WORRYING! Unemployment Rises in December

The unemployment rate shot up to a record 10.9 per cent in the week that ended on December 18, points out Mahesh Vyas. IMAGE: Labourers wait for work at a market on a cold morning in Delhi. Kindly......

Ukrainian forces attack separatist-dominated positions

Ukrainian forces attacked positions of pro-Russian separatists, Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics (LPR and DPR) on Sunday according to a news report. IMAGE: Reservists take part in a tactical......

Russia to continue military drills amid escalation in Ukraine

Belarusian Defence Minister Viktor Khrenin said on Sunday that Moscow and Minsk had decided to continue the joint military exercise to test the Union State's response force. IMAGE: A member of the......

Our forces advanced 8 miles in past 24 hrs: Russia

Units of the Russian armed forces are moving forward with the special operation, having advanced up to 14 kilometres (8.7 miles) over the past 24 hours, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor......

March's Employment Figures Disappointing

The fall in the employment rate translated into a 2.6 million fall in absolute employment between December 2022 and March 2023.Most of this fall was in March 2023. Photograph: ANI Photo Headline......

Fresh Formal job creation slows down in May, shows EPFO data

Formal job creation slowed in May after recovering slightly at the turn of the fiscal year in the previous month, according to the latest payroll data, released by the Employees’ Provident......

Workforce Shrank By 3.8 Million In March

What the labour market statistics of March 2022 show is India's biggest sign of economic distress, points out Mahesh Vyas. IMAGE: A job fair on the Delhi University campus. Photograph: ANI Photo......

Employment may go past pre-Covid levels in October

The week ended October 17 was remarkable as it saw a fall in the unemployment rate.We have not seen such a level in any monthly estimate of the employment rate since March 2020, Mahesh Vyas points......