-PTI/ NDTV.com The gross domestic product (GDP) had expanded by 8.4 per cent in the July-September quarter of 2021-22, according to data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO). New Delhi: India's economy grew 6.3 per cent in the July-September quarter, down from 13.5 per cent in the previous quarter, according to the official data released today. The gross domestic product (GDP) had expanded by 8.4 per cent in the July-September quarter of...
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India improves maternal mortality ratio, but poorer states yet to make progress -Taran Deol
-Down to Earth This is a considerable improvement from the 130 deaths per lakh in 2014-2016 India has improved its maternal mortality ratio (MMR) — number of deaths per 100,000 live births — to 97 deaths per lakh in 2018-2020 from 103 deaths per lakh in 2017-2019. This is a considerable improvement from the 130 deaths per lakh in 2014-2016, the latest data released by the office of the Registrar General of...
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Like the fight against poverty and hunger, the progress made by mankind against tuberculosis (TB) in the years up to 2019 has either slowed, stalled, or reversed, and global TB targets are off track due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Globally, although the reported number of people newly diagnosed with TB decreased from 7.1 million to 5.8 million between 2019 and 2020, the number went up to 6.4 million in 2021....
More »As COVID-19 Dips, Tuberculosis is the Most Lethal Infectious Disease Again -Mohd. Imran Khan
-Newsclick.in As per recent estimates, TB is killing approximately three times as many people as COVID-19 every day. Patna: Tuberculosis is one of the most lethal infectious diseases on the rise after the fears and deaths due to the COVID-19 pandemic have come down. As per the latest report by TB Alliance, a not-for-profit organisation, HIV/AIDS is back in second place, and TB is in first place. “A few years back, tuberculosis overtook...
More »Is EPFO data right metric to show job creation? No, say experts citing its data limitations -TCA Sharad Raghavan
-ThePrint.in Wage ceiling, mobility of lower-end workers, smaller establishments willfully avoiding registrations among factors that make EPF data flawed indicator, they assert New Delhi: While the government often cites monthly data from the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) — the latest edition of which was released on Friday — to show that formal sector employment is growing in India, economists say that the data is flawed, prone to inflation and captures only...
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