 | UK unemployment hits 5.0% on coronavirus falloutAt 5.0 per cent, the figure is 1.2 percentage points higher than a year earlier, the ONS added. |
 | Indian economy estimated to contract by 9.6 per cent in 2020, grow at 7.3 per cent in 2021: UNThe report said economic growth in South Asia in 2021 will be insufficient, at 6.9 per cent, to make up for the losses of 2020. |
 | 45 Telangana youths scammed by Gulf agent on pretext of providing jobsThe agent forged fake visas, travel tickets and offer letters as part of the con. |
 | Job losses from virus four times as bad as 2009 financial crisisThe International Labor Organization estimated that the restrictions on businesses and public life destroyed 8.8% of all work hours around the world last year. |
 | Oxfam urges radical economic rejig for post-COVID worldOxfam said the world's 10 richest people saw their fortunes increase by half a trillion dollars since the crisis began even though global economy remains smaller. |
 | Micro firms can create 10.3 million jobs: ReportIt noted that the government’s aggressive policies can enable the growth of the current 6.2 crore MSEs to 8 crore MSEs over the next 10 years. |
 | Jolly good story: Treesa, India’s new kid on the badminton blockIt was tough because there weren’t many top-notch badminton players from our place. |
 | Impact assessment of riverfront project in Cuttack soonThe National Green Tribunal (NGT)-constituted joint committee will now assess the impact of sand filling in Mahanadi river bed upstream of Jobra barrage in Cuttack. |
 | Healthcare, tech to lead recovery in job marketHealthcare and technology will be at the forefront of any recovery in India’s job markets, according to a report from global recruitment firm Michael Page. |
 | On the prowlOf late, woman entrepreneurs are being targeted by a well-organised fraudster who dangles non-existent central schemes before them as bait. |
 | Doctor writes to MEA over job fraudHe stated that he had paid Bioplannet Rs 4,72,000 in two instalments in 2018. Chaturvedi and Bioplannet had later signed a MoU for the registration process in December 2019. |
 | Unions strike over job cuts at French vaccine maker SanofiSome 200 workers with union flags and megaphones gathered outside the entrance to the sprawling Sanofi research and development facility in Marcy l'Etoile. |
 | Uttar Pradesh, Bihar have maximum police posts lying vacantUttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal top the list of States having maximum vacancies in police departments. |
 | Jharkhand man duped of Rs 6.5 lakh in OdishaA 34-year-old man from Jharkhand was duped of Rs 6.5 lakh by two persons who promised to get him a government job. |
 | Expedite promotions process, says Telangana Chief SecretaryHe directed officials to make elaborate arrangements for the conduct of Republic Day celebrations on January 26. |
