Strikes

According to Kyiv mayor Vitalii Klitschko, the drone slammed into a 25-storey apartment block Friday night in the city's west, killing a 15-year-old girl and injuring five others.

Germany at a standstill as huge strike halts planes and trains: See Pics

Airports and bus and train stations across Germany were at a standstill on March 27, causing disruption for millions of people during one of the largest walkouts in decades in Europe's biggest economy as soaring inflation stokes wage demands. The 24-hour "warning" strikes called by the Verdi union and railway and transport union EVG were the latest in months of industrial action which has hit major European economies as higher food and energy prices dent living standards.

Ukraine leader asking G7 for air defence weapons after Russian strikes

More missile strikes killed at least one person in the southeastern town of Zaporizhzhia and left part of the Western city of Lviv without power, local officials said. Air raid sirens earlier wailed across Ukraine for a second day.

Russia says eastern attack is going well, strikes Ukraine with missiles

”The offensive in the Sievierodonetsk direction is developing successfully,” Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a video statement. He said the settlement of Metyolkine, on the eastern outskirts of the city, had been taken.

Rs 200cr production lost due to industrial disputes in 2014

Strikes and lockouts connected with 146 industrial disputes in 2014 have cost the country Rs 200 crore worth of production loss, Lok Sabha was informed recently.

Rs 200 cr production loss on industrial disputes in 2014

However, the number of strikes and lockouts during the last few years has not shown an increasing trend, Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya during question hour. He said that in 2013, there was Rs 431 crore worth of production lost due to 200 industrial disputes, involving 10,59,749 workers.

Olympic chiefs hit back at cynics as excitement mounts

Organisers of the Olympics hit back on Sunday at cynics after weeks of negative headlines, saying criticisms over planning mistakes and cost were being outweighed by public excitement as the opening ceremony nears.

Opposition gears up to make Bharat bandh a success

India may come to a standstill on Thursday with the BJP-led NDA and the Left giving a call for a nation-wide bandh to demand a rollback of the steepest-ever petrol price hike.

Greek anger keeps German tourists away

German tourists are in short supply in Greece these days, frightened away by reports of visceral anti-German sentiment in some places, fears of being stranded by strikes and television images of fiery anti-austerity riots.

Maruti strike costs exchequer Rs 350 cr in excise duty

A series of strikes at the country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar plant since June this year has resulted in excise revenue losses to the tune of nearly Rs 350 crore for the government.

Army asserts command as Egypt drifts back to work

Egypt's generals are asserting their command over the country following the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak, preparing on Monday to ban strikes and to warn they will act against 'chaos and disorder'.