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CEA Nageswaran lays thrust on long-term savings as India's elderly populat
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Emphasising the significance of financial security for senior citizens, Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran has stressed that long-term savings will be essential to maintain living standards as the country's elderly population grows in the coming decades.
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Rich people's swimming pools make cities thirsty: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Wealthy elites with huge swimming pools and well-kept lawns are leaving underprivileged people in cities throughout the world without basic access to water. According to a new study, societal inequalities drive urban water issues more than environmental factors like climate change or urban p
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Study finds how virovory is enough to fuel physiological growth
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers discovered that a type of Halteria, which are tiny ciliates that live in freshwater habitats all over the world, may consume large quantities of infectious chloroviruses. For the first time, the team's laboratory tests have also demonstrated that a virus-only diet, or "virovory,"
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India to surpass China as world's most populous country: UN report
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], July 11 (ANI): India is projected to surpass China as the world's most populous country next year, as per a report by the United Nations on World Population Day.
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PM Modi lauds work on animal conservation after increase in leopard popula
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday lauded the efforts undertaken by the government towards animal conservation, following the release of the "Status of Leopard in India" report which recorded a surge in the population of leopards in the country.<
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Vice President calls for the revival of India's joint family system, says
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 20 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said that development challenges will become more difficult to tackle as the size of population increases.
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Asiatic lion population in Gujarat grows to 674, sees over 28% growth
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], June 10 (ANI): Gujarat has seen one of the highest growth rate of 28.87 per cent in the population of Asiatic Lions taking their number from 523 to 674 in five years from the last population estimation done in 2015, state forest department said on Wednesday.
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