Chetan Ghate succeeds Ajit Mishra as director of Institute of Economic GrowthChetan Ghate, who was a member of the Reserve Bank of India’s first monetary policy committee between 2016-2020, is the winner of the 2014 ...
18 Feb, 2022, 04.16 PM IST
N K Singh elected president of Institute of Economic Growth SocietyA prominent administrator, and policymaker, NK Singh has been the chairman of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Review Commit...
19 Aug, 2021, 01.19 PM IST
Covid will be like common cold in the next few years, mostly affecting unvaccinated childrenBecause Covid severity is lower among children, the overall burden from the disease may decline.
12 Aug, 2021, 02.07 PM IST
Chinese military faces significant challenge as fertility rate falls in 2020China's once-a-decade census, released this month, showed that 12 million babies were born in the last year, the lowest since 1961, during ...
30 May, 2021, 06.13 PM IST
Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen conferred with Spain's top award in social sciencesIn his best-known work, 'Poverty and Famines. In an Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation (1981)', Sen demonstrated that hunger is not a con...
26 May, 2021, 07.27 PM IST
Bengaluru riots pre-planned and organised, says a fact-finding committee report“The funding received by individuals and religious extremists organisations who are involved in anti-social activities be tracked and conti...
04 Sep, 2020, 08.38 PM IST
People living in city with active coal power plants have higher body levels of mercury: IIT HyderabadThe research team was headed by Asif Qureshi, associate professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Hyderabad.
11 Jun, 2019, 01.53 PM IST
Thanks to women's emancipation, marrying up is now easier for menThe number of highly educated women exceeds the number of highly educated men in the marriage market.
29 Aug, 2017, 07.19 PM IST
Larger use of Internet forcing companies to transform in India: ICICI Bank MD and CEO Chanda KochharDriving the change is increasing use of Internet, which is changing the business model in India where technology is driving companies to tr...
08 Apr, 2016, 08.56 PM IST
If not contained, Nepal crisis may spill over to India says Madhesi communityA Nepalese delegation, comprising members of the civil society and the Madhesi community, has rejected the constitutional amendments passed...
29 Jan, 2016, 10.26 PM IST
Piki: A startup that helps you make quick decision based on dependable dataThe first stepping block in the process for Piki was to zero in on a relevant demographic base that his customers (any brand) would want to...
18 Dec, 2015, 05.59 AM IST
Expert panel to lend technology solutions for housing projectsThe Maharashtra government has decided to constitute a committee of technical experts that would suggest within two months guidelines for c...
10 Aug, 2015, 12.24 PM IST
UK's ethnic population set to double by 2051: ReportOverall UK population will rise from 63.4 million in 2011 to 77.4 million in 2051, fuelled by a more than 100 per cent increase in minority...
20 Apr, 2015, 06.43 PM IST
India to lose over $4.58 trillion to non-communicable diseasesThe report said primary prevention of NCDs with focussed approach, if implemented, can reverse this trend with a return on investment of at...
05 Nov, 2014, 10.58 PM IST
IIM-Bangalore is India's No. 1 in business management research: Stanford StudyThe universities were ranked in these categories: sociology, demography and family studies, economics, psychology, and business and managem...
26 Jan, 2014, 09.18 AM IST
Sunday ET: Senior citizens find succour in slew of innovations in KeralaThe latest is a slew of funeral web-casting services, which allow the NRI kith and kin a chance to see the last rites of their near and dea...
07 Apr, 2013, 05.51 AM IST
- Chinese bachelors to boost the economy: experts
The new bachelor trend among Chinese middle-class, white-collar workers will trigger a "single economy" phenomenon in the country, experts ...
26 Aug, 2006, 11.07 AM IST