Why graduates aren’t finding jobs? Niti Aayog report flags a big mismatch
A new Niti Aayog paper says only 8.25 percent of graduates are in jobs that match their qualifications. That number hits hard. The paper is called Reimagining Skilling for Viksit Bharat @2047. It came out a few days ago. It doesn’t just say “unemployment is high.” It points to something more uncomfortable — the big […]
Red-faced Pakistan summons top US diplomat after envoy calls Jammu & Kashmir ‘important part of India’ in Srinagar
Yesterday in Srinagar, the new US Ambassador to India, Sergio Gor, is out on his first trip to Kashmir. He meets Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, they chat, and then they step out to talk to the press. Gor is standing there looking pretty happy, and he just says it straight: “It’s a pleasure to be […]
Devendra Mahto Says Second Phase of Stir Coming for Corruption-Free Job Exams in Jharkhand
The tents, the quiet groups of students sitting under the lights, the tired but determined faces. Even after one big victory, nobody is packing up and going home just yet.Devendra Mahto, the man who sat on hunger strike for 16 days and became the face of this whole movement, ended his fast late Monday night. […]
Jharkhand CM Listens to Students, Scraps JSSC-CGL and All Exams Tied to the Disputed Firm
On Monday. After twenty-four days of students sitting out in the open, some of them on hunger strike for almost a fortnight, Chief Minister Hemant Soren finally stood up and said the government was cancelling the JSSC-CGL exam. Not just that one paper – everything connected to the private firm TDPL is gone. Every test […]
100 Days of Vijay Govt: Tamil Nadu CM Takes Centre Stage at India Today Roundtable
Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, the actor who became the state’s newest political face, is set to walk into the India Today Tamil Nadu Roundtable in Chennai as the chief guest. It’s not just another event. It’s the first big public stage he’s taking after completing exactly 100 days in office. And people are watching […]
Bar Council’s sudden U-turn after the NALSAR ban over Chief Justice boycott
It all unfolded in a matter of hours on Thursday, and it left a lot of people in the legal world quietly shaking their heads. The Bar Council of India first slammed the door shut on an entire batch of law graduates from NALSAR University of Law in Hyderabad, then quickly opened it again. The […]
Jantar Mantar Season 2 Coming Very Soon, Says CJP Founder Abhijeet Dipke
Abhijeet Dipke from the Cockroach Janta Party, is already talking about round two. And he says it’s coming very soon. It was Wednesday, just a few weeks after they packed up the 36-37 day agitation at Jantar Mantar. Dipke was in Delhi’s Naraina area with a bunch of volunteers. They had planned a proper indoor […]
‘Arunachal is integral part of India, nothing can change this’: MEA on China’s fresh ‘objections’
China once again made a noise about Arunachal Pradesh, and India just looked at them and said, very calmly, “No. It’s ours. Always has been. Nothing you say will change that.” Randhir Jaiswal from the Ministry of External Affairs was doing the usual press briefing on Tuesday. Someone asked him about China’s latest objections, and […]
Amit Shah Set to Speak on Student Protest Crackdown, Says Rijiju — But There’s a Condition for the Opposition
After weeks of the Monsoon Session being stuck in a logjam, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju came out on Monday and said Home Minister Amit Shah is ready to speak on the whole student protest crackdown. The government is offering a full, detailed discussion on the students’ movement and everything that went with it. But […]
Days After That “Girls Enjoy Rape” Remark, Right-Wing Activist Gets Taken Into Custody
TG Mohandas put out a YouTube video talking about the student protests in Delhi over the NEET paper leak mess. And what he said… man, it was the kind of thing that makes you stop and go, wait, did he really just say that? He claimed the protests at Jantar Mantar and places like that […]
