‘India offers what innovators and investors need’: PM Modi at VivaTech Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday invited the world to invest in India based on the five pillars of – talent, market, capital, eco-system and culture of openness. Stating that India’s strides in the world of tech and start-up are well-known, he said the country is home to one of the world’s…

Covid-19: India may see 10% unemployment rate in May as local lockdowns hit jobs

The unemployment rate in India is likely to cross 10 per cent in May due to stricter restrictions across states amid the ongoing second Covid-19 wave. Employment in urban areas has taken a harder knock this month. With the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic far from over in India, states are likely to go slow on the…