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India’s billion-dollar infra projects face extreme weather test
India is ranked sixth among countries most affected by extreme...
Indian extreme poverty rate drops to 5.3% in 2022-23: World Bank Report
The World Bank's assessment, based on the $3.00 per day...
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...
Ayushman Bharat – Health and Wellness Centres scheme cannot be converted by states: Health Minister Mandaviya
Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya ''Health and Wellness Centres scheme cannot be converted. If any state does not want to adopt it, it can stop it, that is one issue. But it cannot be converted,'' Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya stressed Patiala: Health Minister...
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...
India’s per capita income doubles since 2014-15
As per the National Statistical Office (NSO), the annual per capita (net national income) at current prices is estimated at Rs 1,72,000 in 2022-23, up from Rs 86,647 in 2014-15, suggesting an increase of about 99 per cent In real terms (constant prices), the per...
China to deepen financial reform, open to more foreign investment
"We need to deepen reform of the financial system, improve financial regulation, and see that all those involved assume their full responsibilities to guard against regional and systemic financial risks," Premier Li Keqiang Beijing: China will deepen financial reform...
China discourages “bride prices” to check fast-declining population
China's population is shrinking for the first time in more than six decades in 2022, which is a serious demographic crisis for the country with significant implications for its slowing economy, CNN Business reported According to data surveyed in late January last...
Long Covid associated with reduced brain oxygen levels cognitive impairment Study
In the case of the population study, "It appears that, regardless of gender and other demographic factors, COVID-19 infection at baseline is correlated with increased problems with emotion regulation six months later: depression, anxiety and agitation.In some cases,...
El Nino expected to return, likely to fuel spike in global temperatures
La Nina refers to the large-scale cooling of the ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, coupled with changes in the tropical atmospheric circulation The El Nino event may develop after three consecutive years of an unusually...
Chennai, Kolkata, in India, at particular risk due to sea level rise
'In a worst-case scenario, the combined effect of climate change and internal climate variability could result in local sea levels rising by more than 50 per cent of what is due to climate change alone, thus posing significant risks of more severe flooding to coastal...
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...