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Saturday, October 25, 2025
TopicInternational Labour Organization

Topic: International Labour Organization

Report on high unemployment among Indian youth missing from its website, ILO says ‘technical glitch’

The India Employment Report 2024, released in March this year, had painted a dire picture of India’s labour landscape, reportedly to the displeasure of the Indian govt.

ILO, Brazil & US launch campaign to protect workers from excessive heat stress

The ILO estimates that 2.4 billion workers out of a global workforce of 3.4 billion are likely to experience excessive heat during their work.

Unemployment nears 80% in Gaza, says UN labour agency

Israeli offensive has killed more than 36k people, according to health authorities in Gaza Strip, where around half of its population lived below poverty line even before the war.

Despite highest wages across India, Kerala’s young males are among most unemployed in the country

An analysis of data from the India Employment Report's Employment Conditions Index shows that Kerala ranks among the worst in India when it comes to employment conditions for its males.

Only half of India’s working-age population works, most still in agriculture, shows ILO report

International Labour Organization's India Employment Report shows that despite reasonably high growth, there hasn't been commensurate expansion in productive employment opportunities.

Covid killed 81 million jobs in Asia-Pacific this year, ILO says

Young people have been affected by working-hour and job losses, the ILO said, with the youth share of employment losses three to 18 times higher than their share of total employment.

Another Covid wave in 2020 could result in loss of 340 million full-time jobs: ILO

An International Labour Organisation report said there was 14% drop in global working hours during second quarter of 2020, equivalent to loss of 400 million full-time jobs.

Bhopal Gas tragedy among world’s ‘major industrial accidents’ since 1919, says UN report

The UN report, which includes the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear disasters, said the Bhopal Gas tragedy affected more than 600,000 workers and their descendants.

On Camera

Piyush Pandey brought the language of small towns into ad agency corridors: Prasoon Joshi

Piyush was about celebration—of life, of people, of stories. He believed that what we create can shape popular culture, can make people feel proud of who they are.

US sanctions Rosneft & Lukoil: What we know of 2 oil giants that produce half of Russia’s crude

Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil behemoth, has large interests in India. Reliance has a contract to purchase 500,000 barrels of crude per day from the firm.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.