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'Can't Take Any Break': Indian Techie Claims Foreign MNC Tracking Every Minute Of Their Work
A techie has claimed that a foreign MNC was tracking their work hours minute by minute, forcing them to avoid lunch/coffee breaks.
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Delhi-NCR's Brutal Heatwave: Why Your 9-5 Feels Longer Than Usual
As Noida and Ghaziabad residents woke up to NDMA alerts on their phones on May 20, 2026, warning of "loo se bhi bheeshan loo" (winds more horrific than the loo), the message was clear: this isn't just another hot day.
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Archana Puran Singh's Dig At 'Kanjoos' Producers: 'They Want Us To Work 13-14 Hours, Skip Lunch Breaks'
Archana Puran Singh claimed production houses often put the crew’s basic comfort and dignity aside to keep shoots on schedule
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Australia Broadcaster Sees 1st Strike Over Pay, Work Conditions In 20 Years
Hundreds of staff at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation began a one-day strike on Wednesday, the first walkout in 20 years, over pay and working conditions, disrupting live news coverage at the public broadcaster.
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"Startup Scam": An Account On Reddit Of Quitting On Day 1 Is Viral
Recently, a Redditor shared their troubling experience of joining and swiftly quitting a digital market startup in Noida.
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Sleep-Deprived, Verbally Abused: China Comic Artists Expose Harsh Working Conditions At Famed Manga Studio
Former employees at one of China's best-known comic studios recently exposed the harsh working conditions at the workplace, where they have lived together in a "farm-like" flat for years, facing overwork and sleep deprivation.
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"I'd Rather Be Truthful Than Correct": Jack Ma Defends Extreme Overtime
Billionaire Jack Ma again encouraged tech workers to embrace the industry's extreme-overtime culture, defying a growing social media backlash.
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H-1B Visa Holders "Underpaid, Vulnerable To Abuse": US Think-Tank Report
H-1B workers are "frequently" placed in poor working conditions and "vulnerable to abuse", a US think-tank claimed today, seeking reforms such as substantial increase in wages.
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Chinese Workers Made To Drink Urine For Failing To Finish Tasks: Report
Workers at a Chinese home renovation company who failed to complete their tasks had to drink urine, eat cockroaches or get whipped by a belt. Others had to shave their heads or drink water from a toilet bowl and had their salaries withheld by a month, according to images and videos on Chinese social media cited by state media. The punishments were ...
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TV Actors Allegedly Made To Work 18 Hours 'Without Food And Water' Quit Show
Aisi Deewangi... Dekhi Nahi Kahi lead pair quit the show citing 'inhuman working conditions'
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3 Sanitation Workers Suffocate To Death In Sewer In Delhi's Lajpat Nagar
Three sanitation workers have died allegedly due to asphyxiation while cleaning a drain in southeast Delhi's Lajpat Nagar on Sunday, police said. The incident was reported at around 1 pm, they said.
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'Deafening Noise, My Head Hurts': Why Surat's Textile Weavers Want To Return Home
Surat, Gujarat: Udhiya Behera sat in a windowless room in the textile hub of Surat, staring blankly at a small television as the ground shook with the noise of power looms on the floor below. For Mr Behera, though, this was a moment of late-evening calm in a room he shares with 35 others, just off a lane crammed with frenetic, sleepless looms. “I...
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In Tamil Nadu's Spinning Mills, Long Working Hours, Torture And Child Labour Common: Research
By Anuradha Nagaraj Chennai: Various forms of slavery, including child labour, are present in more than 90 per cent of south India’s spinning mills which produce yarn for Western brands, researchers said, calling for mapping of supply chains and tougher audits. The India Committee of the Netherlands (ICN), a human rights organisation, spoke to...
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Delhi Ranks Lowest In Working Conditions For Women, Sikkim Tops: Report
Delhi has been ranked lowest in terms of working conditions for women, according to a report.
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Rs 251 Smartphone Rings Alarm Bell On Workers' Conditions, Say Campaigners
The makers of the Rs. 251 ($4) smartphone hope that its low price will allow millions of poor people to own a mobile phone in a market with only 10 per cent penetration.
