Private Participation in Space Sector Opens New Avenues for Young Talent, Helps Curb Brain Drain: Dr Jitendra Singh

October 8, 2026 7:10 PM

Private Participation in Space Sector Opens New Avenues for Young Talent, Helps Curb Brain Drain: Dr Jitendra Singh

The opening of India’s space sector to private players has helped reduce the need for young scientific and technical talent to look abroad for employment while creating new opportunities within the country, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences and MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh, said on Thursday. The Minister said the emergence of private space startups, including Skyroot, h...

US government faces brain drain as 154,000 federal workers exit this week

September 30, 2025 5:51 PM

US government faces brain drain as 154,000 federal workers exit this week

More than 150,000 federal employees will leave the U.S. government payroll this week after accepting buyouts - the largest single-year exodus of civil servants in nearly 80 years, triggering what unions and governance experts warn is a damaging loss of institutional expertise. The official resignations begin on Tuesday for workers who opted into a deferred exit program that kept them on the payroll through September. The buyouts are a cornerstone of President Donald Trump’s push to shrink the...