India has confirmed its first case of a deadlier strain of mpox, which has raised alarm among health officials around the world over the rapid pace of its spread.

India has reported its first case with the new mpox strain that has triggered a public health emergency alert by the World Health Organization (WHO), Reuters reports. Called clade 1b, the new variant is highly-transmissible and has been linked to the mpox outbreak in Africa.

India said on Monday that an mpox case involving a man in the southern state of Kerala was from the fast-spreading clade 1b variety, marking South Asia's first recorded case from the new strain. Health Ministry spokesperson Manisha Verma confirmed the strain after news agency ANI cited official sources as saying that the mpox case reported in the Malappuram district of Kerala last week belonged to clade 1.

An Ernst & Young (EY) office in western India, which employed a 26-year-old who allegedly died after facing a high workload, has operated since 2007 without a state permit which regulates work hours,

There is an increasing demand for better protections for employees in high-stress roles, especially in light of the recent death of a junior banker at Bank of America in May.

India's second biggest car maker Hyundai Motor India has finally received the much-awaited approval from market regulator SEBI to launch its IPO. This IPO is also expected to be the biggest public issue in the country.

The industry body that chooses India’s Oscar entry each year is under fire for picking a Hindi-language comedy-drama over the country’s first Cannes Grand Prix winner. The Film Federation of India (FFI) announced on Monday that Kiran Rao-directed Laapataa Ladies (Lost Ladies) had been selected as India’s official entry to the international feature category at the forthcoming 2025 Academy Awards.

Soon after the announcement of Kiran Rao ’s Laapataa Ladies as India’s official submission for the 2025 Oscars , a debate ignited on social media. Many users expressed disappointment, claiming that Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light,