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Youth Are 83% Of The Unemployed

'The youth is stressed and students are depressed.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Three years ago, Prerna, a bright-eyed young woman from Sirsa in Haryana, packed her bags and moved......

Why a village near Lonavala remembers Jimmy Carter

For 100 low-income families near Lonavala, around 80 km from Mumbai, Jimmy Carter was a godsend as he had helped build their houses in 2006. IMAGE: Former US President Jimmy Carter greets people......

Rising prices, lack of jobs key issues, shows voter survey

62 per cent of respondents across various demographics, including villages, towns, and cities, perceived a greater difficulty in securing employment compared to the previous five years, shows......

Soumya Vishwanathan murder: 4 convicts get life term

In a rare order, a Delhi court on Saturday handed down double rigorous life imprisonment to four members of an organised crime syndicate for killing TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan around 15......

Indians Work Harder Than Chinese, Americans

But Indians work less than smaller countries with small populations like Bhutan, the Congo, Lesotho and Gambia. IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational......

Textile industry joins hands with ILO

With cotton still figuring in the list of commodities that are produced using practices such as child labour, the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) has entered into an understanding......

Why Are Bengaluru IT Workers Protesting?

'The overwhelming evidence from various studies and reports indicates that the current work culture in the IT sector, characterised by excessive hours, has severe consequences for health,......

Top CEOs got an average hike of 9% in 2022, workers' wages fell 3%: Oxfam

The average salary hike of top-paid chief executive officers (CEOs) in four countries, India, the USA, the UK and South Africa, was 9 per cent, but the workers in these countries saw their salary......

Share of youth employment at 5-year high in 2022, shows EPFO data

In the jobs created in 2022, the share of those in the age group 18-25 increased to at least a five-year high of 56 per cent. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com A Business Standard analysis......

Trump's 'America First' agenda may lead to higher tariffs

With Donald Trump all set to become US president, Indian exporters may face high customs duties for goods like automobiles, textiles and pharmaceuticals if the new US administration decides to......

Tendulkar, Anand support campaign against child labour

Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, chess champion Viswanathan Anand and Bollywood stars took to Twitter this week to support a campaign against child labour, using their fame to draw greater......

FIFPro to back politically vocal players at Tokyo Games

The IOC said earlier this month that athletes were banned from making any political statements or protests at Olympic events or medal ceremonies "to avoid turning the Games into a political tool".......

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