Desi cuisine, yoga to open WEF Davos meet; Indian presence to be largest-everThe Indian presence is set to be the largest-ever with as many as six union ministers, two chief ministers, several top government official...
PM Modi likely to attend WEF Davos Summit; Shahrukh Khan, over 100 Indian CEOs may joinThe ministers whose names are being considered include Arun Jaitley, Suresh Prabhu, Piyush Goyal, Nitin Gadkari and Dharmendra Pradhan.
Indian activist among all-women co-chairs for WEF Davos summitThe 48th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting will take place on January 23-26 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, under the theme 'Creating a S...
Hidden workforce of 116 million at 50 MNCs: Trade union body ITUCJust 50 companies including Samsung, McDonalds and Nestle have a combined revenue of $3.4 trillion and the power to reduce inequality and p...
Arun Jaitley to lead over 100-strong Indian delegation to WEF meetOn the agenda of Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution are the acute challenges of geo-economics, global security, public health, educ...
Microsoft's Satya Nadella to co-chair next year WEF meetIndia-origin chief of Microsoft Satya Nadella will co-chair the World Economic Forum annual meet in January, attended by over 100 Indian bu...
Bangladesh's labour laws fall short of protecting workers: HRWThe body also alleged that the Bangladeshi govt has failed to develop specific regulatory rules to carry out various provisions of the prev...
- World union leaders urge G20 to keep promise for decent jobs
World union leaders on Wednesday urged the summit of the Group of 20 economic powers meeting in Seoul to put quality employment at the hear...
- Job crisis to be prolonged & severe than expected: ILO
An ILO study projects that 90 mn new jobs needed over '09-'10 to absorb new entrants in labour market.
- Unions prepare for the first World Day of 'decent work'
Unions from more than a hundred countries will stage on Tuesday the world's first "decent work" day with a series of protests and special e...
- 144 trade union activists killed globally in 2006: ITUC
The number of activists killed rose to 144 from 115 in 2005, while 800 were injured or tortured and more than 5,000 arrested and 500 jailed.
- Globalisation has failed working classes: ITUC
Top trade union leaders from 40 countries in the Asia Pacific region will be meeting for founding the regional organisation of the 168 mill...
- Sweatshop blues for apparel exports
International campaign slurs india's garment outsourcing story.