Topic: job loss
One thing people want Modi govt to do right away, six-state survey gives us the mood
The Prashnam survey clearly demonstrates the enormous tragedy in terms of lives and livelihoods that Covid-19 pandemic has inflicted on India.
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.
Just under half of India’s labour force digitally skilled, WEF’s Future of Jobs report says
World Economic Forum’s 'Future of Jobs' report also found that automation of work will displace 85 million jobs globally in the next five years.
China split on vaccine doses, South African teachers demand pay raise & other Covid news
As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.
No salary hikes means India’s economic recovery will have to wait even if hiring resumes
Slowing wage growth risks squeezing private spending in a country where consumption accounts for about 60% of gross domestic product.
Engineers, pilots, journalists — job losses have spared none & no one knows if worst is over
Many sectors have been impacted due to the pandemic, the lockdown and uncertainty. Only some who lost their old jobs have managed to get new ones.
Kerala’s next crisis: How to deal with return of lakhs of ‘Gone to Gulf’ people
More than 5 lakh Keralites are expected to return from Gulf & state has to deal with plight of those losing jobs there and erosion of its remittance economy.
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.
India could afford to overlook economic inequality until now. Covid has changed that
For two decades, I had maintained that unlike the developed West, India should not be overly concerned about inequalities because our economy was in the growth phase.
Covid-19 lockdown hits working mothers harder than fathers
UK mothers are one-and-a-half times more likely than fathers to have either lost their job or quit since the lockdown began, study shows.
Parag Agrawal of Twitter signals Brahmin clout at IIT ending. Kota is now Baniya phenomenon
Baniyas, with their financial might, have breached the sanctum sanctorum of IITs. Money is playing a bigger role than birth in a certain caste. Change is welcome.
Bezos, Branson & Musk — Are billionaires popularising space travel or just on an ego trip?
Jeff Bezos will travel to the edge of space in his New Shepard aircraft — more than a week after billionaire Richard Branson defeated him in a fast developing space race.