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Job seekers baton-charged at West Bengal police headquarters, 30 detained

July 20, 2021 10:45 am

The protesters blocked the road in front of the office, demanding immediate recruitment in the state police force.

Job losses leading people to crime, investigators worry

June 04, 2021 3:27 am

Incidents involving recently jobless people indulging in petty thefts, burglaries, snatchings and even heinous crimes like kidnapping for ransom, robberies on gunpoint and drug peddling have grown in the past few months.

UN says Covid-19 pandemic created an 'unparalleled' employment crisis

June 03, 2021 7:27 am

The report said an uneven economic recovery is expected to begin in the second half of 2021, driven by progress in vaccinations and large-scale fiscal spending. It projects that the recovery will create 100 million jobs this year and an additional 80 million in 2022.

Jobless growth: the pandemic has revealed India’s crisis of unemployment

March 29, 2021 8:53 am

The current model of economic growth prioritises capital over labour and is unlikely to resolve the unemployment crisis.

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Amit Shah: Infiltration behind lack of jobs, subsidised grains for tribals

March 26, 2021 3:55 am

On the last day of campaigning for the first phase of the Assembly polls, Shah addressed four other rallies in Purulia, Tamluk, Turki Math Bishnupur and Bishnupur.

Delhi: Unschooled poor worst hit by job losses during Covid lockdown, finds govt survey

March 21, 2021 7:06 am

While the overall unemployment rate rose from 11.1% in January-February 2020 to 28.5% in October-November, the findings suggest that people at the bottom of the income hierarchy were among the worst affected.

ExplainSpeaking: Why rising unemployment, not GDP growth, is the biggest challenge for India

February 24, 2021 12:59 pm

Typically, fast economic growth takes care of unemployment worries. However, in India’s case, one cannot assume that.

Tripura student opens LED bulb factory, gives job hope amid pandemic

December 20, 2020 7:23 pm

The 22-year-old said the idea of opening a factory hit him after he ran into a problem with a dysfunctional LED bulb at his home in March. With the lockdown coming into effect, he struggled to get a replacement and started watching YouTube on fixing LED bulbs.