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RBI directs banks to enhance housing loan limits for eligibility under pri
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 07 (ANI): Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has directed banks to enhance the housing loan limits for eligibility under priority sector lending (PSL) to Rs 35 lakh in metropolitan centres (with population of ten lakh and above) and Rs 25 lakh in other centres.
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Nepal records first death from bird flu
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 3 (ANI): Nepal's Ministry of Health and Population on Thursday confirmed the first death related due to bird flu in the country.
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Increased frequency of catastrophic events may stimulate collapse in marin
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [USA], April 26 (ANI): Researchers have discovered that increased frequency and severity of catastrophic events could hinder marine population's ability to recover and, in turn, may stimulate collapse.
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Study debunks the association of lung cancer with non-smokers
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 16 (ANI): Lung cancer is not only diagnosed in smokers but a large population of non-smokers too, a new study claims.
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Shift in fishery harvesting practices offers significant conservation adva
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [USA], April 26 (ANI): As over-harvesting and a steep decline in the population of fish pose a major threat to marine stock across the globe; it becomes imperative to improve fishery management practices to preserve fish populations, a study revealed.
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Sea turtle population increasing: Study
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Apr 25 (ANI): A recent study claims that endangered turtle (Hawksbill & Green turtle) population is increasing in Pacific coral reefs.
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Cultural diversity in schools improve minority students' sense of belongin
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 24 (ANI): The culturally diverse populations in schools might be a key factor in determining the grades and builds a sense of belonging among minority students, reveals a study.
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Scientists find how general anaesthesia works?
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 19 (ANI): Ever wondered how general anaesthesia works? Scientists have recently discovered that general anaesthesia makes a person unconscious by seizing the neural circuitry, a population of neurons interconnected by synapses to carry out a specific function wh
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Joint action needed to bridge gap in SDG financing: IMF
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [United States], Apr 19 (ANI): Policymakers worldwide need to engage in collective action and support the goal of delivering education, health, power, roads, water and sanitation to growing populations, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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World must work harder to secure sexual, reproductive rights for all: UNFP
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 10 April (ANI): The world has a long way to go before reproductive and sexual rights are claimed by all, said the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in a report released here on Wednesday.
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Facebook uses AI to map global population density
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
California [USA], Apr 9 (ANI): Artificial intelligence may be threatening to some industries but Facebook is putting it to some positive use in its latest project of mapping the world.
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RJD releases manifesto, promises reservation to Dalits, backward classes
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Apr 8 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday released the party's poll manifesto which promises reservation to Dalits and backward classes on the basis of their population, besides a job quota in the private sector.
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