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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicEmployment growth

Topic: Employment growth

Three-fold rise in openings for freshers in HY 22, IT sector to be major employer, says report

A TeamLease EdTech report shows job aspirants with 0-1 yr experience are now market favourites. Spending in IT sector increased by 24% y-o-year in 2022 despite recession fears.

‘Bharatiya economic model’ — RSS takes note of unemployment, points at solutions in resolution

In a resolution on employment passed at the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha in Ahmedabad, RSS said India must focus on home grown industries to generate more jobs, reduce imports. 

When your dream job is a nightmare

Hiring managers should exercise caution when listing ‘passion’ as a job requirement.

40 days of lockdown sees India’s jobless rate jump to 27.1%, finds survey

The estimates of India’s job losses are more than four times the 30 million Americans who've filed for unemployment benefits in six weeks, and is expected to get worse.

Lack of jobs in India affects women more than men

In India, female labour force participation fell from 35% in 1990 to 27% in 2018.

EPFO’s employment data is very cheery, but needs a reality check 

If the numbers are for real, they will survive the test. The task is to get to the reality on employment, not score propaganda points.

On Camera

Everyone’s ‘damaged’ in modern dating. Love will soon be called a mental illness

If someone doesn’t text back, they’re avoidant. If you feel jealous watching your partner cosy up to someone else, you have attachment trauma. He dumped you? He is a narcissist.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.