An employer is always in a dominating position but it is open for the employee to challenge the terms and conditions of service if it is not in conformity with the statutory requirement under the law, the Supreme Court said on Friday.

The top court made the remarks in its judgement while setting aside the August 2013 verdict of the Uttarakhand High Court which had dismissed the plea filed by teachers of department of pharmaceutical sciences of a university questioning the process of holding open selection pursuant to an August 2011 advertisement and also the alleged arbitrary conditions incorporated in their appointment order.

Covid-19 cases, emergency department visits, and hospital admissions increased from June to August among children aged 0-17 years in the US, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

In a two-week period (August 14-27), Covid-19-related emergency department visits and hospital admissions among the mentioned age group in the states with the lowest vaccination coverage were 3.4 and 3.7 times than in those with the highest inoculation rate, respectively, said the study published on Friday in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Report.

Amid concerns in India that Afghan soil under the Taliban regime can be used for terrorist activities against it, the insurgent group has said it has the right to speak out in favour of Muslims anywhere, including in Kashmir, though it does not have a policy of conducting armed operations against any country.

At least 40 children have died in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad due to a severe form of Dengue, called Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever. The Central Government has sent a team of experts from the National Centre for Disease Control and the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme to Firozabad to help officials control the disease.

The death toll from the fever climbed to 50 with three fresh fatalities on Friday, and as per reports, 40 of them were children. Media reports later said that the death toll might have crossed 65.

The duration of 84 days between first and second doses of the Covishield COVID-19 vaccine gives the best protection against the coronavirus, the central government, in a counter-affidavit filed in the Kerala High Court, on Friday said.

India`s National COVID Vaccination Program was built on scientific and epidemiological evidence, World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines and global best practices, Centre said.

A section of employees of SpiceJet airline went on strike at the Delhi airport on Friday morning over issues related to reduced salaries, sources said.

When asked about the matter, SpiceJet spokesperson clarified that the carrier's flight operations at the Delhi airport are functioning normally.

With three fresh fatalities, the death toll due to dengue has climbed to 50 in this Uttar Pradesh district, official sources said on Friday.

So far, 50 people have died due to dengue. Ten areas -- nine blocks and a Nagar Nigam area -- in the district are affected, Chief Medical Officer Dinesh Kumar Premi said in a statement.

Apple is reportedly meeting with Toyota executives about producing its long-rumoured Apple Car by 2024.

According to DigiTimes, Apple representatives were said to have met with South Korea's SK Group and LG Electronics last month to discuss Apple Car development, and now the iPhone maker is in talks with Toyota.

Reliance Industries will by 2030 create or enable capacity to generate at least 100 gigawatts of electricity from renewable sources, which can be converted into carbon-free green hydrogen, its chairman Mukesh Ambani said Friday as he outlined a 1-1-1 vision to bring down the cost of hydrogen to under USD 1 per 1 kg in 1 decade.

The focus on generating electricity from renewable sources of energy such as solar and wind -will help cut carbon emissions in the world's third-largest greenhouse gas emitter.

A smartphone widely believed to be priced below $50, likely the world’s cheapest, will start selling a week from now. If Mukesh Ambani’s JioPhone Next, an Android device custom-built for India by Alphabet Inc.’s Google, is a hit in the price-conscious market, it will solve one problem for banks while posing another. With the country’s remaining 300 million feature-phone users going online, there will be a surge of customer data that can stand in for collateral. The question is, how will banks get their hands on it?

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