According to a Lokiniti CSDS report, one-tenth of Indian youth frequently experience thoughts of self-harm or suicide. Another 12 per cent admitted having such thoughts but rarely.
Young people of Punjab are perennially trapped in disenchantment with their state and in an irrational yearning to migrate. 'There is no scope in Punjab. So why spend time studying?'
Over 50% of Indian women in 15-29 age group are neither employed nor studying, shows NSSO survey. Most aren’t seeking a job either. Expert points to ‘burden of care’, marriage factor.
Hundreds of unemployed handloom weavers live on the banks of this holy city. Rows of empty and shuttered warehouses line every village, writes Upasika Singhal.
As the Bharat Jodo Yatra enters its last leg in Jammu and Kashmir next week, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that there is a deep sense of hopelessness across the country.
The Tibetan youth’s interest in pursuing civil services reveals the failure of government policy in creating enough private enterprises that can generate jobs.
Employment in India rose from 394.6 million in August to 404.2 million in September, and while the numbers are still below pre-Covid levels, the increase is encouraging.
RSS general secretary red-flagged poverty, unemployment & inequality at event Sunday, causing a political stir. BJP spokesperson says 'Sangh always thinks about social challenges'.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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