March 10, 2013
A 'mortality index' that consists of a 12-item list of health questions can help predict chances for dying within 10 years for patients aged 50 and older.
March 10, 2013
NEW DELHI: India has attracted foreign direct investment (FDI) of $22.78 billion in 2012, a decline of 34 per cent over the previous year due to global economic uncertainties.
The country had attracted FDI of $34.62 billion in 2011, according to the department of industrial policy and promotion data.
"The dip in foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows is mainly due to uncertainties in the global economy," an official said.
March 10, 2013
BEIJING: China unveiled a government restructuring plan on Sunday, cutting cabinet-level entities by two and dissolving its powerful railways ministry, as the country's new leaders look to boost efficiency and combat corruption.
March 10, 2013
YANGON: Myanmar's long-silenced opposition on Sunday reappointed Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi as party leader at a landmark maiden congress, as it eyes victory in elections due in 2015.
March 10, 2013
WASHINGTON: Denied a visa to visit US, Gujarat chief minister NarendraModi on Sunday took to video conferencing to address Indian-American community, saying his idea of secularism is "India first".
March 9, 2013
NEW YORK: Job growth surged last month as auto makers, builders and retailers pushed the unemployment rate to a four-year low, defying concerns that budget battles in Washington would harm the economic expansion.
March 9, 2013
NEW YORK: An Indian-American woman, who had been accused of keeping an Indian immigrant as a slave in her mansion here, was on Friday found guilty of harbouring an "illegal alien".
March 9, 2013
KOLKATA: Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir on Saturday said that the Delhi gang-rape incident on December 13 was not "unique", but one among many.
CJI Altamas Kabir said that the brutal attack on Nirbhaya, following which she died, was not an isolated incident.
March 9, 2013
KOLKATA: Expressing surprise over the dropping of dashing India opener Virender Sehwag, former captain Sourav Ganguly on Saturday said current skipper MS Dhoni had a hand in the exclusion.
March 9, 2013
NEW DELHI: Indian households are allocating less of their spending to education and healthcare and more to travel and eating out than they did in the past, the latest GDP data reveals.
Expenses towards education and medical care have, in fact, been declining since 2008-09, according to the data, along with a decline in spending on food.
