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Topic: skill india

Email ID ‘abc@gmail’, ‘111111’ as bank A/C—CAG flags gaps in Modi govt’s flagship upskilling scheme

Audit finds violations in age and education criteria, duplicate photos, unspent funds, and shut training centres in states surveyed; report tabled in Parliament.

India’s 1st commercial quantum computer has a task. Drug development

"Quantum computing is very important to actually move toward the next generation of intelligence modeling,” said Nagendra Nagaraja, Founder and CEO, QpiAI.

Where is Skill India money going? It’s a Rs 48,000 crore mystery

All industries are still facing an acute shortage of skilled manpower despite thousands of crores spent on skilling schemes.

National Skill Mission is missing something key. Nai Manzil showed the way

Without school education, skill programmes are not very effective in enabling beneficiaries to enter the formal sector.

India’s Skill India digital hub launched

The platform is a digital expansion of the skilling opportunities in India.

Skill India Mission to empower Indian youth

Industry-relevant skills to meet growing industry demands.

Centres shut, funds misused, no placements — Skill India needs a refresher course

As the employment issue comes up in the ongoing Lok Sabha election campaign, India’s skills and apprenticeship programme is once again in focus.

Who is vocational education training for? Data shows over 84% Indian didn’t get any

Periodic Labour Force Survey data shows the situation is worse for women. And those who got the training, almost half of them accounted for self-learning or ‘learning on the job’.

PMO needs to do a ‘Gati Shakti’ on Skill India plan. Modi’s intervention is crucial

Skilling and education are like the Siamese twins, artificially separating them would be disastrous for both. Only the Modi govt can heal Skill India.

Deepika Padukone’s Skill India promo video dropped after JNU visit, govt says evaluating it

Deepika Padukone had shot a video speaking about equal opportunities for all and highlighting Skill India role. The govt now claims there was no 'formal engagement'.

On Camera

Controversial dog-walker IAS Sanjeev Khirwar is back in Delhi. What happened to his wife?

In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.

IndiGo profit plunges 78% as Dec meltdown with 3k flight cancellations takes a toll

Net income for InterGlobe Aviation Ltd slipped 78 percent to Rs 5.5 billion for the three months ended Dec 31 compared with the year-ago period.

Rafale saga: 25 yrs of detours, deadlocks & political hesitation. Now IAF getting what it always wanted

Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance. 

Pakistan se azaadi. Grow up India, stop giving it prime real estate in your psyche

Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.