-The Hindu Business Line The dismal quality of graduates is impacting the job market. But even high skilled workers are finding the going tough A big controversy has erupted over job creation under the Modi regime —in particular, over whether the unemployment rate in 2017-18 is, in fact, the highest in four decades as CMIE data as well as the officially undisclosed but reported in the press NSSO data seem to indicate. Further,...

-Hindustan Times Previous attempts to study 18th and 19th century droughts have been limited to meteorological droughts caused by failure of rains A study that reconstructed droughts and famines across India over the last 146 years says lack of moisture in the soil for extended periods of time can be linked to some of the most devastating famines. Previous attempts to study 18th and 19th century droughts have been limited to meteorological droughts...

-The Hindu India’s public health system can no longer function within the shadows of its health services system In India, public health and health services have been synonymous. This integration has dwarfed the growth of a comprehensive public health system, which is critical to overcome some of the systemic challenges in healthcare. A stark increase in population growth, along with rising life expectancy, provides the burden of chronic diseases. Tackling this requires an...

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: With the national capital staring at an alarming situation of reaching zero groundwater level by 2020, the Delhi government on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it has prepared a time-bound action plan to revive 201 of the 1,011 identified waterbodies in the state to avert the looming crisis. Appearing before a bench of Madan B Lokur, S Abdul Nazeer and Deepak Gupta, Delhi government counsel...

-ThePrint.in The global survey shows 83.4% of Indian boys aspire to be software developers while 91.2% girls want to be psychiatrists. New Delhi: More girls than boys in India want to become journalists, psychiatrists/psychologists, teachers and lawyers, a recently conducted global survey has revealed. More boys chose to be software developers, engineers, pilots and entrepreneurs in the survey. When it comes to overall career choice, however, engineer and doctor topped the chart. As per the...