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Our education system, barring a few exceptions, has failed to impart the skills to India’s young job-seekers to even compete for high-skill and better paying jobs in the private sector. Indian Railways has been a lifeline for 23 million Indians every day. (AFP Photo) Updated: Apr 03, 2018 13:05 IST Hindustan Times Twenty -five million people have applied for 90,000 blue collar jobs recently advertised by Indian Railways. This statistic captures the fundamental divide in the Indian economy. All talk of young Indians being engaged in the knowledge-based digital economy and creating potential unicorns is valid only for a minuscule minority. An overwhelming majority is desperately looking for government jobs, even if it involves daily drudgery. The preference for government jobs has traditionally come from three reasons. Interestingly, two of these are rapidly becoming less relevant. One, the majority of jobs with secure incomes and social security are still in the

San Francisco Becomes First Major US City To Ban Fur        22/3/2018 news The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously yesterday to pass an  ordinance  introduced by District 4 Supervisor Katy Tang that prohibits the sale of new fur apparel and accessories. The vote makes San Francisco the first major city in the US to enact a ban of this nature, which will go into effect next January.  Berkeley  and  West Hollywood  already have similar laws on the books.  The ban does not apply to leather, sheep or lamb skin, non-apparel products or second-hand items found in many vintage shops.  “More than 50 million animals are violently killed each year around the world to support the fashion industry,” said Tang. “San Francisco is a city with progressive values where we believe in the rights of all people as well as all living things—and it is not right to allow this practice to continue.” The goal of the ordinance, she said, is to send a message to the fur industry that raising