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Its so hot in India that birds are falling out of the sky

Posted on By Mohd Uzair

Birds are falling from the sky in western India due to exhaustion and dehydration as the scorching heatwave continues for the third month with the mercury set to increase further this week . In the western state of Gujarat – where the temperature has hovered above 40C for weeks now and is set to touch 46C in several pockets – rescuers are coming across birds that have fallen from the sky every day . The impact of the excrutiating heat on animals has been neglected so far , even as humans suffering from heatstrokes and dehydration are being treated in hospitals where separate wards for heatwave – related conditions are being set up in several areas of the state . Conditions have deteriorated significantly for animals because this year’s heat is ” one of the worst in recent times , ” according to rescuers working in an animal hospital managed by nonprofit Jivdaya Charitable Trust in Gujarat

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Understanding the new labour codes

Posted on By Sankalp Mirani

Parliament on Wednesday passed the three labour code bills – the Occupational Safety, Health And Working Conditions Code, 2020; the Industrial Relations Code, 2020; and the Code on Social Security, 2020 – merging 24 central labour laws in a major boost to labour reforms. The National Democratic Alliance government has now merged 29 central laws into four codes. In August 2019, Parliament had passed the first of the codes, the Wage Code.

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