-The Hindu Business Line Researchers say that environmental problem of groundwater depletion is much more serious than carbon dioxide emissions associated with it New Delhi: Over-extraction of groundwater is a major environmental challenge in many parts of India. It is not only leading to rapid decline in groundwater reserves but also contributing to India’s carbon emissions, a new study has warned. Billions of litres of groundwater pumped out every year contributes to carbon...
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CAG 'deliberately delaying' report on Rafale deal, demonetisation: Former bureaucrats
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: Sixty retired bureaucrats have written to the CAG expressing concern over audit reports on demonetisation and the Rafale deal being "deliberately" delayed to not "embarrass" the NDA government till next year's general elections. In a letter, they said there was concern over the "unconscionable" and "unwarranted delay" in bringing out the audit reports on demonetisation and the Rafale fighter jet deal, and the reports should be...
More »18.6 million without jobs in India this year, unemployment rate to stand at 3.5 per cent in 2019
-India Today According to its latest report by ILO, India has an estimated 18.6 million jobless in the country this year which will increase to 18.9 million in 2019 Many would argue that the core objective behind education is to gainful employability. They are not far from the truth. Indeed, many organizations that evaluate the return on investment in education do so on the basis of the employability quotient. The Data with regard...
More »Soaring Joblessness Among Youth May Sink BJP in Polls - Subodh Varma
-Newsclick.in Unemployment among youth is raging at a staggering 26 per cent to 55 per cent in the three BJP ruled states going to polls in the coming weeks. High and pervasive joblessness among youth of age group 20-29 years is severely denting the re-election prospects of BJP in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. According to Data from CMIE’s Statistical Profile for May-August 2018, unemployment rate was 26 per cent in...
More »It's real: Researchers develop Fake-O-Meter to tackle fake news -KV Kurmanath
-The Hindu Business Line The solution, developed at IIIT-H, is based on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Hyderabad: Not every message in your WhatsApp groups or on your Twitter and Facebook timelines is true. Far from the truth, the news reports, images and videos may well be a figment of someone’s imagination, and have the ability to trigger tensions. With the fake news menace virtually going out of control, researchers at the International Institute...
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