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No country is fully prepared for future pandemics, says ADB report

India's score on the Global Health Security Index declined from 43.6 in 2019 to 42.8 in 2021. The country's score was lower than others. Japan, Brazil and Russia, meanwhile, recorded an improvement

India does better for its children, improves their chance of survival

Overall life expectancy has declined compared to 10 years ago though

India's income inequality at 100-year high; worse than colonial era: Study

The top 1 per cent of Indians hold the maximum national income share at 22.6 per cent compared to key peers

Political ad spends on Google already up 9x ahead of Lok Sabha polls

BJP emerges as largest advertiser so far in 2024

Downloading now: More fights over app store policies could be coming

Rise of India's mobile economy has everyone scrambling for a piece

Time taken for startups to get Series A funding longest in over a decade

Waiting for institutional round of financing could extend to 86 months compared to 81 last year

Gender to education and income: India's political gap is narrowing

Right versus Left phenomenon appears to be playing out differently in India

Banks' lending rate hit 46-month high in Jan; for fresh deposits in Aug

The weighted average lending rate by scheduled commercial banks on fresh loans increased to 9.45 per cent in January 2024 compared to 9.32 per cent in December 2023

Fewer women feel safe in India than before: Georgetown Institute Index

Other countries fare better in this aspect: 91 per cent of women in China feel safe, while in the United Kingdom and the United States, the figures are 74 per cent and 61 per cent, respectively

Moody's sees faster CY24 GDP growth; CMIE predicts low FY25 inflation

For the upcoming financial year, the RBI has projected growth of 7 per cent, while the State Bank of India (SBI) revised upwards its projection to 8 per cent

At 4.3% in FY25, inflation may head lower than RBI forecast, estimates CMIE

Cost of housing, tobacco and other intoxicants among those bucking the trend

New Rajya Sabha MPs collectively worth over Rs 4,600 crore, shows data

Figure ten times Election Commission's budget for 2023-24

Around 1.1 million financial fraud cases registered in 2023, shows data

Uttar Pradesh was at the top with around 200,000 cases, the highest across 36 states and union territories. Next was Maharashtra with 130,000 complaints reported, followed by Gujarat (120,000)

Women's unemployment rate at 16-month low; labour participation declines

The unemployment rate measures the number of people who are unemployed and actively looking for a job, among those in the labour force

Share of rural roads in total spends likely to fall further, shows data

The Budget indicates that the government is seeking participation from the private sector, suggested Aniket Dani, director, CRISIL Research

Statsguru: How India fares in stock mkt metrics after overtaking Hong Kong

Investors were willing to buy Hong Kong-listed shares at 21 times their earnings in March 2019. This price-to-earnings ratio fell to under 15 by the end of 2023

How spend, spend is giving state-owned companies diminishing returns

The private sector has been going slow in adding fixed assets but squeezing out more

Ayodhya sees infrastructure push amid stagnant income, tourism numbers

An airport, railway station, connecting highways, roads, water, and power projects are among the initiatives announced ahead of the Ram Mandir temple consecration ceremony on January 22

Nearly 90% of young people lack ability to calculate loan repayments

The exercise involved calculating the total amount to be repaid after a year if one is given the loan amount and the interest applicable

Growth-rate gap clouds India's biggest states' $1 trn dream, shows data

Maharashtra is the closest to reaching the $500 billion mark. It would have to add nearly $600 billion in the next seven years to reach the $1 trillion mark