'It definitely feels doomed': Techie quits ‘toxic’ job for mental peace, now survives on Rs 25,000 construction workA former IT professional resigned for mental peace but now faces financial hardship. Months after quitting, they remain unemployed despite ...
17 May, 2026, 05.33 PM IST
Warsh clinches Senate approval to be Fed's next chair as inflation intensifiesIn a pivotal moment for the economy, the US Senate has officially confirmed Kevin Warsh as the chair of the Federal Reserve, just as inflat...
14 May, 2026, 12.52 AM IST
The smart way to survive a surprise HR meeting; here's exactly what to say, and what to never admitA vague HR calendar invite sparked widespread anxiety among employees, with many sharing stories of disciplinary actions, layoffs, or uncom...
13 May, 2026, 11.50 PM IST
Employee wins Rs 50,000 compensation from EPFO for 10-year delay in processing EPF transfer claimThe Chandigarh Consumer Commission ruled that the EPFO cannot use software issues as an excuse for a decade-long delay in transferring an e...
12 May, 2026, 05.25 PM IST
Day of Reckoning: West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala & Puducherry assembly poll results set to redefine India's political journeyWest Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala & Puducherry assembly poll results: Counting day arrives for five states after a heated election. Vo...
04 May, 2026, 06.13 AM IST
Microsoft rejected her, Meta rejected her but Google said YES: Techie shares career lessons she learnt after months of unemploymentA Gurugram-based software engineer, Priyanka Giri, has gone viral after sharing how she landed a job at Google following four months of une...
30 Apr, 2026, 05.21 PM IST
IIT graduate applying to Ivy League asks for offer letter without job, Knot Dating CEO says 'degrees don’t fix character'An IIT graduate applying to the IVY League, currently unemployed, asked for an offer letter from Jasveer Singh, co-founder and CEO of Knot ...
21 Apr, 2026, 01.03 PM IST
India’s new jobs report raises questions over underemploymentA new Indian labor report indicates a drop in the jobless rate, but an economist cautions that it may not fully capture the extent of under...
19 Aug, 2025, 03.52 PM IST
Govt cautions on companies' jobs surveysThe govt said many private companies or organisations conduct employment surveys based on their own methodologies that are generally neithe...
05 Jan, 2023, 08.39 PM IST
Congress will win Himachal Assembly polls, says Chhattisgarh CM Baghel"We have released the poll manifesto. The common people have hopes on it as we are talking about increasing the income of people. The publi...
06 Nov, 2022, 10.30 AM IST
High time govt looks at existing definitions of informal labour force: SBI EcowrapIn India, informal employment is defined as someone who is not eligible for at least one social security benefit among provident fund (PF),...
29 Nov, 2021, 05.08 PM IST
CMIE CEO Mahesh Vyas on why govt's employment data smell test smells fishyIndependent testing of data is of critical importance to a young database like CPHS. CMIE is grateful to all those who test the data. In th...
08 Jun, 2021, 11.55 PM IST
Covid layoff: Workers unable to get unemployment allowance under ESIC's 'Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana'With the Covid-19 outbreak, the Centre promised an unemployment allowance under the Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana, a scheme run by the ES...
07 Oct, 2020, 12.08 AM IST
Niti chief Arvind Panagariya rubbishes jobless growth criticism as bogusThere are claims that investments are not picking up, jobs are not being created, but despite all these, the country's economy is growing a...
29 Jun, 2017, 05.28 PM IST
Employment task-force may suggest overhaul of data collectionThe Prime Minister's Office last month had constituted the task force, which includes Chief Statistician TCA Anant and Labour Secretary M S...
22 Jun, 2017, 10.12 PM IST
Unemployment lowest in Gujarat, highest in Goa: SurveyIndia's official unemployment rate was 3.8% for the last year and higher for urban than rural areas according to statistics released by the...
11 Jul, 2012, 02.21 PM IST
India stands resilient as unemployment crisis loomsThe global financial and economic crisis has led to deceleration in world growth resulting in significant job cuts in many countries.
22 Dec, 2008, 04.15 PM IST