ISRO Cartosat-2 PSLV-C38 launch: India launches 31 satellites from Sriharikota

President hails skill schemes for youth

<p>President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday hailed the central government for launching several schemes for improving skills in youth to improve their chances of employment. “With the motto ‘Har Haath ko Hunar’, my government has taken several steps for skilling youth and improving their employability,” Mukherjee said while addressing the joint session of both the houses […]</p>

Kejriwal inaugurates skill development centres

<p>Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday opened skill development centres here and said it was aimed at developing skills of destitutes, making them employable and self-dependent. Addressing a gathering in Tilak Nagar in west Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader said his government was committed to work for the betterment of the poor. […]</p>

Skill programme for Indians going abroad for work: PM

<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said his government will soon launch a skill development programme for young Indians seeking jobs abroad. “We will shortly launch a skill development programme, the Pravasi Kaushal Vikas Yojana, targeted at Indian youth seeking overseas employment,” the Prime Minister said at the Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 2017. Modi flashed a […]</p>

Intex to skill 2,500 unemployed youth in UP

<p>Domestic handset-maker Intex Technologies on Thursday announced that it will provide employment-linked skill training to 2500 unemployed and underprivileged youth in Uttar Pradesh over a period of three years. Intex signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Uttar Pradesh Skill Development Mission (UPSDM) to undertake skill development training in mobile/IT products manufacturing. For the first […]</p>

Sidharth Malhotra 'kicked' to be part of Skill India campaign

Skill India Summit: Europe offers know-how for skilling of Indian youths

<p>Several European stakeholders made their bids and shared views on how to make rural Indian youth more employable and increase their competence, on the second day of EU-India Skill Development Summit Speaking on the behalf of Rudoph Strahm, author of “Why They are So Poor: A Work Book for Development and Underdevelopment in the South”, […]</p>

‘Passwords sent via human body rather than air more safe’

<p>A team of Indian-American engineers has devised a way to send secure passwords through the human body using smartphone fingerprint sensors and laptop touchpads rather than over the air where they’re vulnerable to hacking. Sending a password or secret code over airborne radio waves like Wi-Fi or Bluetooth means anyone can eavesdrop, making those transmissions […]</p>

Two India-born MIT scientists conferred with prestigious US awards

Government signs up Sachin Tendulkar to endorse Skill India campaign