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Statsguru: Youth employability declines amid looming AI disruption

The unemployment rate for those aged 15 and above with graduate-level education has dropped over the years in both rural and urban areas

India's cancer mortality ratio highest among top 10 cancer-affected nations

Based on the Global Cancer Observatory (GLOBOCAN) 2022 data, India ranked third behind China and the United States in terms of absolute number of cancer incidences

Rising student suicides put focus on India's mental health debate

From 'coaching capital' Kota in Rajasthan to industrialised Maharashtra, young people are battling stress

Statsguru: Natural gas targets remain blurry as 2030 goal seems unlikely

Owing to the global energy crisis of 2022 and the consequent price increase, the share of natural gas imports in gross energy imports fell from 7.51 per cent in 2020-21 to 5.43 per cent in 2022-23

Statsguru: Are Indian tariffs truly 'top of the pack' as Trump claims?

Does India charge more than its peers in world trade?

Economic Survey 2024-25: Services, debt improve external situation

Unemployment rates in urban and rural areas have declined

Banks to NBFCs, customer complaints rise as redressal system slows down

Complaints about mobile or e-banking form majority of those received by the RBI ombudsman against banks

As technology advances, fear of future shock for India's workforce

A large chunk of it is unprepared for new skills as AI and machine learning become common

Statsguru: Commercial realty sees growing demand amid limited supply

Office space supply reduced 9.35 per cent year-on-year in 2024, while the demand increased by 21.9 per cent

Internet shutdowns: Global economy struggles as the web goes dark

The economic losses linked to government-induced disruptions amounted to $7.69 billion globally in 2024, a decline of 15.77 per cent compared to the previous year

Statsguru: India's forest and tree cover at 25.17% of total land area

Forest fire detections saw a considerable drop from the 2020-21 cycle. Odisha and Madhya Pradesh witnessed the bulk of forest fire incidents

South Indian film industry lags in women leadership roles, shows data

The fourth edition of the report titled O Womaniya! reveals a decline in the representation of women HoDs in Telugu films, dropping from 5 per cent in 2021 to 3 per cent in 2023

H-1B visa programme: A policy shift under Donald Trump, Joe Biden

The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations requiring theoretical or technical expertise

Cheap imports, declining FDI challenge India's textile export ambitions

India has set the target to reach $100 billion in textile exports by 2030

Hurt in Covid-19, MSMEs recover slowly as initiatives for them continue

Share of credit outstanding to MSMEs by scheduled commercial banks as a percentage of outstanding non-food credit is tepid

Statsguru: India faces growing financial risks from cybersecurity breaches

The number of digital financial frauds rose more than four times in FY24 year-on-year to comprise 80 per cent of all financial frauds

Indian billionaires: The rise of the few sparks concern about equality

The super-rich increasingly hold more of the national income; their wealth has grown by 263% to $905.6 bn in a decade

Surge in finished steel imports sparks industry woes, policy dilemmas

It remains to be seen how the government charts out a path to address the competing concerns and resolve the matter

Fulfilling poll promises an arduous task for INDIA bloc in Jharkhand

The JMM-led INDIA bloc in Jharkhand had announced guarantees for the people of the state, including transfer payments, in its manifesto

India's goal to improve higher education enrolment seems hard to get

Country will need more universities and colleges to meet 2035 target set by National Education Policy