• MakeMyTrip (NASDAQ:MMYT) is a $3.5 billion online travel agency (“OTA”) that is sometimes referred to as the “Booking.com of India” with 50% of the Indian OTA market, and 43% of its margin generated from selling hotel room nights.
• Our investigation, involving interviews with 103 industry experts including former employees, reveals that MakeMyTrip is engaged in abusive and anti-competitive practices despite a significant penalty and stop order from the Indian government in 2022. We also found evidence of a new and undisclosed regulatory investigation from the Director General of the Competition Commission of India, whose findings and potential actions are coming in “early 2026,” according to a peer-reviewed paper.
• Further, MakeMyTrip is obfuscating its deteriorating financial performance through earnings management tricks, downplaying significant competitive threats while quietly losing market share, and systematically misleading customers through manipulative dark patterns, chronic refund issues, and by allowing “bad actor” hotels to proliferate across its platform. All of this, while the company is the most richly valued OTA compared to major global peers.

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/11151716

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m.thewire.in Not Reform But Regression: Opposition Stages Walkout as Lok Sabha Passes Transgender Bill Sravasti Dasgupta 11 - 14 minutes

The Bill was cleared by voice vote during an opposition walkout over the government's refusal to send it to a parliamentary committee. The LGBTQIA+ community has been opposing the provisions of the Bill and a cross-section of MPs from across the country voiced their opposition in parliament as the bill was suddenly taken up.

New Delhi: Lok Sabha on Tuesday (March 24) passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, by voice vote, after the opposition staged a walkout in protest against the proposed legislation not being sent to a select committee. The Bill was passed after a discussion that lasted only about two and a half hours. While opposition members demanded it be sent to a parliamentary committee, not passed in haste, Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju made it clear that the Bill needed to be passed on Tuesday itself.

Rijiju did not provide any explanation for why the legislation, which he called “important”, was being taken up in a hurry, or why it needed to be passed urgently. He also did not explain why he stopped the discussion on the Finance Bill, 2026 midway to take up the Transgender Bill.

The Bill, which was taken up around 4.20 pm, was passed by 6.45 pm by voice vote, in the absence of opposition members. Only 15 Members of Parliament spoke during the discussion, apart from Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Virendra Kumar. During the discussion, opposition members called the Bill a “regression” and criticised it for violating dignity, invading privacy and taking away the right to self-determination of gender.

In his about two minute long reply to the discussion, Kumar did not provide any clarification to the concerns raised by the opposition members. He simply said that the Bill's “sole purpose" was to protect individuals who "face severe social exclusion due to their biological condition".

The Bill amends the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 legislated in response to the Supreme Court’s landmark 2014 judgment in National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India (the NALSA judgement). The Bill was being opposed by transgender groups, opposition parties and legal experts, who said it weakened the principle of gender self-determination and narrowed the definition of a transgender in the 2019 Act. The opposition to the Bill included that it erased trans men as well as non-binary persons who fell outside these categories, while criminalising community groups and chosen families of transpersons on the premise of trans identities being coerced. Tearing hurry

While Lok Sabha was discussing the Finance Bill, 2026, at about 4.15 pm Rijiju rose to say that the Transgender Rights Amendment Bill, should be taken up. He said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman would deliver her reply to the discussion on the finance bill Wednesday. Sitharaman was present in the House and seated next to Rijiju when he made this statement.

Rijiju also said that while opposition members had raised objections to the Bill in the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) meeting, it needed to be passed on Tuesday (March 24) itself.

“At the Business Advisory Committee, opposition members had some disagreements over the Transgender Bill. Our position is clear, that this Bill is not against anyone. When we discuss the Bill, clarity will come. We can take up the Transgender Bill now, as it has to be passed, and tomorrow, after Question Hour, the finance minister will give her reply to the Finance Bill. I would like the sense of the House for its approval on this,” he said.

Opposition members protested and said that the Bill should be sent to a parliamentary committee and not passed in haste.

