Rising unemployment has forced many people to give up dreams and opt for odd jobs to sustain themselves

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On 16 August, various civil society organizations under the banner of Sanyukt Rojgar Andolan Samiti will take out a Tiranga March in Delhi, demanding a national policy on employment, Delhi minister Gopal Rai said on Friday

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Although marketplaces are functional once again after two years of the pandemic, traders are facing multiple challenges. Shops are seeing few customers and sometimes closing down and occasionally, there is a suicide due to business losses

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In the busy markets of Delhi, street artists dressed as clowns make an honest effort to attract clients to their owner’s shop, spreading joy as their smiles conceal their distress

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One of the long-term effects of the Covid pandemic has been the ballooning of the freelance community. Now that offices are asking staff to come back to the workplace, those who joined the gig economy state that they are better off being self-employed

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Busking, or performing on the streets for voluntary donations, is often associated with the uneducated and the deprived and is becoming popular in the capital. For this story, we introduce you to a person who supports his Physics (Hons) at DU by busking. And a person who left his career as an English teacher to play the harmonica on the streets of CP

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The Delhi police has arrested 13 people from a fake South Delhi call centre for allegedly duping at least 300 unemployed men and women on the pretext of finding them a job The call centre in Neb Sarai’s Devli area had been operating for the past three months now, they said, adding that among those […]

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Unemployment and a weak administration have driven West Bengal’s youth to regard the violent world of politics as a career option The combination of a weak administration, unemployment, and the urge to make quick money is a deadly concoction. And this is gaining unprecedented popularity in West Bengal, with alarming results. The recent panchayat elections […]

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