US population decline sooner than expected as deaths to outpace births in America by 2031A recent projection indicates that deaths in the U.S. are expected to surpass births by 2031, primarily due to declining fertility rates an...
20 Sep, 2025, 02.16 PM IST
Biohacker Bryan Johnson’s quest is to stall aging. But, can science make death optional?Bryan Johnson, a biohacker, is testing ways to slow aging. He uses data and science to track his biological age. Johnson focuses on diet, s...
05 Dec, 2024, 11.33 PM IST
Pakistan's population projected to reach 400 million by 2092: UN ReportA UN report on Pakistan's population growth projects a rise to 404.68 million by 2092, surpassing Indonesia by 2048. With a current growth ...
12 Jul, 2024, 05.59 PM IST
Feeling crowded yet? The US Census Bureau estimates the world's population has passed 8 billionThe U.S. Census Bureau estimates that the global population exceeded the threshold on September 26, a date the agency believes is accurate....
10 Nov, 2023, 04.33 PM IST
EPFO issues new process for EPF accounts updation to correct name, Aadhaar, date of birth, 8 other detailsThe Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has issued a new circular on August 23, 2023, to standardise the process of correcting de...
11 Sep, 2023, 12.53 PM IST
EDLI: How to make insurance claim under Employees’ Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme, documents neededEDLI works in tandem with the EPF and the Employees' Pension Scheme (EPS). If an accident occurs during the individual's active service tim...
14 Jun, 2023, 12.34 PM IST
How nominee can file claim in EPF, EPS and EDLI online after death of an individualHere is how nominees can file a claim for money in a deceased person's EPF, EPS and EDLI schemes' accounts online. Nominees should note tha...
30 Nov, 2022, 05.13 PM IST
EPF e-nomination: 3 benefits of filing e-nominationIt is critical for all Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) account holders to name someone in their EPF account as a beneficiary so that the be...
28 Apr, 2022, 10.44 AM IST
Stay alert, keep following Covid-appropriate behaviour: PM Modi to peopleIn his monthly Mann Ki Baat radio broadcast, Modi said that in the coming days the festival of Eid, Akshaya Tritiya, birth anniversary of B...
24 Apr, 2022, 03.15 PM IST
US life expectancy saw huge drop in 2020 due to CovidNew York showed the biggest decline, falling 1.6 percent in the year, mostly due to domestic migration out of the state, the agency said.
22 Dec, 2021, 11.49 PM IST
- Google honours astrophysicist Chandrasekhar with doodle
New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) Google on Thursday marked the 107th birth anniversary of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, the first astrophysicist to h...
19 Oct, 2017, 12.22 PM IST
Four Bangladesh war crimes convicts get death sentencesBangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) in the capital also awarded "imprisonment until death" to a fifth war criminal for carr...
03 May, 2016, 05.47 PM IST
Shakespeare better known in India than UK: SurveyWilliam Shakespeare is understood far better in India than his birth country and the iconic playwright’s popularity in the emerging economi...
21 Apr, 2016, 12.21 PM IST
All services by government to businesses to attract Service taxThe revenue department said all services provided by government or a local authority to a business entity will attract service tax from Apr...
14 Apr, 2016, 09.36 PM IST
More people in Europe dying than being born: studyMore people in Europe are dying than being born, according to a new study that found, in contrast, births exceed deaths by significant marg...
18 Jan, 2016, 01.23 PM IST
Female foetuses more likely to die than males: StudyOverturning a long-held belief that male embryos are more vulnerable in the first months of life, the study found that human sex ratio is e...
31 Mar, 2015, 06.17 PM IST
India leads in pre-term birth complication deaths: Study'Of the estimated 6.3 million deaths of children under the age of five in 2013, complications from pre-term births accounted for nearly 1.1...
17 Nov, 2014, 02.32 PM IST