Britain prioritising jobs in Tata Steel talks: Minister

Britain prioritising jobs in Tata Steel talks: Minister

Britain‘s new government is prioritising avoiding job losses in talks with Tata Steel over government backing for a transition to lower-carbon technologies, business minister Jonathan Reynolds said on Sunday. Tata, Britain’s biggest steel producer, started closing one of its carbon-intensive blast furnaces on Thursday while the shutdown of its other one is slated for September, … Read more

India will fail to plug jobs gap even with 7% growth, says Citi

India will fail to plug jobs gap even with 7% growth, says Citi

India will struggle to create enough jobs for its growing workforce over the next decade even if the economy grows at a rapid pace of 7%, Citigroup Inc. said, suggesting the world’s most-populous nation will need more concerted steps to boost employment and skills. Citi estimates India will need to create about 12 million jobs … Read more

Opposition claims on lack of jobs are hollow and misleading, says Anurag Thakur

Opposition claims on lack of jobs are hollow and misleading, says Anurag Thakur

Union Minister and BJP candidate from Hamirpur constituency Anurag Thakur during his ‘Vijay Sankalp Yatra’ and public meetings in his Parliamentary constituency for the Lok Sabha elections, in Hamirpur district on May 11, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Wednesday termed the allegations of the INDIA bloc on insufficient jobs as … Read more

Poor nations are writing a new handbook for getting rich

Poor nations are writing a new handbook for getting rich

For more than half a century, the handbook for how developing countries can grow rich hasn’t changed much: Move subsistence farmers into manufacturing jobs, and then sell what they produce to the rest of the world. The recipe — customized in varying ways by Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and China — has produced … Read more