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Demand for work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme fell sharply in August and inched closer to the pre-covid levels, suggesting stability in the labour market. Data showed household demand for work under…

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PTI New Delhi, August 26Air India will restore salaries that were cut in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic from September 1, according to a…

Canada's housing market continued to cool in July, with the average home price clocking in at $629,971 — a figure that drops by another $104,000 when excluding the Greater Toronto Area and Vancouver markets — as compared to June's average…

SINGAPORE: The manpower of Singapore’s aviation sector is still well below pre-COVID levels, despite 4,000 new recruits joining in the first half of 2022, said Transport Minister S Iswaran on Sunday (Aug 7). Speaking on the sidelines of…

The US jobs market grew much faster than expected in July, lifting employment back to pre-pandemic levels, in news welcomed by President Joe Biden as he faces tough midterm elections — but which also fuels concerns over sky-high inflation.…

The Reserve Bank of India on Friday increased the policy repo rate by 50 basis points to 5.4 per cent, governor Shaktikanta Das announced. The repo rate is now back to pre-pandemic levels, and the highest since 2019. In simple words, repo…

NEW DELHI: Indian tourists flocked to Turkiye (previously known as Turkey), which recently removed all Covid-time entry restrictions, like never before this summer. The Turkiye Tourism Board (TTB) says over 27,300 Indians visited the…

The World Health Organization on Saturday called for greater efforts in the South-East Asia Region to revive routine immunization rates to pre-Covid times, stressing that despite concerted efforts by countries, challenges and gaps persist.…

The hotel industry's revenues and margins are expected to return to pre-COVID levels in 2022-23 despite potential impact on demand in case of further waves of the pandemic, according to rating agency ICRA. Domestic leisure and transient…