Undercounting of Covid deaths: New birth & death records strengthen parents' legal caseNew government data reveals a significant undercounting of deaths during the pandemic in India, offering hope to parents who believe their ...
Private capex revival still not on horizon, says RBI surveyMore than half of respondents in the RBI's Systemic Risk Survey do not expect private capital expenditure to revive in the next year. This ...
Economic Survey calls for improved liquidity to boost NPA price discoveryThe pre-budget Economic Survey highlights the need for a liquid Non-Performing Assets (NPA) market to facilitate bank acquisitions and asse...
NARCL lines up another Rs 1.25 lakh cr of NPAs from banksNARCL started operation in January 2022 and acquires bad loans from banks, by paying 15% of the amount in cash and the rest in security rec...
"Erroneous": Health Ministry on media reports highlighting excess mortality in 2020The Ministry said that the study is erroneous and the methodology followed by the authors has critical flaws; the claims are inconsistent a...
India, soon world's most populous nation, doesn't know how many people it hasIndia's once in a decade census, due in 2021 and delayed due to the pandemic, has now got bogged down by technical and logistical hurdles a...
13 states and 2 UTs achieve population replacement rateAccording to the Sample Registration System (SRS) 2019, released by the Registrar General of India this month, the 13 states and two UTs ha...
India's life expectancy improves marginallyWomen expected to live for 70.4 years and men for 67.8 years, according to latest data.
Girl child survival rate higher than boy in only five statesFemale infants experienced higher mortality rates than male infants in all states except Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu an...
Andhra Pradesh records highest number of married people: SRS surveyThe national average for those who “never married” was 49.5% with 54% males and 44.6% females.
102 National Ambulance Service sees massive response; UP looks at improving NMR, MMR ratioEarlier pregnant and new borns used to be at the mercy of village quacks of midwives during emergencies which reflected in poor maternal an...
Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh fails to curb infant deathsMost such deaths occur in the absence of well-equipped delivery rooms and doctors or when mother and child are weak. Only 23 states have be...
'Vegetarian' Gujarat has 40% non-vegetariansHighest number of poultry, meat and fish eaters is in Telangana followed by West Bengal (98.55%), Odisha (97.35%) and Kerala (97%).
India may attain its targeted maternal mortality ratio soon"24 States and UTs having already achieved the replacement level of fertility of 2.1," Health Minister J P Nadda said.
India's birth rate declines by 0.2 points"The maximum Crude Birth Rate has been reported in Bihar (27.6) and the minimum in Kerala (14.7)," Sample Registration System survey said.
Delhi government working on health plan: Arvind KejriwalKejriwal, at the same time, also hinted at scrapping a few hospital projects which have been lying in the cold storage for many years.
- South African SRS Aviation eyes operations in India
South Africa-based SRS Aviation is looking at launching operations in India, a senior company official has said.