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‘Book of the year for me’: Zerodha's Nikhil Kamath shares 5 books that shaped his mindset about finance, life and human behaviourNikhil Kamath, co-founder of Zerodha, shared five influential books that shaped his perspective. His recommendations, spanning finance, psy...
Hantavirus is on the rise in Argentina, where a stricken cruise ship began its journeyArgentina is investigating if it's the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, coinciding with a surge in domestic cases. ...
Elon Musk asks Nikhil Kamath to have kids as he jokes about his 'Roman legion of children' planElon Musk expressed grave concerns about declining global fertility rates, warning of humanity's potential disappearance if current trends ...
Assam makes strides in reducing Maternal Mortality, Infant Mortality and Under 5 Mortality ratiosAssam shows great improvement in reducing Maternal Mortality Ratio, Infant Mortality Rate and Under 5 Mortality Rate. Chief Minister Himant...
Infant mortality higher than usual in US after abortion ban, claims studyInfant mortality rates in the U.S. rose by 7% following the Supreme Court's 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, according to a JAMA Pedi...
Health Ministry questions WHO's method of counting Covid deathsThe response came after The New York Times published an article titled - India Is Stalling the WHO's Efforts to Make Global Covid Death Tol...
India questions WHO's methodology to estimate COVID-19 mortalities"India's basic objection has not been with the result (whatever they might have been), but rather the methodology adopted for the same," Un...
US population growth at lowest rate in pandemic's 1st yearThe United States grew by only 0.1%, with only an additional 392,665 added to the U.S. population, from July 2020 to July 2021, according t...
Men at higher risk of death than women, chain smoking and heart disease primary reasonHowever, the gap in mortality risk among men and women varied across countries.
Nitish Kumar launches Rs 5540 crore project which aims to make Patna hospital world classAt a function held inside the historical PMCH campus, the Chief Minister laid the foundation stone of the 5462-bed hospital coming up at a ...
Chronic exposure to air pollution can hurt people diagnosed with CovidLong-term exposure to air pollution can increase the risk of deaths during the pandemic.
Stay indoor! Long-term exposure to air pollution can make coronavirus more deadlyNO2 might enhance populations' susceptibility to severe Covid death outcomes.
United Nations identifies world's all-time deadly stormsAn 1888 hailstorm in India has been identified by the UN weather agency among the all-time deadly weather events. The severe hailstorm near...
India will miss MDG target on maternal mortality: CBHI reportNational Health Profile-2015, published by the CBHI, said India will miss the MDG target on maternal mortality by 31 points.
India has lot more to do in implementing MDGs: Jagat Prakash NaddaNadda said India has emerged as one of the best performing states vis-a-vis the MDGs as both Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) and Infant Morta...
India may not fully achieve the MDGs by 2015: ReportMDGs are international development goals that UN member states , including India, have agreed to achieve by the year 2015.
- ET in the classroom: Mortality Charges
Mortality charges are that part of life insurance premium that go towards providing a death benefit cover. In other words, these are the ac...
- India accounts for highest newborn deaths: UNICEF
More than one in five children who die within four weeks of birth is an Indian despite improvements in child mortality rates worldwide, the...
- Life cos on mortality tables
The much-awaited new mortality tables for the life insurance market, which have been pending for more than a year now, are likely to come o...
- Insurers take note of longer life
Soon, you may pay less for life insurance policy depending on where you live and how long.