Abhishek Jha

2 weeks ago | dev.to | Abhishek Jha

Hey everyone! πŸ‘‹I recently completed a project that really leveled up my understanding of DevOps, Java backend development, and cloud deployment β€” and I wanted to share my experience in case you're starting your journey or exploring similar tools. I built and deployed a full-stack Expenses Tracker Web App, where I used technologies like Spring Boot, Docker, Docker Compose, and AWS EC2.

3 weeks ago | htsyndication.com | Abhishek Jha

New Delhi, June 6 -- The number of people that died on account of natural disasters (including extreme weather events) was 3080 in 2024-25, the highest since 2013-14 according to a provisional estimate of the number from the Disaster Management (DM) division of the home affairs ministry, although the number is likely to be a significant underestimate, if past trend data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) is any indication.

3 weeks ago | htsyndication.com | Roshan Kishore |Abhishek Jha

India, June 2 -- Shifting workers out of agriculture is India's biggest structural transformation challenge. Headline numbers suggest that it has made some progress on this front. Official employment data shows that agriculture's employment share has fallen from 64.5% in 1993-94 to 46.1% in 2023-24. To be sure, agriculture's employment share has been relatively flat in the last few years. What exactly are the dynamics of this change?

4 weeks ago | htsyndication.com | Abhishek Jha

New Delhi, May 30 -- Internet usage is reaching a saturation point in India but only around 18% of the population know how to report cyber-crimes, a government survey released on Thursday indicated. Usage, driven by smartphones and mobile data, is higher for the younger age groups. However, despite regular use (most respondents reported using the internet daily), even the young are poorly equipped for tasks related to education and work, like creating a document or a presentation, says the survey.

1 month ago | htsyndication.com | Abhishek Jha

India, May 28 -- This May is, thus far, the wettest in India in 125 years, the period for which India Meteorological Department (IMD) has published gridded data, which allows detailed analysis of rainfall. An HT analysis of this data shows that the month will end up as the third wettest May since 1901 even if there is no rain in the remaining four days. While the early arrival of the monsoon has aided this trend, frequent storms across the country even before monsoon's arrival are a big reason.