Younger workers and women were hit most by Covid-19 – and they’re still struggling to recover

For every 100 women employed in December 2019, 74 lost work during the lockdown and another 11 lost work subsequently, finds a survey.

Amit Basole, IndiaSpend.com

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Rosa Abraham, IndiaSpend.com

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Surbhi Kesar, IndiaSpend.com

· Jan 21, 2021 · 09:30 pm

Are techies the highest-paid H-1B employees in the US? Think again

Specialist doctors top the charts.

Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com

· Sep 01, 2020 · 01:30 pm

Some software engineers on H-1B visas were offered up to $2 million by Facebook and Google this year

Despite Trump administration cracking down on the visa programme, both tech giants had 99% of their applications approved.

Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com

· Aug 28, 2020 · 07:30 pm

Lost your job amid coronavirus lockdown? AI may help you find a new one

There are a variety of ways job seekers could use artificial intelligence to give them an edge in a very tough environment.

Patrick van Esch, The Conversation

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Stewart Black, The Conversation

· Aug 14, 2020 · 11:30 pm

A million Indians fear for their future as Kuwaiti parliament works to cap immigration

A proposed law limits the number of Indians to 15% of Kuwait's 4.4 million population.

Jose Devasia, Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Annie Banerji, Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Ban Barkawi, Thomson Reuters Foundation

· Jul 22, 2020 · 07:30 pm

India’s unemployment crisis is helping at least one company: LinkedIn

Unlike social media apps that are wrestling with each other, LinkedIn barely has any competition.

Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com

· Nov 09, 2019 · 01:30 pm

As India’s tech industry evolves, women will have an edge over men

Nasscom’s first female president Debjani Ghosh explains why it’s no longer enough techies to possess conventional skill-sets.

Itika Sharma Punit, qz.com

· Aug 13, 2019 · 01:30 pm

BJP government’s silence on job losses and weakening trade is dangerous, says Priyanka Gandhi

The Congress leader cited a media report that claimed the jobs of 10 lakh people in the automobile sector were in danger.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 26, 2019 · 11:48 am

In Haryana, demonetisation ended acche din for the plywood industry and its workers

Some labourers have had to switch to construction and other industries while others are making ends meet with half of what they used to earn.

Manoj Thakur, Indiaspend.com

· May 24, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Educated but unemployed: Millions of Indians are spending their youth trying to get government jobs

Researchers chronicle the stories of numerous aspirants and how much time and money they spend on trying to crack entrance tests.

Anirban Bhattacharya, Indiaspend.com

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Usman Jawed Siddiqi, IndiaSpend.com

· May 22, 2019 · 08:30 pm

In Punjab’s labour hubs, workers are pleading for jobs at a third of the official minimum wages

India’s informal sector continues to reel from the impact of demonetisation and GST.

Arjun Sharma, IndiaSpend.com

· May 14, 2019 · 01:30 pm

Data check: 90% of jobs created in India after liberalisation were in the informal sector

Liberalisation was expected to formalise India’s largely informal agrarian economy, but that has not been the case.

Prachi Salve, IndiaSpend.com

· May 10, 2019 · 08:30 pm