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Senior Citizens To Outnumber Those Below 18 By 2080 Globally: UN Report
The UN World Population Prospects report said the world's population will peak in the mid-2080s, growing over the next 60 years from 8.2 billion people now to 10.3 billion in the mid-2080s, and will return to 10.2 billion by the end of the century.
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UN Revises India's 2024 Economic Growth Projection Upwards From 6.2 To 6.9%
The United Nations has revised upwards India's growth projections for 2024, with the country's economy now forecast to expand by close to seven per cent this year, mainly driven by strong public investment and resilient private consumption.
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Vivo India Money Laundering Probe: Firms Permitted to Operate Frozen Bank Accounts by Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to permit 12 companies to access their frozen bank accounts and operate them, allowing a batch of petitions seeking de-freezing of the accounts. The ED is probing money laundering offences against Vivo India. The relief granted by the Delhi High Court is subject to conditio...
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Graduates Confident About Career Prospects Despite Covid Pandemic: Survey
Most graduates believe their future career will be as good or better than their parents' generation, despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Population Of Earth To Reach 9.7 Billion In 2050: UN
The world population is expected to climb to 9.7 billion in 2050 from 7.7 billion today, with the population of sub-Saharan Africa doubling, a United Nations report released Monday said.
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She Staged A Viral Story, You Fell For Her Hoax - She Thinks That's Beautiful
The performance artist who calls herself Zardulu told us where we were to meet: a quiet stretch of Prospect Park next to a pond, which she'd circled for us in red on a map. She approached in a full purple robe, wearing a turban, her face covered in a bearded mask. Zardulu looked a little bit like an old animatronic fortune teller, recently escaped ...
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Indian Economy Projected To Grow At 7.3 Per Cent In 2016: UN Report
Notwithstanding delays in domestic policy reforms, India's economy is "slowly gaining momentum" and is projected to grow by 7.3 per cent this year, a UN report today forecast.
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India To Remain Bright Spot Of Global Economy: World Bank
India will continue to be the bright spot of the global economy and is projected to grow at a robust 7.8 per cent in fiscal 2016-17, more than a percentage point higher than China's, according to the World Bank.
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ISIS Department Of 'War Spoils' Handles Slaves And More
ISIS has set up departments to handle "war spoils," including slaves, and the exploitation of natural resources such as oil, creating the trappings of government that enable it to manage large swaths of Syria and Iraq and other areas.
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India Economic Growth to Surpass China's in 2015-16: UN Report
India's economic growth is projected to surpass that of China's, with the GDP expected to zoom by 7.7 per cent in 2016, according to a UN report which said India will help accelerate economic growth in South Asia.
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Three years before the vote, Hillary Clinton machine gears up
With the news that America's largest liberal fundraising group is to back a Hillary Clinton presidential bid in 2016, a growing sense of inevitability is building around her prospective candidacy.
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Lack of jobs in Southern Europe frustrates the young
Francesca Esposito, 29 and exquisitely educated, helped win millions of euros in false disability and other lawsuits for her employer, a major Italian state agency. But one day last fall she quit, fed up with how surreal and ultimately sad it is to be young in Italy today.It galled her that even with her competence and fluency in five languag...
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Back pain related to short-term memory
Chronic back pain patients have significant impairments in short-term prospective memory as compared to those without pain.
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Lazy eye doesn't hinder job prospects
According to recent research lazy eye, or amblyopia, does not diminish a person's job prospects.
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Snoring linked to diabetes
Snoring may do more than just disturb others. It could also raise the risk of developing diabetes. People who snore on a regular basis have a two fold risk of developing diabetes independent of other risk factors such as obesity. The research was carried out at the department of nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachus...
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Senior Citizens To Outnumber Those Below 18 By 2080 Globally: UN Report
The UN World Population Prospects report said the world's population will peak in the mid-2080s, growing over the next 60 years from 8.2 billion people now to 10.3 billion in the mid-2080s, and will return to 10.2 billion by the end of the century.
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UN Revises India's 2024 Economic Growth Projection Upwards From 6.2 To 6.9%
The United Nations has revised upwards India's growth projections for 2024, with the country's economy now forecast to expand by close to seven per cent this year, mainly driven by strong public investment and resilient private consumption.
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Vivo India Money Laundering Probe: Firms Permitted to Operate Frozen Bank Accounts by Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to permit 12 companies to access their frozen bank accounts and operate them, allowing a batch of petitions seeking de-freezing of the accounts. The ED is probing money laundering offences against Vivo India. The relief granted by the Delhi High Court is subject to conditio...
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Graduates Confident About Career Prospects Despite Covid Pandemic: Survey
Most graduates believe their future career will be as good or better than their parents' generation, despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Population Of Earth To Reach 9.7 Billion In 2050: UN
The world population is expected to climb to 9.7 billion in 2050 from 7.7 billion today, with the population of sub-Saharan Africa doubling, a United Nations report released Monday said.
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She Staged A Viral Story, You Fell For Her Hoax - She Thinks That's Beautiful
The performance artist who calls herself Zardulu told us where we were to meet: a quiet stretch of Prospect Park next to a pond, which she'd circled for us in red on a map. She approached in a full purple robe, wearing a turban, her face covered in a bearded mask. Zardulu looked a little bit like an old animatronic fortune teller, recently escaped ...
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Indian Economy Projected To Grow At 7.3 Per Cent In 2016: UN Report
Notwithstanding delays in domestic policy reforms, India's economy is "slowly gaining momentum" and is projected to grow by 7.3 per cent this year, a UN report today forecast.
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India To Remain Bright Spot Of Global Economy: World Bank
India will continue to be the bright spot of the global economy and is projected to grow at a robust 7.8 per cent in fiscal 2016-17, more than a percentage point higher than China's, according to the World Bank.
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ISIS Department Of 'War Spoils' Handles Slaves And More
ISIS has set up departments to handle "war spoils," including slaves, and the exploitation of natural resources such as oil, creating the trappings of government that enable it to manage large swaths of Syria and Iraq and other areas.
-
India Economic Growth to Surpass China's in 2015-16: UN Report
India's economic growth is projected to surpass that of China's, with the GDP expected to zoom by 7.7 per cent in 2016, according to a UN report which said India will help accelerate economic growth in South Asia.
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Three years before the vote, Hillary Clinton machine gears up
With the news that America's largest liberal fundraising group is to back a Hillary Clinton presidential bid in 2016, a growing sense of inevitability is building around her prospective candidacy.
-
Lack of jobs in Southern Europe frustrates the young
Francesca Esposito, 29 and exquisitely educated, helped win millions of euros in false disability and other lawsuits for her employer, a major Italian state agency. But one day last fall she quit, fed up with how surreal and ultimately sad it is to be young in Italy today.It galled her that even with her competence and fluency in five languag...
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Back pain related to short-term memory
Chronic back pain patients have significant impairments in short-term prospective memory as compared to those without pain.
-
Lazy eye doesn't hinder job prospects
According to recent research lazy eye, or amblyopia, does not diminish a person's job prospects.
-
Snoring linked to diabetes
Snoring may do more than just disturb others. It could also raise the risk of developing diabetes. People who snore on a regular basis have a two fold risk of developing diabetes independent of other risk factors such as obesity. The research was carried out at the department of nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachus...
