Labour Trends
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India’s workforce has fewer women than it did six years ago
Women earn between Rs 70 and Rs 80 for every Rs 100 that men earn.
Janaki Shibu and Rosa Abraham, IndiaSpend.com
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India is struggling to convert high economic growth into jobs, says survey on workforce
The State of Working India 2018 report by the Azim Premji University said 82% of male and 92% of female workers earn less than Rs 10,000 a month.
Scroll Staff
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Inside an Amazon delivery station in Mumbai run by the hearing-impaired
A team of 26 employees, who speak in sign language, run the show at this unit of logistics company Mirakle Couriers.
Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com
Trending
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Watch: MS Dhoni’s CSK complete fairytale comeback to IPL in 2018 as Shane Watson scores epic ton
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When India was a ‘land of diamonds’, Russian tsars eagerly tried to build ties with Aurangzeb
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Two plaques in Srirangapatna claim to mark the spot where Tipu Sultan died. Which one is accurate?
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Teenager directed to work at cow shelter for 15 days for sharing morphed photo of Adityanath
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Behind Gyanvapi’s women petitioners, a network of men who have long fought for Hindutva causes
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In the age of automation, IT firms don’t need robotic ‘yes men’ – they need problem-solving humans
Techies are falling short in the domain of soft skills or people skills.
Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com
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Women's Day: Indian men are more open to women working – even more open than Indian women
The International Labour Organisation's 'women and work' report also reveals that 65% of Indian men want women to work, compared with 52% of Indian women.
Aarefa Johari
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Demonetisation spurs fall in sale of manufactured goods, job cuts likely
A fall in the demand for manufactured goods was visible before the currency ban and has quickened since.
Prathamesh Mulye, Indiaspend.com
Video
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‘You are doing nothing’: Democrat leader interrupts Texas governor at press conference over gun laws
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‘Single biggest learning experience of my life’: Rahul Gandhi about father Rajiv’s assassination
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Watch: Indo-Tibetan border police play nostalgic childhood game after snowfall in Himachal Pradesh
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Watch: New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern explains how her country implemented gun control
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Watch: This girl with an amputated leg has to hop to school on one foot in a Bihar town
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How business is devising new ways to rip off workers
Businesses are reducing the UK tax take with a new form of self-employment which harks back to medieval England.
Geraint Harvey,Carl Rhodes,Karen Williams and Sheena Vachhani, The Conversation
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Job growth rate dropped to six-year low in January-September 2015: Labour Bureau data
Only 1.55 lakh new jobs in eight labour-intensive industries were created in the period, compared with 3.04 lakh in 2014 and 3.36 lakh in 2013.
Scroll Staff
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India can increase GDP by more than a quarter by giving more women jobs
The rate of India’s female graduates entering the workforce is lower than the rate of illiterate women finding a job.
Diksha Madhok, qz.com
The Reel
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‘Goodfellas’ and ‘Field of Dreams’ actor Ray Liotta dies at 67
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Watch: Partition, art and the idea of home in short film ‘The Miniaturist Of Junagadh’
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Watch: ‘The Gray Man’ stars Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Dhanush and Ana de Armas
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‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ trailer: Christian Bale joins Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman
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‘Zollywood’ trailer: Marathi film about Vidarbha’s theatre scene is coming soon to cinemas