It's raining job promises in Odisha

Despite declining by three percentage points in 2022-23 (FY23) compared to FY19, Odisha’s unemployment rate remains higher than the average in India. IMAGE: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen......

Sanatan Dharma Controversy: Why Stalin Is Unflustered

Any narrative against the Dravidian model may impact the BJP's prospects in Tamil Nadu.This may explain why the BJP in Tamil Nadu is placing more emphasis on corruption allegations against the DMK,......

Pragati Maidan: A Walk In Time

'A microcosm of India, inclusive and welcoming'.For years, Pragati Maidan was the centre of Delhi's social life. IMAGE: The Hall Of Nations, India's first pillar-less building, the kind no other......

Know The Economic Cost Of Heat Waves?

IMAGE: A man covers himself with a scarf to protect from the heat in New Delhi. Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes. Photograph: ANI Photo   India stands......

Unemployment: One of the BIG problems facing Modi 3.0

Prime Minister Narendra Modi led-NDA government in its third term must tackle the problem of unemployment in the country, especially in the unorganised sector and in small and medium enterprises,......

Strikes And Lockouts Decline By 90%

Industrial disputes dropped 89.3 per cent to 34 in 2022 compared to 318 a decade ago, shows central and state data. IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes.......

China Plus One: Low labour costs and growing workforce give India the edge

A combination of one of the lowest labour costs and a large surplus workforce, which will continue to grow until 2031, is one of the key competitive edges that India is leveraging to challenge its......

'Rate hike will throw lot of people out from jobs'

'Nobody is talking about the inequality that is going to come.' Photograph: ANI Photo In a surprise move, the Reserve Bank of India hiked the repo rate. In fact, the finance minister said she was......

Swiss-based trade union to inspect Qatar 2022 World Cup sites

A global trade union for construction workers that has criticized labour conditions in Qatar will inspect soccer stadiums being built for the 2022 World Cup in the Gulf Arab state. The Geneva-based......

Worker dies in 'work-related fatality' at Qatar WC stadium

A worker has died in a "work-related fatality" at the site of a 2022 World Cup stadium in Qatar, the country's World Cup organizing body said late on Saturday. The incident occurred on Saturday......

World Muslim body lends support to Qatar over WC 2022

‘Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) stresses its support to the State of Qatar’ Arab men sit at a shoemaker's stall with a replica of the FIFA World Cup trophy. Photograph: Sean......

Qatar still failing migrant workers: Amnesty

Labourers, who are working on the Qatar 2022 World Cup project, arrive at their accommodation in Doha March 3, 2014. Photograph: Reuters Qatar, host nation of the 2022 World Cup, is still doing......