Karnataka's former chief minister Jagadish Shettar rejoined the Bhartiya Janata Party( BJP) on

It is scheduled to be released by Netflix this month in over 190 countries.... It will be available on Netflix on 23 September.... The series will focus on the staff of a hospital who were acting as first responders during the attacks....

A 34.5% increase in the government’s planned capital expenditure for FY22 and the recent？... Expenditure incurred by the government for operational expenses and liabilities is revenue expenditure.... Salaries, wages, pensions, subsidies, interest on loans, grants made to state governments, etc., fall under this....

A proposed government committee to draft a national employment policy is expected to come out with a roadmap to increase employment opportunities.... Mint explains how the policy could work and its potential impact on the economy. What is the panel’s objective?... Work has begun to identify its members, including representatives from the labour ministry, other ministries, academia, and industry experts. What could be the focus of the policy?...

The Periodic Labour Force Survey( PLFS) data for January-March 2021, released last week, shows that unemployment rates for the quarter were close to pre-covid levels of 2020.... Mint explains: What are the key numbers to track?... However, in the case of women, the rate was higher at 11.8% in March 2021 as against 10.6% in the year-ago period....

The Union labour ministry has released a new series of Wage Rate Index setting the base year at 2016, based on the recommendations of the International Labour Organization and the National Statistical Commission.... The new series seeks to cover 700 occupations and makes the index more representative, expanding the number of industries, sample size and the weightage of industries.... The index will be compiled twice a year, on the first of January and July every year on a point-to-point basis.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Trinamool Congress on Tuesday released its list of 40-star campaigners for Phase-1 of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024.... Moitra will be contesting from Krishnanagar constituency. TMC also nominated Mukut Mani Adhikari, who recently quit the BJP, from the Ranaghat Lok Sabha seat.... ," TMC posted on X. Bengal will vote to elect 42 Lok Sabha members across all seven phases of the general elections that are scheduled to begin on April 19 and will end on June 1....