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Neighborhood News Digest- 12 September 2024

Afghanistan

Islamic Emirate, Turkmenistan Strengthen Ties with Launch of TAPI Project-Tolo News

Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, the Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate, said on September 11, in Herat that the commencement of ....

September 12, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , economy , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Employment , Balochistan , Security , Gwadar , Turkmenistan , UN , war crimes , reform , Sri Lanka Presidential Election , Mindfulness City , Maldives-Qatar , Maldives Credit Rating , Faryab , Sindh.

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (29 May- 04 June)

Economic

China’s economic recovery faces challenging summer as hydropower producer sizzles amid drought

As sizzling summer heat leads to a surge in power demand, months of persistent drought conditions across a major hydropo....

June 07, 2023 national security , Bangladesh , Employment , BRI , Toyota , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , Middle East , Khartoum , China Stock Rout , OPEC plus , Nuclear Reactors , Shangri La

Reviving the Nepalese Economy under COVID-19

Prof Hari Bansh Jha Commentary

There is hardly any country in the world that is not affected by COVID-19 pandemic. However, the impacts of the pandemic are not uniform. Whereas its impact was more lethal in some countries in terms of both morbidity and mortality; in others, its im....

December 01, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Commentary , India , economy , Employment , COVID-19 , Taxes , Kathmandu Valley

Employability in India: Understanding Demography and the Skills Gap

Partha Pratim Mitra

… skill development programmes must begin at the primary school level … vocationalisation of education should be introduced to prevent drop-outs … curriculum of vocational education must take into consideration the local resources and natural....

October 25, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , Jobs , Make in India , Employment , Employability in India , Skills Gap , skill development

Universal Basic Income: An idea whose time has come?

Shreya Kedia

The 2016-2017 Economic Survey of India (ESI), which was presented a day before the Union Budget was placed in Parliament, threw up the interesting idea of Universal Basic Income (UBI). It even gave the suggestion a swadeshi touch. An entire chapter t....

March 23, 2017 Economic Studies , Economic Survey , Basic income , Social justice , Employment