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World needs 600 million jobs in next 15 years to meet youth employment needs: UN report
Unemployment among the global youth to climb to 34.6% by 2023. In 2021, 96.8% youth work in the informal sector in developing economies like India; 20% in developed economies
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Go First wants to keep going. But can it fly any higher?
The airline is positioning itself as the country's first ultra-low-cost carrier and has put in place a turnaround plan that has begun showing results. An IPO is also in the works. But will it succeed at a time when the aviation industry is dealing with devastating losses?
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Concern about Covid has fallen sharpest in India, among 28 nations: IPSOS
Covid and unemployment were the biggest concerns of people across 28 countries surveyed by IPSOS but climate change saw only 14% worried; 60% Indians surveyed believe the country is on the right track overall
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International Youth Day: The next 100 years of the planet are uncertain. The fight for the future is on
Through online activism and legal means, youngsters are fighting climate change, raising awareness and leading scientific research. Their leadership, individually and collectively has forced the establishment to acknowledge the threat to our planet and environment
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Limited salt consumption: First step towards a healthy BP
Dr. Kachhela talks about benefits of reducing salt in your diet and shares tips to achieve it
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Inside the White House-Facebook rift over vaccine misinformation
Many Americans who refused to get vaccinated had cited false stories they read on Facebook, including theories that the shots could lead to infertility, stillborn babies and autism
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In Lionel Messi's move, a dim portrait of modern soccer
Messi's transfer to Paris St.-Germain highlights how even the best player of his generation was not able to resist the economic forces that carry the game along
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London tops the list of world's best cities for students in 2021
While London tops the charts, Boston, US, ranks at 9 - a spot it shares with Montreal and Paris. In terms of the best university, a different study ranks MIT as world no 1, and colleges and universities in the US and UK took most of the top 10 rankings
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Has the NFT bubble already burst?
Non-fungible tokens shot to popularity earlier this year with headline-grabbing, multi-million-dollar sales of digital-only artworks. Globally, sales and token values have since fallen, while in India, NFT usage is slowly catching up. How much of it is hype and how much is here to stay?
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Climate change is a 'hammer hitting us on the head,' developing nations say
A new UN report suggests that atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide had not been this high in at least 2 million years, and the past decade is likely the hottest the planet has been in 125,000 years
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Text memes are taking over Instagram
The trend has transformed Instagram, the photo- and video-based app owned by Facebook, into a network of microblogs and a destination for written expression