‘Unemployment At Its Peak’: Kolkata Man’s 24-Hour Begging Challenge Goes Viral | WATCH

11 Dec 2024

Social media influencers are always making great, sometimes daring attempts to connect with their audience. One of the latest of such viral videos features a man from Kolkata who accepted a 24-hour begging challenge for several raging reactions online. The Begging Challenge: A Social Experiment In this video, posted on...

Degrees vs. Skills: Bridging the Gap in India’s Employment Landscape

17 Jul 2024

India, home to over 808 million youth below the age of 35 , stands at a crossroads where potential meets realization, ambition needs support, and the juxtaposition of employment and employability is apparent. In such a situation, one of the most pressing concerns is the disparity between formal education and...

Congress Chief Kharge Accuses PM Modi of Lying About Job Creation

14 Jul 2024

On July 13 in Mumbai, Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed that his government had created eight crore jobs in the past three to four years, silencing those spreading "fake news about unemployment." He cited a recent Reserve Bank of India report to support his statement and accused the opposition of...

Government Data Indicates Significant Job Growth and Decline in Unemployment Rate in India

24 Apr 2024

Employment emerges as a critical election issue, particularly in light of the recent ILO report indicating that 83 percent of India's unemployed workforce comprises youth. According to ANI's analysis of government data from five distinct sources, there has been a notable increase in job opportunities during the past several years...

Chinese youth face record-high unemployment

01 Jun 2023

China's young people are facing staggering rates of unemployment as the country's recovery from the coronavirus pandemic continues to fluctuate. President Xi Jinping, however, is telling the youth to stop thinking they are doing manual work or moving to the countryside. They should learn to "eat bitterness," Xi said, using...

BJP Telangana chief Bandi Sanjay to hold protest march against KCR govt

15 Apr 2023

The Bharatiya Janata Party's Telangana unit chief Bandi Sanjay will hold a protest march against "unemployment" in the state on Saturday, the party said. The launch of the "Nirudyoga March" from Warangal can be seen as Sanjay's strong retaliation against the state government, as this was the same place from...

Congress to raise issues on inflation, unemployment during Parliament budget session

31 Jan 2023

Mallikarjun Kharge, President of Congress on Tuesday said that they would raise the issues of inflation, unemployment, and border dispute with China during the Budget session of Parliament."We wanted to participate in the President's maiden address but arrived here late due to the weather conditions, for which we apologise. In...

4 held for duping unemployed people in Haridwar

29 Dec 2022

On the pretext of giving government jobs to unemployed people, four members of a gang including a woman have been arrested for allegedly duping in Haridwar. Meanwhile, from Haridwar the victim complained to the police, and on that basis, a raid was conducted, and nabbed the four suspects. "The police...

Congress gives suspension of Business Notice in Rajya Sabha

16 Dec 2022

Under Rule 267 Congress MP Ranjeet Ranjan on Friday gave a Suspension of Business Notice in Rajya Sabha for a discussion on unemployment in the country. "India is a country with a maximum population of youth and 60 percent of people in the age group of workers are unemployed. In...

India’s unemployment drops to 7.2 percent in the second quarter.

25 Nov 2022

The National Statistical Office's 16th Periodic Labour Force Survey stated that the unemployment rate—defined as the percentage of unemployed people in the labour force in the nation over the age of 15 who live in urban areas—decreased to 7.2 during the second quarter of 2022–2023 from 9.8 in the preceding...