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March 28, 2026, 03:15 PM - 3 min read
India’s maternal mortality ratio has fallen 86% since 1990—nearly double the global decline—though recent progress has slowed, latest data and studies show.
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March 27, 2026, 07:17 PM - 3 min read
To shield the public from soaring global energy prices, the government has moved aggressively on the fiscal front, slashing excise duty on petrol to ₹3 per litre and remarkably bringing the duty on diesel down to zero.
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March 20, 2026, 04:42 PM - 3 min read
India and China will resume border trade via Lipulekh Pass from June after six years, signalling a thaw in ties even as Nepal continues to object over territorial claims.
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March 16, 2026, 04:01 PM - 4 min read
MPs in Lok Sabha have urged the government to restore train fare concessions for senior citizens and journalists withdrawn during COVID-19, citing financial relief and respect for contributors.
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January 30, 2026, 04:36 PM - 3 min read
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her ninth consecutive Union Budget on February 1, becoming the longest-serving finance minister in a continuous term. She assumed office in May 2019 and has steered the economy through the pandemic and global turmoil.
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January 23, 2026, 04:55 PM - 3 min read
US President Donald Trump said he will visit China in April and host President Xi Jinping in the United States later this year, signalling renewed engagement between the two countries. Trump cited improved trade ties and increased Chinese purchases of US farm products as signs of easing tensions.
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December 15, 2025, 05:35 PM - 3 min read
There cannot be any doubt about the compelling situation in which the governments requisitioned services of doctors and other health professionals to contain the virus during Covid-19, a bench of Justices PS Narasimha and R Mahadevan said.
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December 14, 2025, 05:15 PM - 2 min read
The study, titled ‘Burden of Sudden Death in Young Adults: A One-Year Observational Study at a Tertiary Care Centre in India’, has been published in the ‘Indian Journal of Medical Research’, the flagship journal of the Indian Council of Medical Research.
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October 15, 2025, 02:32 PM - 4 min read
Andaman tourism is soaring post-pandemic with a 200% surge in domestic visitors. Lt. Governor D K Joshi unveiled ambitious plans to turn the islands into a world-class eco hub.
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October 14, 2025, 05:29 PM - 3 min read
"These kinds of changes in the hippocampus, as well as other brain regions, may contribute to the increased anxiety we observed in offspring, via epigenetic inheritance and altered brain development," co-senior author Carolina Gubert said.
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October 13, 2025, 03:42 PM - 3 min read
Global deaths have dropped 67%, but youth mortality climbs, driven by suicide, drugs, and alcohol, warns Lancet’s Global Burden of Disease study.
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October 9, 2025, 07:38 PM - 3 min read
China has welcomed the resumption of direct flights with India, calling it a positive step to strengthen bilateral ties, people-to-people exchanges, and economic cooperation.
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