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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
TopicIndian youth

Topic: Indian youth

To connect with youth, RSS affiliate holds ‘reels & memes’ contest themed on social harmony

Sanskar Bharati asks participants to send reels and memes on topics such as ‘Untouchability a curse’ and ‘Reservation’, in bid to 'encourage youth to do their bit for society'.

India has $1 trillion digital dream, but 73% youth lack basic email skills, shows NSSO survey

Majority of respondents in 15-29 age group reported inability to do basic computer tasks. 73% lack routine email skills, less than 3% said they could code, in survey released this month.

‘Overage’ at 21, rural India’s Army aspirants are running for their lives — and out of time

Making a living, manliness, marriage — all hinges on the Army for many in Rajasthan and Haryana’s military-obsessed belts. But no recruitments in 2 years means boys are aging out.

Unemployment and unlimited data pack — UP’s youth are neither angry nor idle

Afternoons are to charge phone batteries, evenings are to play digital games in parks, and nights are to climb rooftops, catch network, and escape into videos and Insta reels.

Congress video on ‘youth anger’ against BJP uses image of Manmohan-era Kashmir protest

Containing a series of images of Indian youth, the Congress video has garnered nearly 3,500 views on YouTube, and received over 1,000 likes and 450 retweets on Twitter.

Punjab youth most dissatisfied with work in India, 78% feel state has ‘bad’ jobs

According to survey conducted by Centre for Studying Developing Societies-Lokniti & German thinktank Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Karnataka youth most satisfied about job opportunities in state.

India ranks 122nd on new Global Youth Development Index among 181 countries

The triennial rankings, released by the Commonwealth Secretariat in London, found India among the top five risers between 2010-2018, advancing in areas such as education & employment.

India’s youth of today aren’t apolitical. Just look at social media

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

Modi should ask MPs, MLAs to give up pension & use the funds to support youth — Rakesh Tikait

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait also batted for safeguarding interests of people engaged in milk supply, apprehending a new policy could jeopardise the community’s livelihood.

‘Engagement for action’ is International Youth Day 2020 theme & India’s young living up to it

In India, youth activism has been in the spotlight lately, with protests against CAA, NRC and other issues taking place across the country.

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Pakistan finance minister should learn from Manmohan Singh and engineer an economic revival

Muhammad Aurangzeb has been clamped with more manacles than he has wrists. His immediate task is to negotiate a new loan programme with the IMF.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

‘No brides for Agniveers’: In Rajasthan’s ‘Shaheedon ki nagri’, few takers for defence coaching centres

Coaching centres for Army aspirants in Jhunjhunu are shutting down due to plummeting admissions in the face of a lack of job guarantees under Agnipath Scheme.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.