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Saregama has announced the launch of a dedicated vertical for talent management, Saregama Talent . The vertical is exclusively designed for emerging artists. The company also unveiled its three talents to be a part of its Maahi, Arjun, and Pragati.

FM Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2024, with a special emphasis on youth, women, technology, tax reforms, innovation and skilling Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2024, aiming to further the progress laid out in the previous budget and the envisioned blueprint for India@100.

The Narendra Modi government had launched the National Skill Development Mission as well as the National Policy on Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in 2015 to improve the skilling ecosystem in the country.

When it comes to youth, skilling has been a major focus area. The Skill India Mission has trained 14 million youth, upskilled and reskilled 5.4 million youth, and established 3,000 new centres, shared the finance minister. A large number of new institutions of higher learning, namely seven IITs, 16 IIITs, seven IIMs, 15 AIIMS, and 390 universities have been set up.

India s large pool of technical talent positions the country well to help shape the future of artificial intelligence, Google s AI head Jeff Dean has told Money control. India has tremendous technical talent. There is a long tradition of computer science students in India doing amazing things Dean said at the company s first Research@ event in India held in Bengaluru on February 1.

This year featured a total of 10 categories, with the song Tumaloi Barasha emerging as a strong contender, securing the prestigious Best Song award. The awards also showcased Gupshup s commitment to supporting emerging talent, with the Best Debut Singer category won by the promising Arup Das.

As many as 1.4 crore youth were trained and upskilled under the Skill India Mission, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said while presenting the interim Budget on Thursday. The mission focuses on skilling, reskilling and upskilling through short term and long-term training programmes.