“We are willing to cooperate. Our only demand was not to bring this Bill in haste and to send it to a select committee or standing committee. We requested this in the BAC too," said Supriya Sule, the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar) Member of Parliament from Baramati, Maharashtra.

Despite objections from members of the Congress party, Trinamool Congress and Samajwadi Party, demanding the Bill be sent to a committee, Rijiju insisted on discussing and passing it immediately. He did not provide any explanation for why the government was unwilling to send the Bill to a committee, despite acknowledging it was the opposition's demand.

Instead, Rijiju said the Bill did not include any major changes, despite the members of the transgender community and activists contending that its provisions amounted to erasure and undid decades of hard-won rights.

Also read: Full Text | The Future of Queer Rights in India and Why the Judiciary Must Play Catalyst

The Bill introduces large-scale changes, including redefining who a transgender person is by doing away self-identification, erases trans men and non-binary people and gives sweeping new powers to medical boards and district magistrates.

"It is true that in the BAC, Congress, TMC, NCP (SP) had given a combined request. We said then also this is not a major amendment. There has already been a detailed discussion. The amendment has been discussed in the standing committee for a year. The government is not against anyone; we only want to remove any shortcomings. During the discussion, you can raise all your concerns. We have noted your opposition but this is a very important Bill and should not be delayed, and passed today itself,” said Rijiju.

Moving the Bill, Kumar said that to ensure "transgender persons can avail themselves of the benefits of this Act, it was necessary to provide a precise definition for them". He said that the Bill would provide for the establishment of a medical board, while district magistrates would issue identity cards to transgender persons. Regression, violates dignity, privacy

During the debate, opposition members criticised the Bill for being a “regression”, and said it was not based on consultation and demanded it be sent to a select committee.

Congress MP Jothimani representing Karur, Tamil Nadu, said the Bill was not a "reform but a regression" and showed the "callous attitude" of the Narendra Modi government.

"They are saying this Bill is important, how is this coming to parliament without consultation?" she said. "This Bill is not a reform; it is a regression. It takes away what the constitution and the Supreme Court of India have already guaranteed," she said.

Jothimani said the NALSA judgement recognised gender identity was a matter of self-determination, whereas this Bill, by involving the approval of medical boards and district magistrates, was fundamentally altering the relationship between the citizen and the state.

"The Bill deletes the right to self-determination, it tells citizens you are not who you say you are until the state approves you. Identity is not a certificate, dignity is not subject to verification,” she said,

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP T. Sumathy, elected from Chennai South constitutency, said she opposed the Bill as it represented a "moral regression" by replacing self-determination with certification and narrowed the definition to a "biological or socio cultural checklist".

"The Bill pretends to protect while actually narrowing identity, expanding surveillance and reintroducing state control over the most personal truth a human being can hold – who they are," she said.

Sumathy said the amendment Bill showed that the state did not trust transgender persons, and believed that identity must be certified and that autonomy was negotiable. She said that while the legislative policy was brought to protect those who face severe discrimination, “who decides what counts as biological? Who decides what is "severe"? Is there a biological checklist? Do transmen and non-binary people suffer less? Since when did the government acquire the power to rank identities? When did dignity become selective?" she asked.

Samajwadi Party MP Anand Bhadauria representing Dhaurahra in Uttar Pradesh pointed to the protests being held across the country against the Bill and said that if the government had sought to bring welfare and protect the transgender persons, then "why are they opposing it on the streets?"

LGBTQIA+ community members protest against the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, in Kolkata, Sunday, March 22, 2026. Photo: PTI.

Bhadauria, opposing the Bill, said that the BJP wanted to make people stand in queues – from demonetisation to their identity. "Now, you want to make transgender people stand in line for their identity,” he said.

Opposition members also raised objections to the Bill requiring hospitals that perform gender-affirming surgery to report details of their patients to state authorities and the creation of criminal offences in cases of trans identities are coerced.

