Saudi Arabia makes profession test mandatory for IndiansSaudi Arabia has launched the Skill Verification Program (SVP) exam for certain categories of jobs, with plans to expand it gradually. The ...
02 Jun, 2023, 10.08 AM IST
GoMechanic announces issuance of Rs 30-crore stock options for service partnersGoMechanic has become the second startup to include service partners in its stock option plans after Urban Company said it would do so in M...
05 Jul, 2022, 05.22 PM IST
Govt to direct transfer stipend payment to apprentices: PradhanAddressing at the launch of the National Apprenticeship Mela across 700 locations in the country, the Skill Development and Entrepreneurshi...
21 Apr, 2022, 04.29 PM IST
Know the careers in demand in Canada before making the course choiceWhile there are plenty of opportunities, it is essential to pick the right course and institution. Spending hard-earned money on a course t...
27 Dec, 2021, 04.11 PM IST
Nearly 52,000 placed at Apprenticeship Mela across 660 locationsOver 5000 companies across retail, telecom, IT/ITeS, electronics and automotive sectors participated in the event, the ministry said. “Unde...
06 Oct, 2021, 08.26 PM IST
Climate partnership to be 'core pillar' of US-India cooperation: BidenBiden's remarks came a day after the two countries announced a “US-India Climate and Clean Energy Agenda 2030 Partnership” to create strong...
24 Apr, 2021, 12.06 PM IST
Partnership with India to achieve climate, energy goals core pillar of bilateral cooperation: BidenBiden made the comments a day after India and the United States announced a "US-India Climate and Clean Energy Agenda 2030 Partnership" to ...
23 Apr, 2021, 11.50 PM IST
Covid lockdown: DPIIT suggests Home Ministry to permit limited activity in select sectorsIn a letter to Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla, the department said that these activities are essential to improve the economic situation ...
12 Apr, 2020, 10.47 PM IST
By 2025 India will have 22 million obsolete vehicles. Where will they go to die?The Indian auto and its component industry that manufactures a wide variety of products including engine parts, drive transmission and stee...
20 Nov, 2019, 10.48 AM IST
Putting skill over degree, 4,215 students who scored over 80% in Class X join ITIs in 2017Data from the state’s Directorate of Vocational Education & Training (DVET) shows that 4,215 students who scored over 80% joined ITIs in 20...
19 Dec, 2017, 12.16 PM IST
Once last option, ITIs now draw 90 percentersOver the last few years, some trades have recorded full capacity: electrician, architectural draughtsman, furniture and cabinet maker, surv...
06 Jun, 2017, 11.13 AM IST
Four former Bajaj Auto veterans form start up to finance used two wheelersWheelsEMI will lend money to India's used two-wheeler market that is now pegged at 17 million units annually and is expanding in double dig...
02 Apr, 2017, 10.03 PM IST
People with vocational skills that industry needs earn more than MBAs or engineersStatistics on 12 sectors indicate that salaries of some vocationally skilled blue-collar job profiles exceed those of engineers by between ...
02 Apr, 2016, 06.51 AM IST
Tata Motors to skill one million youth in five yearsTata Motors has allocated 70% of its resources for skills building to the automotive sector and the rest for other segments.
02 Feb, 2016, 05.41 PM IST
Cleaners, mechanics in demand as Chennaiites wash off slush brought in by rainsScores of families had to put out water-soaked chairs and couches outside homes for the city corporation to clear them out.
11 Dec, 2015, 10.38 AM IST
Punjab to set up institute for training heavy vehicle driversPunjab government would set up an institute and a skill development centre at Kapurthala for imparting training to the heavy vehicle driver...
19 Jul, 2015, 04.36 PM IST
- Services dip after 5 years on recession fears
Lingering hopes that the US economy might avert a recession withered on Tuesday after the nation’s service sector, its banks, travel compan...
07 Feb, 2008, 03.18 AM IST