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Thursday, February 19, 2026
TopicJobs in India

Topic: jobs in India

Labourers, masons, fitters going online for jobs. A LinkedIn for construction workers

Digital Labour Chowk is part of a lineup of tech platforms that are trying to move manual labour hiring out of streets and into the world of algorithms and apps. ‘Over 10,000 companies hiring.’

India needs a National Jobs Mission, not just skilling

Training millions of young people without commensurate opportunities risks producing not more employed youth, but more skilled unemployed.

‘Chips never down in India’. Modi lays out red carpet for semiconductor firms, highlights growing market

While addressing Semicon India 2024, PM Narendra Modi says India's favourable policies have helped attract investments more than Rs 1.5 trillion in this sector.

Private security is a top job creator in India. It’s a booming, recession-free business empire

A growing brigade of young Indians is trading military and govt job dreams for a steady paycheck as private guards. For many, it’s better than working for Swiggy, Zomato, Amazon.

Nicaragua dunki, Parliament breach have one problem written all over. India is ignoring it

Parliament security breach and Nicaragua-bound flight’s grounding in France didn’t trigger the debate on youth restlessness triggered by a brewing unemployment crisis.

India’s economy to grow at solid pace but not so much for jobs growth, say economists

World Bank President Ajay Banga recently said the key to India's growth story is through more jobs as he outlined the opportunity to cash in on the ‘China Plus One’ strategy.

Nearly 6% of outsourced contract workers lost jobs from Jan-Mar in IT, says recruitment body

India's unemployment rate in April rose for the fourth month in a row to 8.11%, from 7.8% in the previous month, according to Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy.

On Camera

Telangana spoke up for Muslim vendor who was attacked. South is different from the North

A poor Muslim man from Kurnool, selling khoya buns during the Medaram Jatara in Telangana, was harassed by some YouTubers and surrounded by a mob over allegations of 'food jihad'.

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.

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.