Sule said that the reporting of invasive medical procedures was "intrusive". "The government should withdraw it. This is exactly why we wanted the Bill to go to a select committee, because it is completely against the privacy and personal lives of every citizen. Why are you criminalising help provided by NGOs? There is so much ambiguity in this. Are we making this an inclusive Bill or excluding them?" NDA gives support

The Bharatiya Janata Party's allies, including the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the Janata Dal (United) or JD(U) extended their support for the Bill. However, TDP MP Byreddy Shabari, representing Nandyal, ended her speech in support of the Bill saying that the government should listen to the many concerns being raised by the community.

Shabari, however, supported gender affirmation at birth and said birth certificates are used until death and said, "Why can't a transgender have an identification?"

Also read: ‘Queering the Law’: A Policy Brief Seeks Equality Beyond 'Supriyo'

"Fake cases have been increasing, where people are posing as transgender. When the opposition was in power, did they do justice? They were left to rot on the road," she said.

JD(U) MP Alok Kumar Suman (Gopalganj, Bihar), supporting the legislation, said the 2019 Act was historic, but had some shortcomings due to which welfare benefits like SMILE were not reaching the intended beneficiaries in the LGBTQIA+ communities.

"Medical boards are being opposed, but in any sector are benefits given without scrutiny? For instance SC, ST, OBC [community members] have certificates as proof, divyangan have medical certificates under which they are given welfare benefits. Why is the medical board being opposed in this case?" he said.

"There are many countries which require certification. India has created a system under which benefits will be given and accountability will also be sought. This legislation gives confidence to transgender persons that they are equal citizens of this country." Minister’s reply

In his reply, Kumar said the sole purpose of the amendments was to "protect those individuals who face severe social exclusion due to their biological condition".

He said that the Bill also sought to protect children from being kidnapped and subjected to hormone therapy or coercion to change their gender so that they could be made to beg for alms.

"Following this amendment, upon the recommendation of the medical board, the District Magistrate will issue an identity certificate as a transgender person," he said.

He did not provide any specific response to concerns raised by opposition members on the Bill taking away the right to self-determination, dignity and invasion of privacy, or why the medical board was being brought in, or new criminal offences were being included. His reply lasted for barely two minutes before the Bill was put to vote.

Opposition members, who were demanding that the Nill be sent to a committee during his reply, then staged a walkout and the Bill was passed by a voice vote.

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Read article if you want your blood to boil, bill revokes the constitutional right to self determination of gender, erases queer people, requires state approval and surveillance for transition and criminalises those who help queers as brainwashers among other things.

Filled with lies, queer and transphobia and doublespeak about protecting the disabled from evil fake trans people.

Bill has passed but one can keep an eye on the Supreme Court, this is unconstitutional by its own previous interpretation of the constitution.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/35827714

What India’s new Paris Agreement pledge means for climate action

cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/63045760

Last week a bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha to amend the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 [the 2019 Act]. From a bare reading of the Statement of Objects and Reasons of the Amendment Bill it appears that there are two primary reasons for introducing the amendment. Firstly, to tighten the definition of “transgender persons” under the Act. And secondly, to scrap the scheme of penalising offences against transgender persons under the 2019 Act, and introduce in its place offences that were documented during the implementation of the 2019 Act.

https://www.livelaw.in/articles/transgender-bill-transgender-rights-fight-527560

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/51936405

Inspired by a post I saw on reddit Have read about Whisper and have seen some models on it.
Anybody have experience in using it on windows or android?

In Android, I know that Sayboard and FUTO(source available, but has restrictions on repackaging or something like that) allow import of models trained for languages

But have not found any files that work for Malayalam. Does anyone know any that can be used for Malayalam?

Heya! We are hosting a Conference for Debian in Kanpur if any of you are from Kanpur or nearby cities, its organise by Debian volunteers, but its an open space for FOSS Activists, Users, or people who support the cause, its going to be a fun space, please join us!

