The latest Youth Development Index (YDI) has revealed a gap between the quality of education received by youngsters and their chances of gaining employment in Indonesia. National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) principal secretary Gellwynn Jusuf said on Friday that the 2017 YDI had improved considerably to 50.17 from 47.33 in 2016. The index accounted for several aspects considered important to youth advancement such as education, health, safety from crime and leadership. However, while youth participation in education scored the highest, employment opportunities remained low, according to the index, he said during the index announcement. Most students received education through secondary…
Author: Loknath Das
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Motor Vehicles Department (MVD) is yet to recover Rs 33 crore as fine from vehicles that have breached the upper-speed limit. The humongous amount has been accrued since 2014. Though a court order has been dissuading the MVD from blocking services in case vehicle owners fail to pay the fine, the ropey software being used have been termed as main culprits for the accumulation of the fine. MVD sources said the PSM (Payment Service Module) used for receiving the fine amount is obsolete as it doesn’t have an option to pay fines for multiple traffic violation in a…
Top Maryland lawmakers announced Friday they were informed by the FBI about links between a Russian oligarch and the software company that services parts of the state’s voter registration systems. Officials said there is no evidence of a breach in the system, but wanted to keep the public informed. State officials said the connections were alarming enough to ask the state’s attorney general to review the contract Maryland has with the company. “We don’t have any idea whether they meddled in the elections at all,” Maryland House Speaker Michael Busch said during a Friday press conference. “We just know that…
Do you know someone going off to college who’s clueless about money? What if they’re clueless about why they’re going in the first place? Then Finance is Personalby Kim Stephenson and Ann Hutchins should be on their summer reading list. Even those further along in their careers will benefit from portions of this book (as I did). The most valuable aspect of the book is how it elevates self-knowledge and personal development over the nuts and bolts of personal finance. You must understand yourself and your true motivations before doing any financial education or planning. Early on the authors acknowledge that…
You don’t need to be clued into the expansive pharmaceutical industry to understand that it’s one of the biggest and fastest growing sectors of the international market. Valued at $86 billion as of 2015, it’s one of the biggest industries in the world and shows no signs of slowing. But while growth continues steadily upwards, big pharma companies are increasingly looking to software developers to improve patient experience and increase revenue. Patient experience is a wide-ranging term used to describe how consumers interact with the medical services and products they receive. As technology improves and becomes more decentralized, users are looking…
Social media has become an increasingly important entity for businesses hoping to bridge the rural and urban gap between farmers and consumers. Social media’s power in agriculture lies in its ability to connect others, through building relationships and developing a community. It also allows producers the ability to tell their side of the story. Bost Farms’ director of social media, Rachel Bost, has experienced the digital age’s effect on agriculture and her company. Since 2012, she has found that their posts have gained more traction in terms of likes and shares. She said the online platform has allowed for transparency…
Amid a heightened awareness of school safety issues in the wake of shootings this spring, local districts could spend thousands of dollars next year to identify and receive instant alerts of potential threats made on social media. They’re considering joining together to pay for a Vermont-based company, Social Sentinel, to screen public posts on Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites for language that indicates possible threats. Region 5 superintendents met Wednesday at the Education Service Center to discuss the program, which sends a notification to designated administrators when a possible threat is identified. Tweets or Instagram posts that include…
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State-run telecom firm BSNL on Wednesday unveiled the country’s first internet telephony service that will allow users to dial any telephone number in India through its mobile app. Now BSNL customers will be able to make calls using the company’s mobile app “Wings” to any phone number in the country. Before this, phone calls on mobile apps was possible within users of a particular app and not on telephone numbers. “In present competitive environment, increase in market share by BSNL is laudable. I congratulate BSNL management for internet telephony which will enable consumers to make call without SIM,” Telecom Minister…