Bloomberg India’s unemployment rate could have climbed to more than 20% as the economy lost jobs after a nationwide lockdown took effect in the last week of March, according to a survey by the Center for Monitoring Indian Economy Pvt. The jobless rate was 23.4% for the week ended April 5 based on a sample size of 9,429 observations, Mahesh ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The number of stores providing e-services for consumers in the UAE rose by 150 percent in the past two weeks, according to an updated list published by the Telecommunications Regulation Authority (TRA). This significant surge reflects the expansion of e-services in accordance with the high demand from consumers in the United Arab Emirates. The updated list ...

Sharjah / Emirates Business The Emirates Publishers Association (EPA) has announced several initiatives, which aim to support the local publishing industry to overcome the current challenges facing the sector posed by the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, and offer them the required impetus to continue production of quality content. The announcement was made during EPA’s fifth board meeting, conducted remotely, ...