As India’s elderly population grows with increasing life expectancy—currently 72 —so are opportunities to invest in the ...

In a reply to a question by parliamentarian Ashok Chavan in the Rajya Sabha, the government said that the annual requirement of blood in the country is 14.6 million units, and a total of 14,601,147 ...

Jharkhand’s blood banks scarcely organise blood donation camps, lack manpower and adequate testing facilities, records have shown ...

The village has benefited from its proximity to the popular tourist city. Most families here rely on the hotel sector for their income. All the houses have a fresh coat of paint. Deeper in the village ...

Bengaluru, Delhi and Nuh, Haryana: Wasim* folds a part of his chequered lungi above his right knee and sits with his right leg outstretched on the floor of his neighbour's makeshift tent. He swats at ...

Mumbai: In the Union Budget of 2025, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the government would provide internet connectivity to all secondary schools and public health centres in the ...

New Delhi: Jalaluddin Kazi*, 38, lives with bipolar disorder and often has seizures. A resident of North Dumdum near Kolkata, he drove a rented electric rickshaw to support his wife and two children, ...

The textile industry is a vital sector of the Indian economy, contributing 2.3% of the gross domestic product (GDP), 13% of industrial production and 12% of exports. But this also means that the ...

The first of its kind report titled Budgets for Justice, it analysed budgets of the 11 states with the highest gross domestic product (or GSDP) with a population of at least 10 million--Andhra Pradesh ...

Bengaluru: In July 2016, the Union government told Parliament that in its 15-year vision to achieve “total abolition of bonded labour”, it would identify, release and rehabilitate around 18.4 million ...