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Recent data from the World Bank shows that variations in pay across the country depend more on factors other than qualifications or skills. For India to meet its development objectives, India must tackle skewed job prospects.

The Cockroach Janata Party, with 20 million online followers, failed to make any real impact in its maiden show of strength. The ‘armchair’ revolutionary friends dreaming of a French Revolution encore inspired by social media rhetoric must be disappointed.

Demand for AI skills may be surging, but employers are moving more carefully than ever. In an interview, PageGroup CEO Nicholas Kirk, says hiring mandates are taking longer to close, executives are increasingly risk-averse, and India continues to deliver robust growth.

With income lines having blurred while AI transforms office jobs in the US, the definition of this class has turned fluid. Defining this group is a help, though, given the resonance it holds in politics and how often policies are framed in favour of this class.

Reliance Industries' hiring in FY26 is likely to have been 90,000 lower, signalling a broader shift at large companies towards AI-led productivity, upskilling and leaner teams. While the overall headcount continues to grow, recruiters expect hiring across corporate India to become more selective.

Pope Leo’s recent encyclical on artificial intelligence (AI) covers abstract matters of faith and religion, as one might expect. But it’s more interesting in what it seems to reflect— palpable power shifts in the modern world.