California will bar companies from requiring non-disclosure agreements in settlements with employees over workplace harassment claims under a bill signed into law on Thursday in a win for tech workers who championed the proposal. The Silenced No More Act had been co-sponsored by Ifeoma Ozoma, who quit Pinterest Inc…
Former President Donald Trump has instructed his former aides not to comply with subpoenas from the special congressional committee investigating the Capitol riot, raising the prospect of the panel issuing criminal referrals for some of his closest advisers as early as Friday. In a letter reviewed by The New York…
A ruling by a local Israeli court in favour of a Jewish man who prayed quietly at a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site has angered Muslim authorities, who denounced it on Thursday as a violation of the fragile status quo governing the compound. The Al-Aqsa mosque compound is the third holiest site in Islam and the holiest…
The Bombay High Court on Friday said the interim orders passed by various courts and authorities in Maharashtra after April 9 pertaining to eviction, demolition and dispossession, which are still in operation, will be kept in abeyance only till October 11 in view of the “gradually improving pandemic situation”, The…
Bitcoin’s proponents dream of a financial system largely free of government meddling. But the first time that cryptocurrency became a national currency, it was imposed on an unwilling population by an increasingly authoritarian ruler using a secretive state-run system. The surprising announcement last month that El…
RBI Keeps Repo Rates Unchanged: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday kept the key interest rates unchanged and reduced the inflation target for the year 2021-22. Latest stance of RBI: Interest rates in the banking system are expected to remain steady as the Repo Rate…
Honeywell Hometown Solutions India Foundation (HHSIF), the philanthropic arm of Honeywell, has decided to set up 10 oxygen generation plants of 600 litres per minute (LPM) capacity in government hospitals across India. In Maharashtra, these plants are being set up in Pune, Ratnagiri and Solapur districts to support…
Durga Puja in Bengaluru this year will be a grander affair when compared to last year as a few curbs relating to the Covid-19 pandemic have been eased. In an order put out by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike chief Gaurav Gupta, the restriction on putting up Durga Idols of only 4 feet and not above it has been…
The US Senate on Thursday approved legislation to temporarily raise the federal government’s $28.4 trillion debt limit and avoid the risk of a historic default this month, but it put off until early December a decision on a longer-lasting remedy. The Senate voted 50-48 to pass the bill following weeks of partisan…
World leaders attending the COP26 U.N. climate summit should focus not only on abandoning fossil fuels but also on setting ambitious goals to end deforestation – and expand funding and rules to drive forest protection, environmentalists are urging. More than 100 world leaders have confirmed they will attend next…