Unemployment
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India's urban unemployment rate drops to 9.3 pc in Jan-Mar 2019: Govt data
India | Nov 23, 2019, 08:13 PM ISTThe data showed that the unemployment rate in urban areas among males was estimated at 8.7 per cent during January-March 2019 as compared to 9 per cent during April-June 2018.
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'Modi Minar racing upwards at breathtaking pace': Rahul Gandhi's jibe over 'unemployment rate'
National | Nov 06, 2019, 09:27 PM ISTCongress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over "unemployment rate."
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US adds 136,000 jobs; unemployment hits 50-year low of 3.5 per cent
World | Oct 04, 2019, 07:04 PM ISTDespite the ultra-low unemployment rate, which dropped from 3.7% in August, average hourly wages slipped by a penny, the Labor Department said Friday in its monthly jobs report. Hourly pay rose just 2.9% from a year earlier, below the 3.4% year-over-year gain at the beginning of the year.
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Congress demands Gangwar's apology for 'North Indian' commen
National | Sep 16, 2019, 06:56 PM ISTCongress spokesperson Rajiv Shukla also pointed out that the country's unemployment rate has touched an all-time high at 8.2 per cent.
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Japan's jobless rate hit 26-year low in July
World | Aug 30, 2019, 02:20 PM ISTThe number of unemployed people in the country stood at 1.56 million in July, with a drop of 160,000 people or 9.3 per cent year-on-year, according to data provided by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
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Unemployment rate at 6.1% in 2017-18, confirms govt data
India | May 31, 2019, 06:40 PM ISTThe joblessness among male on all India basis was 6.2 per cent, while it was 5.7 per cent in case of females.
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'Unemployment at 45-year high' report not verified, still under process: NITI Aayog
India | Jan 31, 2019, 07:58 PM IST"Government did not release the data (on jobs) as it is still being processed. When the data is ready we will release it," Rajiv Kumar said today.
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Indian youth not equipped to avail current career opportunities: Shashi Tharoor
India | Oct 25, 2018, 11:45 PM ISTTharoor observed that presently India was not on course to provide the opportunities of the current century --job market-driven education -- to its youngsters.
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'If economy is growing, how can job market not expand?', PM Modi rebuts Opposition allegations on unemployment
India | Aug 12, 2018, 07:15 AM ISTCiting his speech in the Lok Sabha during the No Confidence Motion, PM Modi said, "When investment into and the pace of execution of infrastructure projects like making roads, laying down rail lines, setting up power generation including solar parks and transmission lines is at all-time high, how come the jobs will not be created."
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Unemployable youth limit India's growth, says Union Minister Hegde
India | Jan 19, 2018, 07:26 PM IST"Only 7 per cent of the Indian engineers are capable of handling core engineering tasks... This is the biggest challenge and could limit the growth that India is aiming to achieve," the Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneursh
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Telecom sector on course to cull 90,000 jobs in next six to nine months
Budget | Jan 15, 2018, 05:50 PM ISTThe report is based on a survey among around 100 senior and mid-level employees of 65 telco and software and hardware service providers to telecom companies.
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Income inequality to rise further, jobs remain a chimera: Study
Business | Oct 01, 2017, 06:32 PM ISTThe study, by brokerage Ambit Capital, also said that this combination of joblessness, that has been deteriorating since the last few years, and income inequality poses a higher risk of social tension.
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Stressful job more disastrous to health than an unemployment, says study
Lifestyle | Aug 13, 2017, 01:34 PM ISTThere was a clear pattern of the highest levels of chronic stress for adults who moved into poor quality work.
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David Warner hits back at the Cricket Association regarding Pay Dispute
Cricket | Jul 28, 2017, 03:52 PM ISTOn Thursday, CA chief executive James Sutherland had called on the ACA to enter into a period of intense negotiations over coming days in order to resolve the ongoing pay dispute.
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Australian Cricket Association looking at Indian Investors for endorsements
Cricket | Jul 22, 2017, 04:09 PM ISTThis has already led to the Australia A team pulling out of tri-nation 'A' series involving India and South Africa.
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Severe underemployment more serious than unemployment: Niti Aayog
May 28, 2017, 12:40 PM ISTSevere underemployment and not unemployment is a more serious problem as a job that needs to be done by one person is often performed by two or more workers, Niti Aayog has said.
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Unemployment rate in US drops to 4.4 per cent, lowest in a decade
May 06, 2017, 02:26 PM ISTThe unemployment rate in the United States has dropped to 4.4 per Cent which is the lowest in a decade.
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Unemployment rates touched record high across Latin America, Caribbean region in 2016: ILO
World | Dec 15, 2016, 12:34 PM ISTWith 25 million jobless people, the unemployment rate across Latin America and the Caribbean region has hit a new high in 2016, the International Labor Organisation (ILO) has said in its latest report. The ILO
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Decline in exports caused unemployment to 70k during Q2 2015-16: report
Sep 18, 2016, 02:47 PM ISTAs many as 70,000 workers were hit by the sharp fall in merchandise exports as it cost them their jobs in Q2 2015-16, a report stated. A joint study conducted by Assocham and Thought Arbitrage
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New BSE index shows India’s unemployment rate at 7.97 per cent
Apr 08, 2016, 06:18 PM ISTIndia’s overall unemployment rate currently stands at 7.97 per cent, a new index launched by the Bombay Stock Exchange to measure the unemployment rate in the country has revealed.