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  For 368 posts of peon, 23 lakh apply including engineers and PhD holders

  India | September 16, 2015 18:32 IST

  Lucknow: The unemployment is gripping the country with such an alarming rate that over 6,000 people apply for a peon's post, a job that was considered menial up until now.For 368 posts of peon in

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  Bihar's Youth Problem: Still Working The Farms

  India | September 10, 2015 13:28 IST

  This is likely to be the issue that preoccupies Bihari minds as their state prepares for assembly elections in October and November.Close to half of Bihar's young people depend on farming for a living, the

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  Over one lakh suicides in India every year, says report

  India | July 03, 2014 13:48 IST

  New Delhi: Over 100,000 people commit suicides in India every year on an average. The number of suicides in the past decade has recorded an increase of 21.6 percent, said a government report.The number of

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  French minister vows to reduce unemployment to three mn

  May 03, 2014 21:24 IST

  Paris: French Labor Minister Francois Rebsamen Friday vowed to reduce the number of unemployed people to below three million by improving the government actions.“Today, there are more than 3.349 million people without work...what I want

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  If elected, BJP will end terrorism, unemployment, price rise: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

  India | April 20, 2014 8:48 IST

  Bokaro (Jharkhand):  Senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi yesterday said terrorism, unemployment and price rise would end if BJP formed the next government in the country.'Three things would definitely end if BJP comes to power—terrorism,

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  Narendra Modi accuses Odisha government of black magic, unemployment

  India | April 11, 2014 13:20 IST

  Balasore (Odisha): BJP's prime ministerial hopeful Narendra Modi today attacked the Odisha government and said it has only performed 'black magic' and stolen the state's coal and employment opportunities.'Odisha has immense natural resources but the

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  Ten things that are stopping India's development

  India | July 27, 2014 11:14 IST

  New Delhi: With 67 years been since the country became independent, India is still called a developing nation. The country is full of resources but still lags behind other countries like China, Japan, and Singapore

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  US economy adds 204,000 jobs in October, unemployment rises to 7.3%

  November 08, 2013 20:53 IST

  Washington: The US economy added 204,000 jobs in October, an unexpected burst of hiring during a month in which the federal government was partially shut down for 16 days. The Labor Department said Friday that

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  Shutdown cost 120,000 US jobs: White House

  October 23, 2013 21:25 IST

  Washington: The recent government shutdown and debt default crisis hit the US economy so badly that it cost the country 120,000 jobs and wiped out 0.25 per cent of economic growth for the fourth quarter,

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  Jobs paint grim picture of US unemployment crisis

  World | September 07, 2013 12:05 IST

  Washington: The number of jobs in the US continued to paint a bleak picture of the ongoing unemployment crisis in the country, as experts said that at current rates America will have to wait years

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  Crisis-hit Greece will get a Euro 2012 boost

  Football | June 06, 2012 21:43 IST

  Poland, Jun 6 :  With the financial crisis causing a surge in unemployment and poverty, Greece's national football team is looking to provide some respite from the problems back home.Greek football association president Sofoklis Pilavios

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  India Offers Help To Somalia To Tackle Piracy

  World | March 28, 2011 16:24 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 28: Somalia today assured India that it will do everything possible to get 53 Indian hostages released from pirates in that country, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said.He said India has

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  Unemployment, Inflation Not Addressed: Mayawati

  Politics | March 01, 2011 8:35 IST

  Lucknow, Feb 28: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today termed the union budget as a "disappointment" for the common people and accused the Centre of ignoring problems of unemployment, inflation and regional imbalances. "The budget,

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  No Step To Check Pricerise, Unemployment, Corruption: Left

  India | February 28, 2011 17:21 IST

  New Delhi, Feb 28: The Left parties today accused the government of not taking any step to check high prices, poverty, unemployment or corruption, saying the budget was aimed at burdening the poor and subsidising