Hantavirus outbreak: All about Andes virus strain that can transmit person to person as CDC classifies virus as level 3 emergency responseHantavirus strain that can transmit from person to person -- Andes virus -- has been confirmed among those who have tested positive, fuelli...
09 May, 2026, 04.53 AM IST
Construction workers uncovered six centuries old shipwrecks buried beneath the same siteAn ordinary infrastructure project in Sweden has unearthed an extraordinary past. Six shipwrecks, dating from the Middle Ages to the 17th c...
08 May, 2026, 04.18 PM IST
Disney cruise ship staffers among 28 arrested by CBP in sweeping child pornography crackdown - What we know so farUS Customs and Border Protection (CBP) arrested Disney cruise ship employees among 28 for alleged child pornography offenses. The operation...
08 May, 2026, 12.11 PM IST
Hantavirus-hit cruise ship to head to Spain after permission granted to dock in Canary IslandsA luxury cruise ship, the MV Hondius, is en route to Spain's Canary Islands after a deadly hantavirus outbreak, which has claimed at least ...
06 May, 2026, 08.37 AM IST
A cruise ship is waiting for help after three people died in a suspected hantavirus outbreakA cruise ship faces a health crisis off Cape Verde after three passengers died and others fell seriously ill from suspected hantavirus. The...
05 May, 2026, 10.47 AM IST
Kolkata Port Assembly election result 2026: Firhad Hakim vs Rakesh Singh vs Aquib Gulzar vs Faiyaz Ahmad Khan, who is winning?Kolkata Port constituency faces a close contest as Firhad Hakim seeks a third term amid a significant voter decline. A sharp drop in electo...
04 May, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Kolkata Port: Decline in number of voters during SIR brings in uncertainty in TMC bastionVoter numbers have significantly dropped in Kolkata Port Assembly constituency. This has created uncertainty for the ruling Trinamool Congr...
27 Apr, 2026, 11.47 AM IST
Artemis II's moon-traveling astronauts return home to cheers after a record-breaking tripThe Artemis II astronauts are back home after a historic deep space journey. They traveled further than previous moon missions, capturing n...
12 Apr, 2026, 11.31 AM IST
How wooden barrels shaped liquid history from oil to feniIran's planned oil toll through the Strait of Hormuz will generate significant revenue, a consequence of the 19th-century US decision to st...
12 Apr, 2026, 09.59 AM IST
Biden says prolonged port strike would be ‘man-made disaster’Biden urged port employers and shipping lines to restart talks with striking dock workers. He warned that the strike, which has closed majo...
03 Oct, 2024, 09.24 AM IST
Shipping ministry approves wage structure revision for workers of major portsThe Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has approved a new wage structure for workers at major ports, stopping an indefinite strike. ...
28 Aug, 2024, 07.26 PM IST
Port, dock workers' unions defer indefinite strike proposed from WednesdayAt a national coordination committee meeting in Tuticorn (Tamil Nadu) on August 8, major port workers' unions affiliated to five federation...
27 Aug, 2024, 10.07 PM IST
Labour Ministry forms panels to review standards under OSH&WC CodeThe committee on factories and dock works will be chaired by R K Elangovan, DG, DGFASLI (Directorate General, Factory Advice and Labour Ins...
01 Apr, 2021, 05.06 PM IST
Government extends productivity reward scheme for port employeesThe expenditure on account of PLR shall be borne by major port trusts and dock labour boards from their own resources without any budgetary...
14 Oct, 2015, 02.50 PM IST
Major ports to go on indefinite strike from March 9The workers of all the major ports of the country will go on an indefinite strike from March 9 against the government's decision to corpora...
20 Feb, 2015, 06.35 PM IST
- Port and dock workers plan to fight against tribunal award
Even as traffic volumes at ports are showing signs of an upturn, the recent government order to implement Central Industrial Tribunal award...
11 May, 2009, 01.28 AM IST
- Indian dock workers from Mississippi seek UN help
Indian dock workers from Mississippi who claim to be victims of modern day slavery have now sought the help of the United Nations.
09 Apr, 2008, 02.00 PM IST