India sees close to 25 million births every year, among the largest maternal and newborn populations on Earth. In the past two decades, the country has seen a visible improvement with maternal mortality dropping sharply, now estimated at 88 deaths per lakh live births, a significant reduction from earlier decades. Simultaneously, institutional deliveries have increased…
Experts Reveal Which Night-Time Skincare Products Are the Best for Anti-Ageing When the city lights dim and the day finally slows down, your skin begins its most powerful transformation. While you rest, your skin quietly switches into repair mode by working behind the scenes to undo the damage caused by pollution, sun exposure, stress and…
Australia captain Pat Cummins has strongly denied claims made senior Australian cricketers could consider skipping the home summer to participate in lucrative overseas franchise leagues.According to report in The Age a group of Australia’s leading players, including Cummins, may seek no-objection certificates (NOCs) to feature in South Africa’s SA20 tournament in 2028 if they are…
For years, many of the foods Indian grandparents cooked and ate without a second thought were brushed aside as “old-fashioned,” too simple, too humble, or not glamorous enough for the modern plate. But food trends have a funny way of circling back. What once sat quietly in steel tiffins, clay pots, and kitchen shelves is…
The revised DA structure will benefit state government employees and teachers, CM Vijay said in a statement. CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Thursday announced a 2% hike in dearness allowance (DA) for state government employees and teachers, increasing it from 58% to 60% with retrospective effect from January 1 this year.The…
New Delhi: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has said that it is studying the organisational and commercialisation proposal shared by 13 of the 14 Indian Super League (ISL) clubs. All clubs, except East Bengal, floated the proposal on Wednesday which would keep commercialisation responsibilities with the clubs and not hand them out to a…
The government is evaluating a proposal to substantially reduce taxes on bond investments made by foreign investors. (AI image) Stock market rally today: Sensex and Nifty50 rallied strongly in trade on Thursday as firm global cues and possible steps to stem rupee’s fall boosted confidence. Both benchmarks rose over 1%, even as global and domestic…
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has helped hundreds of employees become multimillionaires by allowing staff to sell large portions of their shares in a recent financing round. However, the scale of payouts may reportedly owe as much to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and the growing AI talent war as to OpenAI’s own rise. The competition for AI talent…
NEW DELHI: Former Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee faced heavy sloganeering at the Calcutta high court on Thursday when she appeared as counsel in a public interest litigation (PIL) concerning alleged post-poll violence following the recently concluded Assembly elections in the state.Dressed in a traditional black advocate’s jacket and white collar-band over her signature white…
The proposal was suggested by the Reserve Bank of India and is currently under active consideration by the Finance Ministry. Looking to tackle foreign outflows and preserve forex, the government is weighing a major cut in the tax burden imposed on foreign investors investing in domestic bonds. Policymakers are looking to bring the country’s framework…