Over the time frame, major loss of jobs is seen among the people who are less educated. The sharp decline in job opportunities clearly suggests why opposition is pushing hard on the matter during the election.

Riding on the festive season, 19.1 million smartphones (53 per cent) of the total 36 million smartphones are expected to be sold online during the festive quarter this year, a new report said on Tuesday.

A Gurugram based IT executive has alleged seven people of trying to rape her outside her residence. Five of the accused have been arrested by the cops, two others are still at large.

One major concern which users of the justice system have expressed is that the lawyers representing them are inexperienced and unable to provide effective legal aid, said Justice S. Muralidhar of the Delhi High Court on Sunday.

The Tamil Nadu government has rejected a Central government-sponsored report on the groundwater contamination in Tuticorin, saying it "prejudices" the state government cases in various courts against the Sterlite copper smelter plant of Vedanta Ltd.

India can cut its annual oil import bill by some Rs 1.2 lakh crore in the next five to seven years by switching its two-wheelers from internal combustion engine to electric, according to the NITI Aayog.

The Indian e-commerce market would become worth over $100 billion by the year 2022, with a growth of around 25 per cent from the current level, a report said on Friday.

More than 150 million students aged between 13-15 years have experienced peer-to-peer violence in and around school, according to a report released by Unicef on Friday.

Former Chennai Police Commissioner S. George on Friday said he has not received any money from any gutkha manufacturer.

Two days after a portion of a bridge collapsed here, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said bridge inspection and monitoring cells under different departments will be set up to expedite their check-up.