Hiring is up by 16% in India as of April 2019 as compared to the previous year. The IT industry has the most jobs on offer and has been the key player in providing jobs over the past six months. That and more on NIJ Daily.

While in Kedarnath, the PM looked into development and infrastructure projects. There were also talks on ways to further ease transportation and travel. That and more on NIJ Daily.

All exit polls point towards the return of the NDA. Two of them predicted that the NDA would fall short of a majority- that was NewsX giving the BJP 242 seats and ABP News-Nielson giving 267.

India is home to more than 920 million debit cards. India’s unicorns- like Ola and Paytm are offering credit lines to users which will dramatically reduce the cost of acquiring customers. Among other benefits, this will make it easier for people to consume and be financially included.

India is expected to add about 80 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity in the next five years. 78% of respondents stated they are optimistic about the growth prospects of the Indian renewable industry and that government efforts facilitated this growth.

A group of young citizens came out to India Gate and created quite a bit of attention with their flash mob. Dancing with ‘Main Bhi Chowkidar’ shirts, they attracted an audience who were watching their spirit and energy for the Prime Minister of the country!

India’s growth holds immense potential for global stakeholders to establish energy, infrastructure and technology collaboration with the country- that’s according to Ashish Sinha. That and more on NIJ Newscast.

France and India are cooperating on the Gaganyaan project- that’s India’s human spaceflight mission- especially in the area of space medicine. This is in line with the India French joint vision for space cooperation that was signed back in March 2018.

PM Modi is the second most followed politician in the world on social media after former US President Barack Obama – according to a report.

India is rapidly becoming the centre of all things technology and innovation for many MNCs. This includes Mastercard which plans to invest $1B USD to make India the platform for its tech innovations.