WHILE the private telecom companies are set to introduce the 5G services, the BSNL employees and unions have been demanding the introduction of 4G services for long.As the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is yet to start the fourth generation (4G) services, Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has put blame on the public sector telecom service provider for 'deliberately delaying' rolling out the 4G network.Though the private sector telecom companies are set to introduce the new 5G services shortly, BSNL has been waiting to roll out the 4G services.

ON fixed term employment – the new system of employment for fixed duration – the BJP-led NDA government at the centre has been moving in a planned manner to give special benefits to the domestic and foreign corporates under the garb of labour law reforms. It is one of the major concessions being granted to them.STEP-BY-STEP INTRODUCTIONTHROUGH EXECUTIVE ORDERIn October 2016, the government first introduced fixed term employment in apparel sector.

ON Kerala Piravi day, Kerala will yet again become a model for the country. On November 1, Kerala will become the first state in India to implement floor price for vegetables. The Government of Kerala has taken up such an endeavour with the objective of empowering the state’s famers.The Left Democratic Front government in Kerala has made heads turn by introducing an alternative policy that will stimulate the agricultural sector and provide relief to the vegetable farmers in the state.

THE first phase of voting in 71 constituencies of out of 243 ended with more than 50 per cent voter turnout. All the indications from different sources point towards a change of government on November 10 in Bihar; the people of Bihar particularly workers, peasants, youth have shown their enthusiasm in favour of the issues raised by the Mahagathbandhan.

THIS significant move has come at a time when the public transport system across the country has been suffering the worst due to the Covid-19 pandemic.As the public transportation facilities across the country continue to incur losses due to the pandemic, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday, October 26, announced a new financial assistance package in an effort to revive the debt ridden Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC).Pointing out that the condition of KSRTC, post Covid-19 was precarious, he said the government was preparing another package for reviving KSRTC.