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White-collar hiring up 3 pc in Jan driven by non-IT sectors, fresher recruitment: Report

Mumbai, Feb 2 (PTI) India’s white-collar hiring began with a steady foot with a 3 per cent year-on-year increase in January mainly driven by non-IT sectors and fresher hiring, a report said on Monday. White-collar hiring began 2026 on a steady footing, with the Naukri JobSpeak Index witnessing 2,637 points in January — a 3 per cent YoY rise from 2,550 points in January 2025 — Naukri said in a report. Non-IT sectors were the primary drivers of this growth, with BPO/ITES surging 21 per cent, hospitality/travel climbing 15 per cent, insurance advancing 7 per cent, and healthcare gaining 5

Wearing black, Mamata along with ‘SIR-affected’ families meets CEC in Delhi

New Delhi, Feb 2 (PTI) Wearing black shawls as a mark of protest, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee along with some “SIR-affected” families and party leaders on Monday met Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar here. Last week, CEC Kumar had given time to Banerjee, who has been demanding a halt to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound West Bengal, for a meeting on Monday. Banerjee, who reached the national capital on Sunday, was being accompanied by Trinamool Congress MPs Abhishek Banerjee and Kalyan Banerjee, who is also an advocate. Addressing reporters earlier in the day,

Study suggests 50 per cent of one’s life span could be heritable

New Delhi, Feb 2 (PTI) Genetics may explain about half of a person’s lifespan, a study has suggested, pointing to a far more significant role of genetics than earlier research indicated. The findings, published in the journal Science, show that once mortality due to external factors such as accidents or infections are accounted for, “heritability of human life span due to intrinsic mortality is above 50 per cent”. The researchers from Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science and Karolinska Institutet in Sweden said understanding the heritability of human life span is central to ageing research, yet measuring genes’ influence on longevity

Rupee rises 42 paise to close at 91.51 against US dollar

Mumbai, Feb 2 (PTI) The rupee gained 42 paise to close at 91.51 (provisional) against the US dollar on Monday, a day after the Union Budget 2026-27 was presented, largely as crude oil prices retreated from their elevated levels. Forex traders said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) seemed to be defending the 92 per dollar level with a lot of resolve. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 91.95 against the US dollar, then gained some ground to touch an intraday high of 91.45 and a low of 91.95 against the greenback. At the end of

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