Gig and Platform Service Workers Union has called for a nationwide five-hour shutdown of app-based services on Friday, from 12 pm to 5 pm, to protest rising fuel prices and stagnant pay. The union wants the government and digital platforms to revise per-kilometre service rates, arguing higher fuel costs are squeezing earnings for delivery riders and drivers. It cited fuel hikes of about Rs 3 per litre and warned that without rate changes, many may exit the sector.
Three church leaders were killed and four others injured in an ambush in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district. Suspected militants attacked vehicles carrying members of the Thadou Baptist Association. Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh condemned the violence, warning it threatens peace. A shutdown was imposed in the district as multiple groups expressed outrage, while one denied involvement.
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President Trump signed a bipartisan bill funding most of the Department of Homeland Security, ending the longest agency shutdown in U.S. history. The standoff centered on immigration enforcement funding, leaving routine services like TSA and FEMA protected. Immigration-related funding will be handled in a separate measure, reopening political uncertainty over the issue.
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