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India's female employment rate has nearly doubled since 2017, jumping from 22% to 39% as more women find jobs and unemployment among women drops to just 3.1%. The transformation marks one of the fastest improvements in women's workforce participation globally.
India's unemployment rate fell to 4.9% in February, marking a significant win especially for women entering the workforce. Urban areas and female job seekers led the improvement across the country.
India and Japan just launched a major partnership to revolutionize healthcare and medical devices, combining Japan's advanced technology with India's skilled workforce. The collaboration also extends to cutting-edge quantum science research.
Qualcomm just unveiled a breakthrough 2nm semiconductor design created by its engineering team in India, marking the country as a major player in global chip innovation. After two decades of investment, India now hosts Qualcomm's largest workforce outside the United States.
Pronto is transforming India's informal domestic work sector by providing training, background checks, and predictable income to thousands of women. The nine-month-old company now handles 18,000 bookings daily while giving workers dignified employment.
India's largest airline just shattered a glass ceiling in aviation, reaching a milestone that outpaces the rest of the world. IndiGo now employs over 1,000 women pilots, making up 17.5% of its pilot workforce.
Before the rest of India wakes, sunlight first touches Dong Valley in Arunachal Pradesh, where three countries meet. Northeast India holds the nation's earliest and most spectacular sunrises, and travelers have a narrow window to witness them before monsoon season arrives.
A new 100-bed cancer treatment center in Tiruppur, India is already treating patients for free, and officials are adding advanced scanning equipment to serve the region's industrial workforce. The $13 million facility came together through a rare public-private partnership after local citizens donated $600,000.
Over 50,000 medical, dental, nursing, and allied health students just graduated from Tamil Nadu's Dr. MGR Medical University, ready to strengthen India's healthcare workforce. Among them, a cochlear implant recipient earned top honors in occupational therapy, proving disabilities don't limit dreams.
A solar energy company rescued a stuck 142 MW project in India and finished it in nine months, turning a setback into a success story. The plant will now power thousands of homes while creating local jobs in rural Gujarat.
India's Tata Electronics just secured a game-changing partnership with Dutch tech giant ASML to build the country's first major semiconductor factory. The $11 billion facility will help India join the global chip manufacturing race while creating thousands of high-tech jobs.
In India's Unnao district, a traditional embroidery cluster is thriving with women making up 60% of its workforce, transforming ancient zari-zardozi craft into a modern success story. A new government-supported facility is helping 35 artisans turn intricate threadwork into sustainable livelihoods.
Women in India's villages are tending crops by day and training AI models by night, earning income while staying close to home. At least 200,000 rural workers now make up roughly half the global data-labeling workforce.
India's Defense Minister invited Germany to co-create cutting-edge defense technology, marking a new chapter in collaboration between two of the world's largest democracies. The partnership aims to blend India's reform momentum with Germany's renowned manufacturing expertise.
The Better India launches a special Mother's Day series celebrating mothers who are building enterprises, protecting the environment, and driving change across India. These stories showcase motherhood as more than caregiving—it's entrepreneurship, activism, and community leadership in action.
A Vietnamese electric vehicle maker just proved it can scale fast in one of the world's toughest markets. VinFast India produced 10,000 electric vehicles in less than 12 months, showing the country's EV revolution is picking up serious speed.
At a major tech conference in India, women executives shared how they're making artificial intelligence accessible to all workers while creating leadership opportunities for women in emerging AI roles.
The caracal, a mysterious wild cat that lost 90% of its range in India, now has confirmed breeding populations in Rajasthan's deserts. India just launched its first national conservation plan to save this elusive species from disappearing completely.
India is powering its growing economy with clean electricity faster than China did at the same income level, thanks to plummeting costs of solar panels and batteries. The shift means India can skip the fossil fuel detour that slowed down other developing nations.
In a breakthrough for South Asian sports, India announced Wednesday it will welcome Pakistani athletes to compete in international tournaments hosted on Indian soil. The policy shift comes as India prepares to host major global sporting events through 2038.
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