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Mutual fund SIP inflows cross Rs 26,000 crore mark for 2nd month in a row
Equity mutual fund inflows declined by nearly 4 per cent monthly to...
1.10 lakh hospital admissions worth over Rs 200 crore authorised for sr citizens: RS told
On October 29, 2024, the Centre expanded Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan...
Brain stroke is the second most common cause of death in India:top health expert
Delivering a keynote address at the event titled, "Stroke care and its primary preventive methods in poor resource settings in India", Dr Srivastava said, "Stroke is the second most common cause of death in India. About 1,85,000 strokes occur every year in India with...
1% women migrated in search of job, 87% shifted due to marriage: NSSO
The objectives of the MIS were to collect information for developing estimates of some important Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators, to collect information regarding purchase or construction of houses or flats by the household for residential purpose after...
Nearly everyone globally exposed to unhealthy levels of tiny air pollutants: Lancet study
While the daily PM2.5 levels have reduced in Europe and North America in the two decades to 2019, levels have increased in South Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America and the Caribbean, with more than 70 per cent of days globally seeing levels above what is...
Automobile retail sales see double-digit growth in Feb on robust demand
Total commercial vehicle retail sales in February grew 17 per cent to 79,027 units, as compared to 67,391 units in the same month last year. New Delhi: Automobile retail sales in India witnessed a double-digit year-on-year growth in February driven by robust sales...
Centre saved $ 27 bn in schemes using DBT method, says Economic Affairs Secy
“And since the transfers are all direct, end to end, and swift, there is little scope for corruption and leakages and removal of duplicate/ fake beneficiaries. In our own experience, DBT has entailed a saving of more than USD 27 billion just across key central...
Boeing denies CEO Calhoun $7 million bonus due to 777X delays
Boeing's compensation committee determined in August 2022 that the award would not vest when it became clear that Calhoun would not meet the 777X entry into service goal by 2023, according to a company filing posted on Friday afternoon ahead of an April 18 shareholder...
Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 accounts for nearly 90% new Covid cases in US
The prevalence of XBB.1.5 has kept increasing since late last year, and it is estimated to account for 89.2 per cent of new Covid-19 cases in the country this week, up from 85.4 per cent last week and 79.7 per cent two weeks prior, reports Xinhua news agency The...
Social sector spending by rich drops despite increase in wealth: Report
Going forward, the private philanthropic giving in India is estimated to grow at 11 per cent per annum and reach 1.86 lakh crore in FY27, the report said In the last five years, total social sector expenditure in India has seen an annual growth of 15 per cent per...
Third of callers to national helpline reported anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts: Survey
''One-third of people who reached out to us told us that they struggled with mental illness, anxiety, depression, and suicidal thoughts. Suicide killed more people in India than murders and coronavirus in 2022,'' said philanthropist Priya Hiranandani-Vandrevala, who...
Gender-equal boards out of reach until 2038, says MSCI
In 2022, women held less than a quarter, or 24.5%, of director seats across the global index versus the 22.6% held in 2021, MSCI said. In addition, women held CEO positions in only 163 of the 2,811 companies. Gender inequality in boardrooms will not be eliminated...