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Financial inclusion: Massive surge in active women borrowers in India
A recent report by NITI Aayog revealed that at least 27 million...
Automobile retail sales drop 7 pc in Feb amid slowing demand FADA
Two-wheeler sales witnessed a drop of 6 per cent year-on-year in...
Mukesh Ambani ranks 9th in Forbes World’s Billionaires List 2023, highest in Asia
While Forbes' global count of billionaires slipped from 2,668 last year to 2,640 in 2023, the tally in India improved from 166 in 2022 to 169 this year. Forbes noted that falling stocks, wounded unicorns and rising interest rates translated into a down year for the...
Automobile retail sales see double-digit growth in FY23; PV offtake at record high
The two-wheeler segment fell to a seven-year low with total retail sales of 1.59 crore last year. On sales outlook for the current fiscal, the industry body noted: ''As the high-growth period has now passed, FY24 is expected to see tapered growth in the low single...
West Bengal records maximum coastline erosion in India between 1990 and 2016
Based on the observations highlighted in the 6th assessment report of the IPCC, the head of the energy economic programme of the Asian Institute of Technology and one of the authors of the same report, Joyashree Roy feels that the climatic hazards in the coastal belts...
Govt raises interest rates on most small saving schemes
With the revision, a one-year term deposit with post offices would earn 6.8 per cent (up from 6.6 per cent), for two years -- 6.9 per cent (up from 6.8 per cent), three years -- 7 per cent (up from 6.9 per cent) and five years -- 7.5 per cent (7 per cent New Delhi:...
610 cases of Covid’s new variant XBB1.16 found in India: INSACOG data
The highest number of Covid cases caused due to this variant has been found in Maharashtra and Gujarat at 164 each, followed by 93 Telangana and 86 in Karnataka, according to INSACOG data. A total of 610 cases of Covid's XBB.1.16 variant, which might have been behind...
Miller bolsters Singapore Energy team with Engineering hire
London: Miller, UK based independent specialist (re)insurance broker, today announces the appointment of Bonifasius Dipati (Boni) as a risk engineer in its Singapore Energy team. Boni will report to Head of Energy (Asia-Pacific), Matt Hooker, and he joins on 3rd...
Hindus among healthiest, Sikhs most likely to own homes: UK census data shows
"In 2021, those who identified as 'Hindu' had the highest percentage of their population reporting either 'very good' or 'good' health (87.8 per cent), compared with 82.0 per cent of the overall population," the ONS finds, adding that the Hindus also reported the...
Nepal’s population reaches 29.1 million
According to the data published by the Central Bureau of Statistics, out of the 29,164,578 people in Nepal, 14,911,027 are females, while the number of males 14,253,551. Kathmandu: Nepal's total population has reached more than 29.1 million, according to the latest...
Record international migration spurs historic rise in Canadian population
Total population grew by a record 1.05 million people to 39.57 million in the twelve months to Jan. 1, 2023, and about 96% of the rise was due to international migration, the statistics agency said. Canada's population increased by more than a million people for the...
Shortness of breath, fatigue, mental health issues observed in Covid patients one year after discharge:Indian Govt
According to ICMR, of the participants of the National Clinical Registry of COVID-19 who were followed for one year, it was observed that dyspnea, fatigue, and mental health issues were reported among 18.6 per cent, 10.5 per cent and 9.3 per cent of the 8,042...