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Delhi world’s most polluted capital city again: Report
It is estimated that 1.36 billion people in India experience PM2.5...
FPIs injects over Rs 40,000 cr in Indian equities on strong economic growth
The inflows came following a modest investment of Rs 1,539 crore in...
India’s economic boom feels like 2003-07: Morgan Stanley
The current cycle is driven by investment outperforming consumption, public capex leading initially but private capex rapidly catching up, the urban consumer leading consumption followed by catch-up in rural demand, market share in global exports rising and macro...
Bankers in India to get higher salary increases than Singapore, Hong Kong
Investment bankers can already earn more in India’s major urban centers such as Mumbai and GIFT city, the nation’s free market zone, than in Singapore and Hong Kong. The average base salary is 4.5 per cent higher than in Hong Kong and 7.7 per cent more than in...
Neurological conditions now leading cause of ill health and disability globally: Lancet study
The top 10 contributors to neurological health loss in 2021 were stroke, neonatal encephalopathy (brain injury), migraine, Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, diabetic neuropathy (nerve damage), meningitis, epilepsy, neurological complications from preterm birth,...
Age, sex, location could be important to antibiotic resistance, study finds
Antibiotic, or antimicrobial, resistance is a global public health threat and occurs when disease-causing germs evolve and develop a resistance to the very drugs designed to kill them, rendering these drugs ineffective Age, sex and location could be important in...
India shows progress on UN’s HDI 2022, ranks 134 out of 193 countries
In 2022, India saw improvements across all HDI indicators -- life expectancy, education, and gross national income (GNI) per capita and life expectancy rose from 67.2 to 67.7 years, expected years of schooling reached 12.6, mean years of schooling increased to 6.57...
Global child under-5 mortality rate declined in 2022
At current rates, 59 countries will miss the SDG under-5 mortality target, and 64 countries will fall short of the newborn mortality goal. That means an estimated 35 million children will die before reaching their fifth birthday by 2030—a death toll that will largely...
Global electric car sales in February hurt by China’s New Year celebrations
The company said global sales hit 800,000 units. Sales in Europe grew 12% versus February of last year and rose 31% in the U.S. and Canada, but they fell 12% in China Global sales of fully electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) rose at a tepid rate of 3% in...
Domestic passenger vehicle sales rise 11% in Feb: SIAM
"Passenger vehicles, two-wheelers, and three-wheelers have posted growth in February 2024 compared to the previous year, while commercial vehicles have witnessed a slight de-growth," Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) President Vinod Aggarwal said in a...
Temperature rise in India due to climate change poses health risks to pregnant women: study
While acknowledging gender as a driver of vulnerability, the study found that most State Action Plans for Climate Change (SAPCC) in India inadequately address these gendered impacts New Delhi: Temperature rise in India due to climate change poses serious health risks...
Women face gender and pay discrimination, claims new survey
DBS Bank’s Managing Director Kishore Poduri said that women constitute half of the global workforce and around 30 per cent of the employee base in India, and the survey findings can address many issues to help them thrive personally and professionally Mumbai: Women...