‘Gawking chargers’ or Nokkukooli is a practice in Kerala where registered labour unions extort money from individuals or businesses to allow them to load or unload their belongings.
In the current parliament session, three bills - Code on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions, Industrial Relations Code and Social Security Code were passed to reform Labour laws.
The Press Council of India (PCI) has taken a suo motu cognizance of the termination notice served to more than twenty journalists associated with the Mumbai edition of ‘The Hindu’ in case they fail to resign.