Demand for AI jobs up 11% in India amid talent scarcity

NEW DELHI, MAY 1 (IANS): The demand for artificial intelligence (AI) talent has grown 11 per cent in India over the last six months, driven by job demands in sectors like IT, retail, telecom, BFSI and advertising/market research sectors, a report showed on Monday. The Indian job market will witness a 22 per cent churn over the next five years with top emerging roles coming from AI, machine learning, and data segments, according to the report by foundit (previously Monster India & APAC). When it comes to AIdriven jobs, the IT sector is leading with 29 per cent, followed by advertising, market research and PR sector at 17 per cent and retail at 11 per cent in the country.

“Adoption of tech such as ChatGPT has emerged as a game changer in the tech world. While there are several dialogues regarding job losses with the intervention of AI, the same is expected

Operation Kaveri: SpiceJet to operate more flights

NEW DELHI, MAY 1 to create newer roles and increase employment opportunities,” said Sekhar Garisa, CEO, foundit.

(PTI): SpiceJet on Monday said it plans to operate more flights from Saudi Arabia to different Indian cities to bring back people evacuated from Sudan under ‘Operation Kaveri’.

The no-frills airline operated a flight from Jeddah to Kochi on April 30 and brought back 184 Indians under Operation Kaveri.

Although there is huge hiring demand for AI-related roles, there is a scarcity of talent as well. The growing demand for these roles across industries has created a setback in hiring due to the lack of specialised skills in professionals.

“While there is a lot of new talent in the market, organisations are finding it challenging to hire a candi- date with the right fit for the job,” Garisa added.

The top 10 in-demand jobs and skills are software engineers, data engineers, data scientists, python developers, marketing analytics consultants, AWS data architects, machine learning engineers, AI product managers, BI developers and content curators/proofreaders. In the current scenario, AI and automation are acting more as catalysts than threats for professionals in the industry.

In a release, the carrier said it is in regular touch with the Ministry of External Affairs and the Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia to coordinate further evacuation efforts.

“More evacuation flights from Saudi Arabia to different cities in India are being planned,” it said.

The airline operates daily flights from Jeddah to Calicut, Delhi and Mumbai. It also has daily services from Riyadh to Delhi. Under ‘Operation Kaveri’, a total of 2,140 Indians have been brought back from strife-torn Sudan, according to official data.

US CC warns of increase in risks for businesses in China

WASHINGTON, MAY 1

(IANS): The US Chamber of Commerce has warned that rising scrutiny of American firms in China “dramatically increases” the uncertainties and risks of doing business in the country.

The influential business lobby said it was closely monitoring “heightened official scrutiny” of US firms by the Chinese authorities, following the questioning of employees at management consultancy Bain & Company in Shanghai and the shutdown of the Beijing of due diligence provider Mintz Group, reports CNN.

“The services these firms provide are fundamental to establishing investor confidence in any market, including China,” the chamber said in a statement, without naming either company.

The events are particularly troubling given an amendment to an already extensive counter-espionage law in China, which widened the scope of the kind of materials and data the country deems relevant to national security, the group added.

The law was revised last week, and set to take effect in July.

“This is a matter of serious concern for the investor community and likely is

P.G as well for their local business partners in China,” said the chamber, which is led by President Suzanne Clark, CNN reported.

It noted that while Chinese officials had recently expressed an openness to greater foreign investment, investors would “not feel welcomed in an environment where risk can’t be

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2 teens dead, 4 injured in Mississippi shooting

WASHINGTON, MAY 1

(IANS): Two teenagers died and four others were wounded after a shooting at a house party in the city of Bay St. Louis located in the US state of Mississippi. One suspect, identified as 19-year-old Cameron Everest Brand, was arrested on six charges of aggravated assault, according to the Bay St. Louis Police Department. Officers responded to the shooting around 12.34 a.m. on Sunday at the 1000 block of Old Blue Meadow Road.

IAF in Sri Lanka on four-day official visit

COLOMBO, MAY 1

(PTI): Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari arrived here on Monday on a four-day official visit to Sri Lanka during which he will meet the country’s top political and military leaders and discuss ways to enhance bilateral defence cooperation, amid China’s growing influence in the island nation. The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) is visiting Sri Lanka at the invitation of Commander of Sri Lanka Air Force, Air Marshal S K Pathirana.

Nepal’s RSP will decide on joining govt

KATHMANDU, MAY 1

(PTI): Nepal’s Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) will decide whether or not to join the government at a party meeting on Friday, a senior party leader said on Monday, a day after its Chairman Ravi Lamichhane met Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ here. RSP, the fourth largest party in Nepal’s Parliament, won two out of three seats of the House of Representatives in recently held bypolls, raising its tally in the lower house to 22.

Aus teen charged over fatal crash; 3 dead

CANBERRA, MAY 1 (IANS): A 13-year-old boy was on Monday charged with dangerous driving following a fatal car crash that caused three deaths in Australia’s state of Queensland. Around 10.45 p.m. on Sunday, an allegedly stolen MercedesBenz was traveling south on Saltwater Creek Road near Sydney Street when it allegedly collided with the rear of a Holden, reports Xinhua news agency.

South Korea reports 5 more mpox cases

SEOUL, MAY 1 (IANS): South Korea confirmed five more cases of mpox on Monday, bringing the country’s total to 47, health authorities said. Three patients are from Seoul, and the other two from South Chungcheong province and Busan, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).

None of them travelled abroad, Yonhap News Agency quoted the KDCA as saying.

Power outage hits Manila airport

MANILA, MAY 1

(IANS): A power outage at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila on Monday resulted in the cancellation of several domestic flights, Filipino authorities said. The Manila International Airport Authority said the power outage at Terminal 3 struck shortly after 1 am, reports Xinhua news agency. “Standby power is now supplying electricity to critical facilities enabling computer systems of airlines and immigration to function partially and enable processing of both inbound and outbound passengers,” the MIAA said in a statement. “As a result, delayed flights shall be expected,” it added.