New Delhi, India — Dressed in a blue Navy uniform and sleek sunglasses, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in late October, addressed a gathering of the country’s sea warriors.

He listed out the strategic significance of the Indian Ocean — the massive volumes of trade and oil that pass through it. “The Indian Navy is the guardian of the Indian Ocean,” he then said, to loud, proud chants of “Long Live Mother India” from his audience.

Less than five months later, India has been shown up as a “guardian”, unable to protect its own guest.

An Iranian warship destroyed in a US torpedo strike on Wednesday was "defenceless" and participating in an international naval exercise as a guest of the Indian navy, according to reports.

Former Indian Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal said “the Iranian ship will not be where it was if we had not invited it to talk [sic] part in our Milan exercise”. Sibal added that because it was taking part in an exercise “it was defenceless”.

Indian politician Supriya Shrinate said on social media: "These Iranian navy men parading at an event in India, were our guests. Invited by us.

"US submarine targeted their ship and killed them while they were returning home." Shrinate also criticised Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his failure to make a statement on the attack.

India has blocked the X account of a Middle East Eye journalist who has been reporting on India-Israel ties.

Azad Essa, a US-based, South African journalist and senior reporter with MEE, was informed on 20 February by email that the Indian government has moved to ban his account in the country.

"In the interest of transparency, we are writing to inform you that X has received a blocking order from the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting citing Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, regarding your X account: @azadessa," the letter said.

"Indian law obligates X to withhold access to this content in India; however, the content remains available elsewhere." The email, which had no name attached and came from "X Support", said Essa should contest the ban via court relief in India.

(https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/e067854e-fb11-476e-bdd5-d2dccd64b6f9.png) Today, I was reading the OSM weekly archive. I looked at this article on how using to create similar looking posters. These are the few that I have created using OpenStreetMap! Being a local Open Street Map Contributor, It feels great that people create so wonderful tools using OSM.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/39807313

Recently at World Trade Center Mumbai roundtable officials from the Ministry of MSME, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG), Niti Aayog and the Cabinet Secretariat attended the meeting, and it was emphasized on how things can be made better for MSMEs.

MSMEs currently suffer the most from overlapping rules and regulations imposed on them by both Centre and State.

MSMEs currently contribut around 15% in India's GDP and the goverenment's ambition is to increase share of manufacturing in GDP to 25% and this aim cannot be acheived without uplifting MSMEs.

The above mentioned officials when confronted about this highlighted that goverenment recently scraped nearly 200 Quality Control Orders (QCOs) for raw materials, credit interventions, new export promotion missions and simplification of outdated laws. But the question is, is this enough.

Let me tell you my perspective on this. I really feel goverenment should promote component manufacturing among MSMEs through MSME targeted subsidies. Why I think this is a good Idea, because MSMEs particularly are not that big to create the final product and even if they manage to, they don't have enough capital to mass produce it, rather than whole product, they can manufacture it's components. Assembling of this component should be the primary focus of big companies who of course, have ability to derieve profit from them despite high cost.

Also, component manufacturing only requires Raw Material and Transportation Cost. What I think should be done is some sectors should be identified which require medium capital and in which we are highly import dependent, the goverenment should provide MSMEs raw material at subsidized rate and if possible should provide subsidies for transportation of raw material. Also once the produce is excessive and indigenous needs are fulfilled. With time as Indigenous production increases, goverenment should shift to Target Based Incentives (TBI) in which subsdies should only be given when production is up to par. This model should be followed for atleast 8-10 years or more to acheive atleast 60% indigenisation of component manufacturing and once components are here, main product manufacturing will not be that tough.

This is my opinion. I actually have made a whole framework for manufacturing enhancement and even talked to some people about it. If you all want, I can tell you more about it. What do you think about enhancing MSME contribution part.

Feel free to tell me your opinions and if you do not agree with my POV then also feel free to share your opinion.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/39718212

Karnataka based startup, Neuralix recently unveiled it's completely indigenous and first of it's kind in nation, Defence Artificial Intelligence.

