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Tuesday, August 5, 2025
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Topic: Skill development

Small-town Indian women are finding STEM jobs. With a little help from Microsoft, SAP

TechSaksham is designed for women lacking technical skills that graduates from bigger cities have. Till now, it has helped many from Gujarat and Tamil Nadu.

Recovery of economy now depends on how fast we skill youth, make them job-ready, Pradhan says

On World Youth Skills Day, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Dharmendra Pradhan says skilling is no longer a secondary ancillary to education in India.

Second wave jolt pushes Modi govt to train 1.17 lakh health workers for possible third wave

Besides non-medical personnel, ITI students will be trained in managing oxygen plants, ventilators and oxygen concentrators.

343 new job roles, empowered panels — minister lays out Modi govt’s skills scheme plans

In an interview, Skill Development Minister Mahendra Nath Pandey speaks about the job training programme, law and order in UP and sedition cases in India.

Can’t pay rent or salaries, how Covid & lack of govt funds are shutting down skill centres

Some skilling centres have shut shop, while some are unable to pay salaries to their staff. Govt cites budget constraints for delay in disbursing payments to the centres.

Phase 3 of Modi govt’s skills scheme to launch next year, with focus on Covid

Third phase of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana will launch on 1 January 2021 and will focus on imparting skills related to healthcare, home delivery, sanitising, cleaning services among others.

How Odisha went from skill development nobody to powerhouse in just 4 years

Out of 49 govt-run ITIs, 11 are in the top 100 list drawn up by Central government. But the transformation runs much deeper than mere rankings.

How young people would like to redesign education and skills for a post-Covid era

Millions of young people cannot find jobs. Covid has made many now question the gap between the skills they learn in school & those needed for employment.

Present a National Employment Policy for long-term in 4 months: PM Modi tells GoM

At a meeting with PM Modi, a GoM on skill development and employment suggests setting up a Central Board of Vocational Education on the lines of CBSE.

Modi govt plans in J&K — skill-based programmes on adventure sports and film-making

With the objective of creating skill-based programmes in J&K, the National Skill Development Corporation has already deployed two officers in the union territory.

On Camera

US-Pakistan romance is not new. Why does India feel betrayed?

I don’t believe that the US-India relationship has deteriorated beyond repair. There are ways of handling Trump, even if the Pakistanis have outplayed us this year.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.