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World Suicide Prevention Day: India's suicide rates are a cause for concern

Today, is World Suicide Prevention Day, and its purpose is to raise awareness about the risk of suicide. India's suicide rates have been slowly increasing, creating a cause of concern and increasing the need for mental health care.

Sep 10, 2020

International Literacy Day 2020: How India and its states are faring in the climb

It's International Literacy Day today and its time to celebrate empowerment through education. Kerala continues to be India's most literate state. The gender gap in literacy continues to persist, say the statistics.

Sep 8, 2020

How to decide who should get the Covid vaccine first

"The idea of distributing vaccines by population appears to be an equitable strategy," said study lead author Ezekiel J. Emanuel from the University of Pennsylvania in the US.

Sep 6, 2020

Shocking: 558 mammal species could go extinct in 80 years

The current diversity of mammals consists of approximately 5,700 extant species. At least 351 mammal species have gone extinct over the past 126,000 years.

Sep 6, 2020

RBI suggests measures to improve liquidity, boosts demand for govt bonds with yields monitored

RBI to allow banks to hold fresh acquisitions of SLR securities acquired from September 1, 2020 under HTM up to an overall limit of 22 percent of NDTL up to March 31, 2021.

Sep 1, 2020

Turning the home dreams of people into reality is construction business owner and entrepreneur Sikander Daredia with his firm Daredia Constructions

It takes superior planning skills and sturdy constructions that can lead to living spaces, which people can proudly call their 'home'

Aug 29, 2020

Barron Trump's height surprises netizens; Trump's lies stand tall

Spectators may have gathered on Thursday for the fourth and final night of the Republican National Convention (RNC) to listen to President Donald Trump's speech of accepting the Republican nomination but his 14-year-old young son, Barron, did the talking for the night.

Aug 29, 2020

Farmers driven to debt as banks turn risk-averse during pandemic

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has been instructing banks to increase lending, but bankers say they are choosing to be cautious.

Aug 27, 2020

RBI announces yet another round of OMOs of Rs 20,000 crore: What it means

The RBI announced that it has decided to conduct simultaneous purchase and sale of government securities under Open Market Operation (OMO) for an aggregate amount of ₹20,000 crores.

Aug 25, 2020

Finance Ministry lauds GST era: Marked reductions in tax rates; tax payer base doubles to 1.24 crore

The Finance Ministry remembers Arun Jaitley on his death anniversary, says in the GST era, marked reductions in tax rates have been observed. The Ministry has also pointed at an increase in the taxpayer base to 1.24 crores.

Aug 24, 2020

Petrol prices rise by 12-14 paise/litre: Check latest rates in your city

Petrol prices across the four metros rose for the fourth straight day on Sunday.

Aug 23, 2020

Global coronavirus deaths exceed 800,000 as numbers continue to skyrocket in US, Brazil, India

Nearly 5,900 people are dying every 24 hours from COVID-19 on average, with the United States, Brazil and India leading the rise in fatalities.

Aug 23, 2020

12% increase in cancer cases in India by 2025, says ICMR

According to reports released by ICMR and the NCDIR, in 2020 cancer cases in the country will be at 13.9 lakhs and likely to increase to 15.7 lakhs by 2025, based on current trends.

Aug 18, 2020

More infectious coronavirus mutation may be 'a good thing', says disease expert

An increasingly common mutation of the novel coronavirus found in Europe, North America and parts of Asia may be more infectious but appears less deadly, according to a prominent infectious diseases doctor.