New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Members of the Indian Youth Congress staged a dramatic protest inside Bharat Mandapam on Friday during the India AI Impact Summit 2026, raising slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Central government over alleged “unemployment, inflation and the reported India-US trade deal”.According to officials, several Youth Congress workers removed their shirts and shouted slogans, including “PM is compromised”, before security personnel intervened. The protester…
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Canberra, Feb 19 (IANS) Australia’s unemployment rate remained steady at 4.1 per cent in January, according to official data released on Thursday. The latest monthly labour force data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed that the number of Australians employed on a full-time basis increased by 50,500 between December and January, which was partially offset by a fall in part-time employment of 32,700 people, Xinhua News Agency reported.The official unemployment rate remained at 4…
Dodoma, Feb 16 (IANS) The recent attacks in Pakistan’s Balochistan underscore not only security challenges, but also what critics describe as persistent failures of Pakistani authorities to address the grievances across the province, a report said on Monday. It added that documented human rights abuses — particularly enforced disappearances and alleged extrajudicial killings — have fostered an environment in which, according to activists, peaceful dissent is criminalised, leaving some to vie…
Belagavi, Feb 12 (IANS) BJP’s Karnataka unit President B. Y. Vijayendra on Thursday alleged that the Congress-led government in Karnataka has completely neglected Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes.Discussions have begun among the poor, farmers, backward classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes that they were misled by the Congress and are being subjected to injustice, he claimed.Speaking to the media here, he said the Congress-led government has been in power fo…
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) While the Pakistan government claims that it ushered in the recent macroeconomic stabilisation, the uncomfortable and far more consequential reality is that unemployment is rising, and for millions of Pakistanis, economic stability remains an abstract concept that has not translated into secure livelihoods, according to an article in the Pakistani media.The 2025 Labour Force Survey paints a stark picture. Unemployment has climbed to 7.1 per cent, the highest level in 21 …
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Opposition parties on Monday mounted a sharp attack on the BJP-led central government, accusing it of avoiding parliamentary debate on critical national issues such as border infrastructure, inflation and unemployment, while raking up ideological controversies for political gain. Speaking after announcing a meeting of Opposition parties, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said there was growing internal conflict within the BJP and alleged that the government was deliber…
Jammu, Feb 9 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government said on Monday that it has collected over Rs 48 crore as application fees from candidates during the last two years through the J&K Public Service Commission (JKPSC) and the J&K Services Selection Board (JKSSB).The government said this while responding to a question raised by MLA Pulwama, Waheed-ur-Rehman Para.The UT government said that Rs 14.48 crore was collected in 2023-24 — including Rs 7.39 crore by JKPSC and Rs 7.09 crore by JK…
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Over the last decade, Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) has experienced persistent economic stagnation and a major contributor to economic deceleration, which is getting worse, is the region’s growing fiscal vulnerability, a report has said.According to the report in European Times, the deepening economic stagnation in PoK is marked by “slowing growth, rising unemployment, rising poverty, and shrinking development spending”.In 2020, public development spending account…
Wellington, Feb 4 (IANS) New Zealand’s unemployment rate rose to 5.4 per cent in the December 2025 quarter, the highest since the September 2015 quarter when it was 5.7 per cent, Stats NZ reported Wednesday. The unemployment rate of 5.4 per cent was up from 5.3 per cent in the previous quarter, said the statistics department, Xinhua News Agency reported.The number of unemployed people rose by 5,000 to 165,000 over the quarter, while both employment and participation in the labour market increase…
Mumbai, Feb 1 (IANS) Maharashtra Congress President Harshwardhan Sapkal on Sunday said that the budget presented by the Narendra Modi government is no different from the previous budget. “This budget is not meant to satisfy any social class, but is limited to big figures and claims,” he said. He alleged that figures have been manipulated in the budget, and it is completely directionless.“A solid policy is required for large-scale employment generation in the country, but there is no clear …