The United States Department of Labor has offered ₹742 crore ($81 million) worth of grants to states and eligible entities under its RESTART initiative to “develop programs to train ex-offenders for high-need American jobs and assist them in being productive contributors to the US economy”. In a notice on its official website, the labor dept…
Artificial intelligence is advancing at startling speed. The latest models can now complete complex, hours-long tasks with little human supervision. This month one of OpenAI’s models helped derive a new result in theoretical physics. No wonder an essay declaring that “Something Big is Happening” has gone viral. Is something big happening to the economy, too?…
Sanjeev Bikhchandani who founded Info Edge, the parent company of jobs portal Naukri.com, feels that AI is not taking away jobs from you, but advised employees to “learn 5-15 useful AI tools” in order to keep up with the job market demands. Speaking at the AI Impact Summit 2026 on 16 February, Bikhchandani addressed the…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated on Saturday that the Union Cabinet’s decisions from the previous evening will improve infrastructure and ease of living. The Union Cabinet met on Friday evening, where several decisions were made regarding infrastructure projects. PM Modi, in a series of X posts, informed that the Cabinet has approved three multi-tracking projects…
US Bangladesh Trade Deal: America has reduced the tax on goods coming from Bangladesh to 19 percent. This decision has been taken after the new trade agreement between the two countries. According to this agreement, if clothes are made in Bangladesh from raw materials made in America, then such clothes can be sent to America…
Union Budget 2026: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the general budget for the financial year 2026-27 today on 1 February. This will be his ninth consecutive budget. While the general public is expecting relief from inflation regarding the budget, there are sharp reactions to it in the political circles too. Before the budget, Congress…