It was inaugarated at Manekshaw Cemtre by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.

Neuralix AI is a deep technology company which developed this AI under the Ministry of Defence's IDEX ADITY 2.0 initiative. The program clearly demonstrates sincerity of Goverenment of India (GOI) for indigenisation and modernisation of Military.

This AI is specifically for Indian Army. Its applications are broad-ranging, including command support, document intelligence analysis, speech interface deployment, translation engines, operational analytics, and enhanced data integration. This AI is said to severely improve Decision making, Situational Awareness and Strategic Advantage of Indian Army.

I feel it is a very good move and I support such private companies that promote innovation.

I would like to add that now Ministry of Defence should also focus on introducing similar AI for Navy and Airforce as well according to their needs and later on should also integrate all of them into a joint Intelligence system, which will severly improve efficiency and cooperation during Joint military Exercises.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/39670775

The Indian Navy has received the delievery of fourth Nilgiri Class stealth missile frigate called Taragiri. This Frigate is capable of carrying Brahmos Supersonic Cruise missile for ship to ship and ship to ground role.

What makes this ship notable is that the first ship of this class took 93 months but the timeperiod for manufacturing this ship was compressed to 81 months.

This whole destroyer is designed and manufactured totally in Bharat with around 75% indigenous content. The ship symbolises Bharat's growing Atmanirbharta (Self Reliance) in ship building.

It is a state of the Art Frigate, armed with BrahMos Supersonic Cruise missile, MFSTAR radar, MRSAM Air Defence system, a 76mm Rapid Gun Mount, several close in weapon systems and Rockets and Torpedos for Anti-Submarine Warfare.

The Project 17A Frigates represet a leap from earlier Shivalik Class. It was Designed by Warship Design Bureau (WDB) and the Warship Overseeing Team in Mumbai.

Fun Fact- INS Taragiri revives the legacy of erstwhile INS Taragiri, A Leander Class Frigate which was operated by Indian Navy from 1980-2013.

This Ship is not just a Frigate, but a symbol of growing Indian Maritime and Ship Building Independence.

According to me, now India should also focus on increasing the quantity of orders, sure it will require Capital, but we cannot alone bet on Quality. Indian Navy should now focus on increasing number of ships under each project through Additional Orders, and in meanwhile the Ship Dock Produces it, the Navy can start the work of designing the succeeding project ship, and once all the additional ships are delievered by that time or close to it, it will be safe to say that the designing work will also be complete, they can then directly order those ships, making a chain of continous orders, increasing efficiency and Systemic Habituation for Production.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/39626090

Bharat's Companies like L&T and many other defense firms are accelerating for Mission Sudarshan Chakra, which plans on integrating defensive and counter-offensive measures to protect Cities and Critical Assets.

The Project includes integrating air defense and offensive measures to counter threats from drones, missiles and cross border attacks.

The Project aims to create a multi-layered, comprehensive National Shield by 2035.

It will combine Sensor Grids from Space, air and ground platforms providing protection even against Ballistic Missiles.

It will employ AI, Directed Energy Weapons and drones, making a comprehensive Indian Version of Israel's Defense System.

Let me clarify to my Viewers, it is not a new missile or defense system in itself, it is something that will integrate Various existing and upcoming systems like S-400, Akashteer system, and upcoming Project Kusha Defense system.

It will also integrate Indian Air Defence Command and Control System (IACCS) which will provide it an offensive capability.

A Committee has been formed under DRDO and Air Chief Marshal Ashutosh Dixit which will submit a report on this.

I feel this is a very big and positive initiative to integrate all defense existing and upcoming defense systems under one umbrella, it will significantly reduce the possibility of casualties during war like situations also keeping Cities and Population Safe without creating confusion among different systems themselves.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/39588796

While Inuagarating the Skyroot's Infinity Campus in Hyderabad, PM Modi while highlighting growth in Space sector also revealed that the goverenment is planning on privatising Nuclear Sector of India.

