Seoul, April 15 (IANS) South Korea added 206,000 jobs in March, topping the 200,000 mark for the second straight month, though weakness in youth employment and the manufacturing sector persisted, data showed on Wednesday.The number of employed people rose by 0.7 percent from a year earlier to 28.79 million last month, according to the data from the Ministry of Data and Statistics, reports Yonhap news agency.After slowing for two consecutive months, job growth had rebounded to the 200,000 range i…
Latest Youth Employment News & Updates
Jammu, March 31 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Tuesday that the government would make 25,000 fresh recruitments in 2026, but added that he will not rush through the process to avoid court cases.Replying to a question in the Legislative Assembly, Omar Abdullah said the government is fully committed to filling 25,000 vacant posts in 2026, while emphasising that the recruitment process will be transparent and time-bound.The CM was replying to a query from PDP MLA from…
Chandigarh, March 24 (IANS) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday said that the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab was forcing farmers to commit suicide in despair after failing to give them any succour, be it fulfilling the promise to provide minimum support price (MSP) on 22 crops. Expressing sorrow at the extreme step taken by two brothers – Jaswinder and Jaskaran of Faridkot district after becoming severely indebted, the SAD president said, “AAP promised big but did n…
Chandigarh, March 7 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday laid the foundation stone for a Rs 137-crore rural link road project in the border constituency of Khemkaran and said the AAP government was focusing on strengthening infrastructure, employment opportunities, and improved public services in border regions. He also highlighted progress in canal irrigation, employment generation, and education reforms. Addressing a gathering after laying the foundation stone, CM Mann…
Jaipur, Feb 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Ajmer in Rajasthan on Saturday. At around 11.30 a.m., he will launch, inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for multiple development projects worth over Rs 16,680 crore. The Prime Minister will also address a public gathering on the occasion.The projects span key sectors including urban development, drinking water supply, road infrastructure, irrigation, energy and industrial development, and are aimed at accelerating Raj…
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday, assured the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation from Kerala that he would visit the state to campaign for the upcoming Assembly elections, describing the party’s recent victory at the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation as significant and a major milestone for the BJP in the state. The Prime Minister made these remarks while receiving 115 BJP elected representatives from corporations, municipalities and the three-tier panchayat i…
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 5 (IANS) Former Delhi BJP President and three-time Member of Parliament from North East Delhi Manoj Tiwari on Thursday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government for presenting a transformational Union Budget 2026-27. Addressing a press conference, Tiwari said that while anyone can draw a line on butter, the 2026 Budget is an effort akin to carving a line on stone to shape the destiny of India of 2047.He said that this Budget, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharam…
Guwahati, Jan 16 (IANS) Assam’s youth could be a driver of industrialisation to generate employment opportunities and entrepreneurship if supported by sustained policy focus, industry participation and skill development, experts said on Friday.The experts said this during a webinar titled ‘Assam’s Youth and Viksit Bharat 2047: Pathways to Industrialisation, Employment and Entrepreneurship’, organised in collaboration with the National Service Scheme (NSS) Cell of Gauhati University.With over one…
Jaipur, Jan 12 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on Monday said youth participation is crucial to realising the vision of a “Developed Rajasthan”, asserting that India is a young nation and its youth form the foundation of both the country and the state.Addressing students from various educational institutions during a pre-budget dialogue at the Chief Minister’s residence, Sharma said the dream of a Developed India and a Developed Rajasthan can be achieved through the energy and …