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Day of Reckoning: West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala & Puducherry assembly poll results set to redefine India's political journeyWest Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala & Puducherry assembly poll results: Counting day arrives for five states after a heated election. Vo...
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Energy drinks, alcohol fuel surge in liver disease in young Indians, say experts on World Liver DayIndian liver specialists warn that energy drinks are harming young livers. High caffeine and sugar levels in these beverages, along with al...
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Why this PE guru says India could be No. 1 in your lifetimeDavid Rubenstein of The Carlyle Group predicts India could become the world's largest economy within 20-30 years, citing its young, growing...
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Elon Musk predicts that this country will lose 1 million people by the end of 2025: 'AI is the only hope...'Elon Musk, head of SpaceX and Tesla, is worried about Japan's shrinking population. He says Japan will lose nearly a million people this ye...
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More countries, including China, are grappling with shrinking and aging populationsCountries grappling with population decline and aging issues offer financial incentives to encourage childbirth. China, Japan, Italy, and S...
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China's looming crisis is why Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu prefers a rural lifeZoho CEO Sridhar Vembu discusses rural living and traditional values in addressing demographic challenges, comparing China and Japan. He po...
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Worried China asks girls and boys to marry early, have kids, and retire lateChina's National Health Commission is encouraging early marriage and childbirth to address a declining birth rate. Additionally, the countr...
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Gen FMCG's new khana for older lotFMCG companies, including ITC, are targeting older consumers with healthy lifestyle products due to rising longevity and affluence. Marketi...
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Japan's birth rate hits record low, Tokyo introduces government dating app to boost marriage ratesJapan faces a demographic challenge with plunging birth and fertility rates, prompting governmental initiatives like a state-backed dating ...
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China's affluence aim may be a bit richA third of the world's population is unlikely to experience mass prosperity. With population decline in prosperous nations, what was touted...
18 Jan, 2023, 11.14 PM IST
China's population falls for first time in over six decades: Key takeawaysChina ended its strict one-child policy — imposed in the 1980s owing to fears of overpopulation — in 2016 and began allowing couples to hav...
18 Jan, 2023, 12.36 PM IST
Parts of Asia will grow old before getting rich, IMF warnsThe reversal of the so-called "demographic dividend" will drag on global growth and also that in Asia, the world's fastest growing region, ...
09 May, 2017, 03.58 PM IST
Why the ride up for interest rates could be much bumpier than the road downGlobal interest rates have been in decline for the past 30 years, but a growing number of economists argue that this could soon be about to...
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Indian economy showing early signs of reversal"Policy measures to improve the bad growth mix have led to a gradual improvement in the macro stability environment," says Chetan Ahya.
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- India to register 7 per cent growth in FY'09: India Inc
Top corporate leaders, including Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani and ICICI Bank CEO K V Kamath, on Friday said the country's eco...
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