also mandated HSRPs for an estimated 2.10 crore older vehicles registered before April 1, 2019.

federal watchdog agency must remain in his job, a judge in Washington ruled on Saturday, saying President Donald Trump's bid to remove the special counsel was unlawful. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson sided with Hampton Dellinger, who leads the Office of Special Counsel, in a legal battle over the president's authority to oust the head of the independent agency that's likely headed back to the U.S. Supreme Court. Dellinger sued Trump last month after he was fired even though the law says special counsels can be removed by the president «only for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.» Jackson, who was nominated to the bench by Democratic president Barack Obama, quickly reinstated Dellinger in the job while he pursued his case.

In his third new tariff probe in a week, Trump signed a memo ordering Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to initiate a national security investigation into U.S. lumber imports under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. The trade law is the one Trump also used to impose tariffs on global steel and aluminum imports. The probe covers derivative products made from lumber which could include furniture such as kitchen cabinets, which in some cases are made of U.S. lumber that had been exported.

Travis Kelce would be hanging up his boots after a long tenure, but recent reports suggest that he is set to return for another season of the NFL with his team, Kansas City Chiefs. According to a USA Today report, 10-time Pro Bowl tight end will return to action in 2025, and this time it looks like Kelce will leave no stones unturned in giving his best.

DK Shivakumar is facing internal pressure within the party, while the BJP has praised him. Shivakumar has been in the spotlight since his visit to Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev's Isha Yoga Centre in Coimbatore on Wednesday, where he shared the stage with Union Home Minister Amit Shah. This has raised eyebrows within Congress. Shivakumar clarified that he had no intentions of joining the BJP, asserting that he is a Congressman and a Hindu. He said the visit was based on a personal invitation from Sadhguru and his own beliefs.

Ajit Pawar on Saturday warned of a stern action against those who vandalised public property following the alleged rape of a woman inside a state transport bus in Pune. The 26-year-old victim was raped inside a parked bus of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) at the Swargate bus stand located in the heart of the city in the early hours of Tuesday. The next day, local Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Vasant More and his party workers vandalised the security cabin at the Swargate bus depot to protest against the incident. Speaking to reporters here, Pawar said action will be taken against those who damaged public property. «Let the probe get over and let the facts come to the fore. After that, action will be taken against those who vandalised public property. They will not be spared. Does anyone damage his own house's window panes if an accused is not arrested?» he asked. «Even the court had made it clear in the past that if anyone resorts to vandalism of public property, then damages should be recovered from these party workers or the party,» he said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON : President Trump has spent his first weeks back in office undoing much of the handiwork of Congress—freezing spending that lawmakers authorized, idling agencies that were already funded and bypassing laws regarding immigration and independent agencies. A budget fight now brewing in Congress is becoming the first test of whether lawmakers will try to claw back any of their powers—or whether they accede to a new power alignment in Washington that centralizes far more authority in the White House.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A Gurgaon resident was blindsided by an email from Axis Bank demanding ₹23.25 lakh for excess reward points acquired through a loophole. "Since you have redeemed X excess reward points beyond what is rightfully accrued by your transactions, we request you to pay INR 23,25,639 to the Bank as per MITC clause..." The notice was part of the bank’s recent effort to recover rewards points accumulated by some credit card holders through a technical loophole in 2023.

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sleep health—the highest among surveyed countries—nearly half (47%) of them have taken sick leave at least once in their careers due to sleep deprivation, according to healthtech company ResMed’s fifth annual Global Sleep Survey, findings of which were made public on Friday.

Supreme Court on Friday set aside the orders terminating the services of two women judicial officers in Madhya Pradesh in 2023, terming the action as «punitive, arbitrary and illegal». A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and N Kotiswar Singh directed that the two officers be reinstated in service within 15 days.