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Thursday, October 30, 2025
TopicWorld skills

Topic: World skills

Three ways Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar are leading the skills revolution

Cutting-edge training programmes are thriving in Arab states, fuelled by collaboration between government, business and academic institutions.

The skills gap crisis & how to close it with AI

A skills gap emerges when few employees or none possess the skills to meet the company’s needs. This has been accelerated by rampant digital transformation initiatives across industries. 

Indian youth excel in vocational skills on world stage, win 19 awards at ‘Olympics of Skill’

The 48-member team won a gold, a silver, two bronze medals along with 15 medallions of excellence at the WorldSkills competition in Kazan, Russia.

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Starbucks was once progressive. It’s now approaching a dangerous spot in culture wars

Former CEO Howard Schultz once told shareholders those who opposed his support of same-sex marriage were free to invest elsewhere. But now, CEO Brian Niccol seems to be selling Starbucks as a place that just, well, sells coffee.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.