by Editor | Aug 22, 2024 | News, Politics, Technology
New Delhi: Driven by growing interest in the country’s thriving technology, engineering and digital services sectors amid overall economic growth, job searches from abroad to India have surged by nearly 60 per cent since June 2021, a report revealed on Thursday.
The country is rapidly becoming a top destination for talent, while blue-collar workers are adapting to new market demands, according to data from Indeed, a leading global hiring and matching platform.
The UAE, the US and the UK are at the helm of this exchange of talent pool. Between June 2021 and June 2024, searches from these countries to India increased by 13 per cent, 12 per cent and 7 per cent, respectively.
While India attracts more global attention, outbound job searches from India to the world have declined by 17 per cent between June 2021 – June 2024.
This trend underscores India’s appeal as a hub for innovation and economic growth, attracting top talent from around the world.
“India is increasingly seen as a land of opportunity for professionals. This surge in interest from abroad underscores the confidence in India’s growth and its potential to lead in key industries,” said Rohan Sylvester, Talent Strategy Advisor at Indeed India.
by Editor | Aug 22, 2024 | News, Politics
New Delhi: Parliament’s Joint Committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill met here for the first time on Thursday where officials from the minority affairs and law ministries are briefing them about the various amendments proposed in the draft law.
The 31-member committee, headed by BJP member Jagdambika Pal, has been tasked by the Lok Sabha to scrutinise the contentious bill, which has drawn protests from the opposition parties and Muslim organisations.
The representatives from the minority affairs ministry were expected to brief the committee on the “amendments proposed on the Bill”, the Lok Sabha secretariat said.
The JPC will discuss the bill threadbare and also the concerns over it, Pal said ahead of the meeting, adding that voices of different stakeholders will be heard by the committee
“We will discuss all the 44 amendments and bring a good and comprehensive Bill by next session,” he said.
Pal said the committee will call various Muslim bodies representing different sects to hear their views.
by Editor | Aug 22, 2024 | News, Politics
Kolkata: The CBI, on Thursday, submitted its status report to the Supreme Court on the progress of the investigation into the rape and murder of a woman doctor in state-run R.G Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata, and as per sources the agency has found several missing links.
The apex court’s division bench headed by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud is hearing the matter. This is the second hearing at the CJI’s division bench in the matter and all eyes now are on the proceedings at the division bench.
Sources said the first missing link is the substantial gap between the time of the discovery of the body at the seminar hall of the hospital building on the morning of August 9 and that of intimation to the local police station about the tragedy.
Sources said that the investigating Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials are trying to figure out why the hospital authorities, especially, the former and controversial R.G. Principal Sandip Ghosh took so much time to inform the police after the discovery of the body. The CBI has been interrogating Dr Ghosh to join the dots since last Friday. The questioning has been going on for marathon 12 to 14 hours almost every day.
On Thursday also, Dr Ghosh appeared for interrogation at the CBI’s Salt Lake office in the northern outskirts of Kolkata. This was the seventh consecutive day of his appearance. The CBI has also summoned Ghosh’s driver for interrogation on Thursday.
The second missing link is the exact person who first spotted the body of the victim at the seminar hall on the morning of August 9.
by Editor | Aug 22, 2024 | News, Politics
Thiruvananthapuram: A bomb threat message in the washroom of an AI flight from Mumbai that resulted in a full emergency being declared at the Thiruvananthapuram airport here on Thursday turned out to be a hoax according to the police.
A senior officer of the Thiruvananthapuram city police said the threat was a hoax.
The police also said that no explosive was found on the aircraft after an intensive search carried out by security agencies.
The emergency declared at the airport in the morning was withdrawn around 12.10 pm, airport sources said, adding that all the 135 passengers who travelled on the flight were permitted to leave at 12.45 pm.
Police have launched an investigation into the incident.
Earlier in the morning, the pilot of the aircraft informed the ATC about the threat after a ‘Bomb in flight’ message, written on a tissue paper, was found in the washroom of the plane, the sources said.
The bomb threat was communicated by the pilot at 7.30 am as the aircraft approached the Thiruvananthapuram airport, the sources said.
Subsequently, a full emergency was declared at the airport at 7.36 am, they said.
Thereafter, the aircraft with 135 passengers on-board landed safely at the airport around 8 am and was moved to an isolation bay.
by Editor | Aug 22, 2024 | News, Politics
Hyderabad: Joining the Congress high command’s call to protest against Industrialist Gautam Adani, Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy called for the removal of the SEBI chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch over her alleged involvement with the Adani Group.
Without directly naming them, Reddy accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah of facilitating the looting of the nation’s wealth and placing it in the hands of two individuals—hinting at Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani.
If urged Buch to tender her resignation immediately if the Center failed to remove her.
Addressing the Congress workers and leaders who assembled in front of the Enforcement Directorate’s office near the Telangana Assembly on Thursday, August 22, Revanth Reddy said that “Adani and Pradhani” were looting the people’s wealth, and that BJP has become the ‘biggest threat’ to the country.
He further urged Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief K Chandrashekhar Rao to spell his stand on the INDIA alliance’s demand for a joint parliamentary probe on the alleged “Adani money siphoning scandal” that has rocked the Parliament. Revanth questioned the silence of Siddipet MLA T Harish Rao and BRS working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) on the issue.
In its most recent allegation against the Adani Group, Hindenburg Research, on August 10, accused SEBI chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch and her husband Dhaval Buch of having stakes in obscure offshore funds used in the alleged Adani money siphoning scandal which shocked the nation.