He emphasized that the space sector in India has seen significant reforms in past 6-7 years resulting in entry of private players and ultimate innovations and achievements. He similarly also said that the Goverenment is also planning to do similar reforms in Nuclear Sector by privatizing it and enhancing India's Energy Security and independence.

He alsoe emphasized that by this change India will see significant innovation in Modular and Advanced reactors.

I feel it is a brilliant move by the Goverenment, and I really appreciate this intiative but also there are somethings that need to ensured if private players are to be invited in this sector which have been almost completely alien to them until now.

A National Nuclear Code of Conduct should be established regarding how nuclear technology is handled and to restrict it's transfer to unwanted entities, it is very important to ensure true energy security according to me.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/39497290

Bharat is on the Verge of finalising a huge $450 Million BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile Deal with several Un-disclosed friendly nations. The agreements are currently in final stages.

These nations are said to be impressed by the operational performance of the Missile during Operation Sindoor. The missile's speed, ability to do complex manuevers added with it's newly earned combat proof has greatly helped it garner international appeal.

The Missile was Co-Developed by India's Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Russia’s NPO Mashinostroyenia. It is famous for acheiving speeds of 2.8-3.0 Mach while travelling very close to the Ground.

It can strike with a scary precision upto a range of 450Km. This claim was further verified during Operation Sindoor when this missile was used to target and neutralise many Pakistani Air Bases for days. This has further increased it's international appeal both in South Asia and beyond.

The Contracts are expected to be formalised soon, adding to India's growing Export Defense Portfolio. One thing that makes it so appealing is it's versatility, it can be launched from Land, Air and Even Sea through Warships. It makes it attractive to particularly Countries focusing on expanding their Defense Capabilities.

I feel this is a very news and shows that Bharat is not just sitting idly on international platform. This will seriously help India in not just earning money but also in building pressure on it's enemies because we know India's Friends are at odd with what countries.

What do you think about this news and update and my opinion. Feel free to comment and open up.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/39455169

After agreeing to Design a 120-140kn jet engine together, now Safran and India's Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) have joined hands to produce HAMMER precision guided Air to Surface weapon system indigenously in India.

Highly Agile Modular Munition Extended Range (HAMMER) is known throughout the world for it's precision in modular design. It has been inducted in Indian Airforce and now is going to become the cornerstone of Indigenous Platform for the IAF for its own class.

The IAF used this same weapon during Operation Sindoor and was deemed as highly effective by the IAF in destroying fortified targets. The battlefield validation makes it a safe and tactically enhancing choice.

The manufacturing of it will be done under Joint Venture Cooperation Agreement (JVCA) in which both BEL and Safran establish a Join Venture Company (JVC) with equal shareholding (50:50). We can call it the BrahMos Model for Air to Ground Munitions.

The agreement was signed by BEL chairman Manoj Jain and SED Executive and Vice President Alexandre Ziegler in the presence of other officials.

This Partnership will severely strengthen indigenous production as technology transfer to BEL will greatly benefit the country and Local Producttion.

I think it is a great initiative by the Goverenment of India and a smart approach as after this, we can also develop our own, fully indigenous, better version of HAMMER through the technology acquired from France not only that, we will also get our own specific Company to research and manufacture similar better versions of this weapon in future that too locally.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/39412186

Bharat on Friday implemented it's four major Labour Laws ensuring Minimum wage, Gratuity and Social Security for over 400Million workers. The goverenment calls this a reform in a decade old system.

Now let's jump directly to the key elements of the new law:-

1. Employment Formalised- It is now mandatory to give appointment letters to the workers, this will increase transperancy

2. Security Coverage- Now all workers will get security coverage like Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), Insurance etc

3. Gaurantee of timely Minimum wage- A new dimension of time has been added to minimum wage which is said to ensure financial security

4. Preventive Healthcare- All the Employers from now on must provide free annual Health Checkup to their workers above age of 40

5. Compliance Burden Reduced- Single Registration, Pan India single license and single return, this will reduce burden.

6. Introduction of National OSH Board- A national level Occupational Health and Safety Board will be established to ensure safe working conditions all over India.

