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77% Indian parents expect to live with sons in old age
The perception that parents can live with daughters has only slightly improved over the last few years.
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Just 5% of marriages in India are inter-caste, says report
In a nation where 95% marry within their caste, Mizoram has the most inter-caste marriages.
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Half of India’s homeless children are labourers
According to a survey, these children work for a living at construction sites or hotels and do not study.
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‘Knowing we’re mortal gives us purpose’: Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan on his new book
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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In Amit Shah’s Gandhinagar, three Lok Sabha candidates allege they faced pressure to withdraw
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Ex-Karnataka minister HD Revanna arrested for abduction related to rape case
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‘Exhuma’ review: A grave holds secrets to a troubled Korean past
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How 52 million people may depend on rural jobs plan for 20 years
MNREGA continues to be India’s top poverty alleviation programme, with a 14% rise in funding in budget 2016-'17.
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Mizoram shows how good sanitation can reduce child malnutrition
As many as 92% households in the state had access to sanitation at the end of the 2011 Census, against 82% in the 2001 census.
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Indian states that keep mothers healthy have the healthiest children
A reason why the facilities were improved was to meet the Millennium Development Goal of reducing maternal mortality ratio to 109 per 100,000 live births by 2015.
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Video
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Eco India, Episode 259: How future-proof innovations can revolutionize the way we protect nature
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Video: What will it take to bring back peace to Manipur?
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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Watch: Meet Sparkles, the new avatar of Boston Dynamics’ robot dog with a special costume
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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Despite soaring child-health spending, 40 million Indian children are stunted
India accounts for 27% of the world's neonatal deaths and 21% of all child deaths.
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Fewer young children are malnourished in India but undernourished population still high
India still has more underweight and stunted children than any other country.
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What Nitish Kumar’s seven-point agenda offers Bihar
Once back in the chief minister's chair, the Janata Dal (United) leader wants to invest in basic infrastructure, education and skill development.
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The Reel
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‘Presumed Innocent’ trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal plays a lawyer accused of murdering his lover
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‘Lampan’ trailer: Marathi series is based on Prakash Narayan Sant’s stories
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Watch: ‘Murder in Mahim’ series is based on Jerry Pinto’s crime novel
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‘Women Of My Billion’ review: What happens when women get talking
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‘The Broken News’ S2 review: A competent second round of TV channel rivalry
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In new Bihar house, 49 of 80 MLAs from Lalu's RJD have criminal cases pending
The Rashtriya Janata Dal leads the pack with 49 MLAs with criminal cases pending against them. more than half the legislators face criminal charges
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Years of empowerment haven’t improved the lot of scheduled castes in Bihar
In a state that sits on India’s bottom rung of development, SCs and STs occupy the lowest economic rung.
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These charts show how Bihar still has a long way to go on education and curbing crime
Bihar has the second highest crime rate and the lowest enrolment in secondary schools among poor states.
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The Field
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Shooting, Baku World Cup: Shreyasi Singh placed eight at end of first day of women’s trap event
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Akash, Vishvanath, Nikhil and Preet reach men’s finals
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ISL 2024 final, Mohun Bagan Super Giant vs Mumbai City, as it happened: MCFC win second Cup title
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Hockey: Rohit to lead 20-member Indian junior team in five-match tour of Europe
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IPL 2024: Kolkata beat Mumbai in a thriller at Wankhede for the first time in 12 years