New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Monday partnered with hospitality company Airbnb to create livelihood opportunities for women in the northeast region as a step towards their empowerment. The partnership under NCW's capacity building cell - an...
New Delhi : Opening the doors of bureaucracy for private sector professionals, the government on Sunday invited applications for 10 Joint Secretary level posts through lateral entry as opposed to the UPSC examinations. The government said the proposal of lateral entry...
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday interacted with thousands of youngsters who have made it big in the startup sector and said it is the youth who have turned out to be the "job creators" of the nation. Describing India as a "youthful nation", Modi...
New Delhi : The decision of the Tamil Nadu government to shut the copper smelter plant in Tuticorin would have serious economic ramifications by pushing India's annual import bill by an estimated $2 billion, said P. Ramnath, CEO, Sterlite Copper. "The sudden decision...
New Delhi : Companies in India are likely to recruit more permanent employees than contractual workers in the times ahead, a report said here on Tuesday. "The results suggest that recruitment drives will focus more on filling permanent roles, as opposed to temporary...
By Barry Ellsworth, Trenton, Canada: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Amazon jointly announced Monday that the online retailing giant will add 3,000 employees to its Vancouver operation. In addition, Amazon will build a new office tower that is expected to...
New Delhi : Congress leader and former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said on Monday that the biggest issue in the 2019 Lok Sabha election will be unemployment and Narendra Modi government's "incompetence to create jobs". Addressing the national executive meeting of...
Manila : Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has announced that a ban on Filipinos working in Kuwait will be made permanent and he urged those still working in that country to return home, state media reported on Sunday. Duterte made the comments during a speech on...
By Arun Kumar Das, New Delhi : That some 2.37 crore people have applied as the Indian Railways kicked off the process of filling up over 88,000 posts is clearly indicative of the "jobless growth" the country is experiencing. But the exercise has a positive side - by...
New Delhi : The new UK-India Tech Partnership agreed to during the bilateral meeting between visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his British counterpart Theresa May will help generate significant investment and create jobs, the British High Commission...