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People of Tripura lost Rs 51.49cr in cyber frauds since 2021 DGP
"Cybercriminals usually exploit people through fake electricity and...
PNB opens first full-fledged startup branch, CEO says Bank ready to take care of their financial needs
"We already had opened startup cells at different locations in the...
India’s water usage for per tonne crop production 2-3 times more than developed nations: Niti Aayog’s Ramesh Chand
"In collaboration with Jal Shakti ministry, we are exploring ways to maximize usage of surface water. For example, if water of a canal is presently irrigating 100 hectare of agricultural land, how can we take it to 150 hectare using various means but same amount of...
India’s buildings sector to overshoot country’s entire carbon budget: Report
India's buildings sector currently accounts for 25 per cent of the country's GHG emissions. This is expected to rise further as most of the buildings that will exist in the country in the next 30 years are yet to be built New Delhi: Emissions from India's buildings...
Delhi world’s most polluted capital city again: Report
It is estimated that 1.36 billion people in India experience PM2.5 concentrations exceeding the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended annual guideline level of 5 micrograms per cubic metre, the report said. Also, 1.33 billion people, 96 per cent of the Indian...
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 February and an outflow of Rs 25,743 crore in January, data with the depositories snowed New Delhi: FPIs came back strongly to invest in the Indian equity markets, buying shares worth Rs 40,710 crore...
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...