Lockdown: Virtual job fairs come to rescue of rural youth
(WorldNews India)

Pune: Even as industries in Maharashtra face a manpower crunch because of the mass exodus of migrant labour from the state, “virtual job fairs” in some rural areas of Ahmednagar and Solapur are connecting recruiters from Pune to job aspirants. Migrant labourers have left the state in large numbers triggered by the loss of livelihood due to the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, leaving behind a vacuum in the industrial workforce. Virtual job fairs are being organised in NCP MLA Rohit Pawar’s constituency of...