Young workers are entering a labour market shaped by layoffs, artificial intelligence, intense competition and constantly changing skill requirements. At the same time, they have grown increasingly vocal about boundaries, mental health and the value of time outside the office.As the generational composition of the workforce continues to evolve, organisations seem to face new challenges…
In 2018, a University of Hawaii study in Honolulu found that a planted green roof could stay noticeably cooler than a conventional white roof, particularly during the hottest part of the day. The research compared an existing white rooftop with a green roof covered in sedum plants, recording temperatures at the roof surface and in…
Sandy Dosanjh with husband Kalwinder Sandy Dosanjh, the wife of Vancouver Police Department detective Kalwinder “Kal” Singh Dosanjh, is no longer running for Surrey City Council in the 2026 municipal election after her husband’s arrest. The Conservative Party of Surrey confirmed that she had been removed from its slate of candidates.Sandy had been contesting a…
30% productivity boost could power 35% of future manufacturing India’s manufacturing sector could get nearly 35 per cent of its future output simply by getting its workforce 30 per cent more productive.The finding comes from KPMG’s analysis of more than 130 large Indian manufacturing companies over 10 years. It found that companies which improved productivity…
The unprecedented scale of Chinese military presence around the region has become a growing concern among officials (Photo: ANI). Taiwan experienced a significant increase in Chinese military activity around its territory on Saturday, with multiple Chinese aircraft and naval vessels around its territory.Taiwan’s ministry of national defence (MND) detected up to 20 sorties of various…
Opposition is also raising questions over the methodology of population enumeration, alleging that it too has a “deeper nefarious purpose” NEW DELHI: Although six years late, enumerators have started knocking on doors for the decennial headcount in Ladakh and snowbound regions such as Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand starting September 1.But doubts and…
When Hurricane Matthew struck Florida in October 2016, New Smyrna Beach faced winds of more than 90 miles per hour and water levels around four feet above normal. Along the coast, those conditions put shoreline protection to a serious test. But one demonstration site emerged with an unexpected result. A living shoreline project supported by…
Yasir was reportedly operating with a Lashkar-e-Taiba group led by commander Junai Ahmed Bhat. NEW DELHI: Lashkar terrorist Yasir, a Pakistani national linked to Hafiz Saeed‘s outift, was killed by security forces in the higher reaches of Yusmarg in central Kashmir, on Saturday.He was suspected of being involved in several major terror attacks in Jammu…
Visingsö Oak Forest. Image Credit: Atlas Obscura In the early 19th century, Sweden began an extraordinary project on the island of ‘Visingsö.’ Hundreds of thousands of oak trees were planted to secure timber for naval ships that would be built far in the future. Oak was strong, durable and widely valued for wooden shipbuilding, but…
File photo: Migrants queue to enter a refectory in Milan, Italy (Picture credit: AP) Five European Union countries have agreed on concrete steps towards establishing a “return hub” in a non-EU country for migrants who do not have legal residency, as European governments seek to speed up the return of people whose asylum applications have…