IT Services firm Tech Mahindra has been issued a notice by the office of the Labour Commissioner, Pune, in Maharashtra on a complaint that the company had reduced salaries of its employees to maintain ‘profitability’ in the midst of the pandemic.

A similar notice was issued earlier this month to another IT firm, Wipro, on a complaint alleging that the firm was benching its employees.

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to restore 4G internet connectivity in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. However, the Court ordered the central government and the Jammu and Kashmir administration to form a committee of Secretaries from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the local administration to take a call after reviewing the ground security situation.

The total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection in India crossed the 67,000-mark on Monday, while the death toll has topped the 2,200-mark as well. At 9 AM on this day, the COVID-19 tally in the country has reached 67,152 cases, which includes 44,029 active cases; 20,917 cured, discharged, or migrated patients, and 2,206 deaths.

As the number of patients affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) surges in Uttar Pradesh's Agra, the administration has ramped up measures to get a solid grip of the situation as soon as possible since the pandemic outbreak is spreading like wildfire across India. With an urgent action from the Yogi Adityanath-led state government, the Chief Medical Officer and the Additional Director of Medical and Family Welfare have both been removed from their posts with immediate effect, new individuals having replaced them.

Former Prime Minsiter Dr Manmohan Singh was admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi on Sunday evening after he complained of chest pain.

Singh was taken to the hospital at around 8:45 PM

According to reports, he has been kept under observation in the cardio-thoracic ward.

The Indian Railways is planning to gradually resume passenger train services from May 12, an official statement from the Ministry of Railways said.

Initially, the operations will resume for 15 pairs of trains (30 return journeys).

The Congress party on Sunday announced that it will withdraw one of its two nominees for the Maharashtra Legislative Council elections, paving way for state's chief minister Uddhav Thackeray to enter the Legislative Council unopposed. The Elections are scheduled for May 21.

Samajwadi Party patriarch and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav was on late Sunday night admitted at the Medanta hospital in Lucknow after he complained of ailments in his stomach.

This is the second time that the Samajwadi leader has been admitted to the hospital within the span of just five days. Earlier on Wednesday, Yadav had been brought to the hospital for a routine check-up but was admitted on the advice of doctors who were catering to the veteran leader's stomach and urine-related issues, according to Samajwadi Party spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary.

India and China had a heated confrontation a few days ago in north Sikkim and troops of both sides received injuries, army sources said on Sunday.

News agency PTI quoted official sources saying that a number of personnel on both sides sustained injuries as they exchanged punches. The troops disengaged after a dialogue at the local level, sources added.

The US is working to temporarily ban the issuance of some work-based visas like H-1B, popular among highly-skilled Indian IT professionals, as well as students visas and work authorisation that accompanies them, amidst the high level of unemployment due to the coronavirus, according to a media report on Friday.

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