7. Women Equality- Women will now be able to work in night shifts in all areas, ofcourse only after their own consent and will also get equal pay and equal opportunities in high paying jobs.

In my opinion, a very good step by the goverenment, especially the National OSH board and Preventive Healthcare Initiative.

In my opinion, one thing that could be added was that a sector wise minimum wage could be introduced, which could show a significan shift from Minimum wage to ensure survival to Minimum wage to ensure Money for skill.

What do you think about my opinion and the overall bill. Feel free to let me know.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/39409666

India's Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has confirmed about it's pact with French Aerospace Leader Safran to Co-Develop a jet engine for 5th gen fighter.

Not just that, India has got the full Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) with full technology transfer. This means that now India can not just manufacture it but also we can study it also we will have rights to sell it to other countries.

A clean sheet design means a new start from the previous attempts like Kaveri Engine which will help us in studying and rectifying our mistakes.

This engine will be used in Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) of India and also the all the upcoming further fighter aircrafts. This engine will significantly boost the Range and Endurance of AMCA.

With this we have almost solved our engine problem for AMCA, and with this we have given a clear message regarding our preference between General Electronics (GE) and SAFRAN. Finally, we can say that dependence form USA for engines has significantly reduced eventhough Tejas jest still use them, but in the future we have shown we have better options.

I think it is a really good move by Bharat as the recent unpleasant attitude of USA towards Bharat and the delays in delievering GE F404 engines for Tejas Mk1a have made it difficult for India to see USA as a trustworthy partner in this matter.

Remember "Dependence is Okay but Over- Dependence is never".

I believe if things go right, Bharat will have all resources to design it's first own fully indigenous high power jet engine and will never have to depend any foreign country for Jet Engines.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/39358345

Recently, two days ago in Dubai on 21 November, 2025, a Tejas Fighter jet crashed midshow while performing complex Manuevers close to the ground.

First of all we need to know that these complex manuevers include making sharp turns and even a single fault can be fatal. This is not the first time that a plane has crashed during airshow. A Pakistani F-16 Pilot named Nouman Akaram died in a similar way during rehersals. A Polish F-16 too crashed during the rehersals, killing the pilot with it aswell. So, this is not uncommon.

All India mourns this crash, but I have noticed that some people are mourning the wrong thing actually. People are mourning for the Tejas Crashed but some forget about the Pilot who lost his life. In the vdeo we can see that the pilot who's name is Wing Commander Namansh Sayal until the very last moment tried his best to recover the plane from cashing, his first priority was honour of his nation and he died trying to protect it.

What I am saying is that the Air Frame needs not to be mourned, it can be made again, what we should really mourn about is the Pilot lost. With the pilot we did not lose just a precious son of Bharat Mata but also the skill and Experience of a seasoned pilot, and that is never coming back.

To all the Family Members of Wing Commander Namansh Sayal, they have our deepest Condolensces and the whole nation prays for Namansh Sayal's Soul, he lived by the moto "Service before Self".

For his soul "Om Shanti"

Now about the other part. I anticipate that now many sources will claim that recently there was rumour that Tejas was leaking and now this happened, what I anticipate is that some people will try to justify this claim, but to all my viewers I would like to tell that these are all vague claims and let me prove how.

The IAF had actually sent two Tejas to Dubai Airshow with the serial numbers 'LA 5025' and LA 5026' Respectively.

The LA 5025 is only for ground display and this is the Tejas that was rumoured to be leaking but it was only condensed water, the one that crashed was LA 5026.

We all must appeal to the goverenment and IAF to investigate the cause of this crash sternously, was it really Pilot's fault, which is a possibility, but if it was the machine's fault, it needs to be fixed as quickly as possible to ensure that we don't lose any more of our skilled pilots ever again.

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