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'Can't Take Any Break': Indian Techie Claims Foreign MNC Tracking Every Minute Of Their Work
A techie has claimed that a foreign MNC was tracking their work hours minute by minute, forcing them to avoid lunch/coffee breaks.
-
Delhi-NCR's Brutal Heatwave: Why Your 9-5 Feels Longer Than Usual
As Noida and Ghaziabad residents woke up to NDMA alerts on their phones on May 20, 2026, warning of "loo se bhi bheeshan loo" (winds more horrific than the loo), the message was clear: this isn't just another hot day.
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Archana Puran Singh's Dig At 'Kanjoos' Producers: 'They Want Us To Work 13-14 Hours, Skip Lunch Breaks'
Archana Puran Singh claimed production houses often put the crew’s basic comfort and dignity aside to keep shoots on schedule
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Australia Broadcaster Sees 1st Strike Over Pay, Work Conditions In 20 Years
Hundreds of staff at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation began a one-day strike on Wednesday, the first walkout in 20 years, over pay and working conditions, disrupting live news coverage at the public broadcaster.
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"Startup Scam": An Account On Reddit Of Quitting On Day 1 Is Viral
Recently, a Redditor shared their troubling experience of joining and swiftly quitting a digital market startup in Noida.
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Sleep-Deprived, Verbally Abused: China Comic Artists Expose Harsh Working Conditions At Famed Manga Studio
Former employees at one of China's best-known comic studios recently exposed the harsh working conditions at the workplace, where they have lived together in a "farm-like" flat for years, facing overwork and sleep deprivation.
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"I'd Rather Be Truthful Than Correct": Jack Ma Defends Extreme Overtime
Billionaire Jack Ma again encouraged tech workers to embrace the industry's extreme-overtime culture, defying a growing social media backlash.
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H-1B Visa Holders "Underpaid, Vulnerable To Abuse": US Think-Tank Report
H-1B workers are "frequently" placed in poor working conditions and "vulnerable to abuse", a US think-tank claimed today, seeking reforms such as substantial increase in wages.
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Chinese Workers Made To Drink Urine For Failing To Finish Tasks: Report
Workers at a Chinese home renovation company who failed to complete their tasks had to drink urine, eat cockroaches or get whipped by a belt. Others had to shave their heads or drink water from a toilet bowl and had their salaries withheld by a month, according to images and videos on Chinese social media cited by state media. The punishments were ...
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TV Actors Allegedly Made To Work 18 Hours 'Without Food And Water' Quit Show
Aisi Deewangi... Dekhi Nahi Kahi lead pair quit the show citing 'inhuman working conditions'
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3 Sanitation Workers Suffocate To Death In Sewer In Delhi's Lajpat Nagar
Three sanitation workers have died allegedly due to asphyxiation while cleaning a drain in southeast Delhi's Lajpat Nagar on Sunday, police said. The incident was reported at around 1 pm, they said.
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'Deafening Noise, My Head Hurts': Why Surat's Textile Weavers Want To Return Home
Surat, Gujarat: Udhiya Behera sat in a windowless room in the textile hub of Surat, staring blankly at a small television as the ground shook with the noise of power looms on the floor below. For Mr Behera, though, this was a moment of late-evening calm in a room he shares with 35 others, just off a lane crammed with frenetic, sleepless looms. “I...
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In Tamil Nadu's Spinning Mills, Long Working Hours, Torture And Child Labour Common: Research
By Anuradha Nagaraj Chennai: Various forms of slavery, including child labour, are present in more than 90 per cent of south India’s spinning mills which produce yarn for Western brands, researchers said, calling for mapping of supply chains and tougher audits. The India Committee of the Netherlands (ICN), a human rights organisation, spoke to...
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Delhi Ranks Lowest In Working Conditions For Women, Sikkim Tops: Report
Delhi has been ranked lowest in terms of working conditions for women, according to a report.
-
Rs 251 Smartphone Rings Alarm Bell On Workers' Conditions, Say Campaigners
The makers of the Rs. 251 ($4) smartphone hope that its low price will allow millions of poor people to own a mobile phone in a market with only 10 per cent penetration.
