Noida protests: Workers in India demand hike in minimum wage

Most were non-unionised contract workers employed in small factories across industrial clusters, producing auto parts, electronics and garments, among other things. They earn between 10,000 rupees ($107; £79) and 15,000 rupees a month – wages that have remained largely unchanged for years. Many are migrant workers, living hand-to-mouth in cramped housing on the city’s outskirts….

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Hegseth attacks ‘unpatriotic’ media and compares reporters to Jewish biblical group

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth escalated his attacks on the media Thursday, comparing reporters covering the Iran war to the Pharisees, the biblical Jewish group that opposed Jesus. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The comments came at a Pentagon press briefing in which Hegseth first described…

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