survey in February. But the numbers it reportedly contained paint a grim picture.The Business Standard newspaper said it had obtained a copy of the survey that showed unemployment at its highest rate in 45 years.

The majority of India's economy is informal.

The head of India's government-run think tank said the data had not been adequately verified by the administration. Critics accused the government of trying to suppress the numbers.

Independent calculations also show a rise in unemployment. India lost 11 million jobs in 2018, according to the Centre for Monitoring the Indian Economy, an independent think tank.

And a study last year by researchers at India's Azim Premji University showed that rapid economic growth is producing far fewer jobs than it used to.

"The increase in unemployment is clearly visible all acrossunder the volcano, Chilean scientists reported. ...more

The devastating Plinian eruption of Chaitén in May 2008 forced the evacuation of the entire population of the small coastal town of Chaitén, located only a few kilometers south of the volcano. After the initial explosive phase, several lava domes have been growing slowly by extrusion of degassed, viscous magma. This phase ended in 2011 and since then, the volcano has only produced degassing.On 20 Nov at 08:07 (local time), a volcano-tectonic magnitude 2.4 earthquake occurred at 6 km depth north-east of the volcano. It was followed by a swarm of more than 80 quakes of mostly long-period type, characteristic for movements of fluids (gasses, water, and possibly magma) inside cracks inside the volcanic edifice. They are considered potential precursors to eruptive