The recently launched labour codes aim to empower women with enhanced maternity support, equal pay, and flexibility in the ...

She wants desperately to return home, and to deliver the baby in India because she has heard that otherwise it would be tough ...

"This is part of a broader trend by the government to hasten economic reforms, especially in the wake of Trump's 50% tariffs, and an important signal that it is keen to ease doing business in India, ...

The new labour codes are essentially an exercise in progressive pragmatism that reflects this reality to balance the pressing ...

Mr Modi first tried to rewrite India’s labour codes five years ago, only to relent in the face of opposition. Since then, ...

A coalition of major Indian trade unions has mounted nationwide protests against the government’s new labor codes.

India’s new labour laws expand social security, maternity benefits, and workplace flexibility, empowering gig workers and ...

The International Labour Organization and the government of Telangana recently launched a program that will take a ...

Alleged abuses include coerced prison, child, and migrant labor, plus unsafe conditions in supply chains.

More than a billion Indians face heat waves every year. Hundreds of millions of them work in the informal sector, toiling ...

The Indian government recently expressed its commitment to raise the female labour force participation rate (FLFPR) to 55% by 2030. The announcement recognises women’s economic engagement not just as ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is rich with lithium, an essential mineral for electric car batteries. Credit - JUNIOR KANNAH/AFP—Getty Images In crude mines across Central and Sub-Saharan Africa, ...