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Festival season to bring some cheer to economy, say economists: Reuters poll

India has begun its long-delayed population census. Here’s why it matters?

BENGALURU, Oct 26 (Reuters) – Indian consumer spending during this year’s festival season will be slightly better than in 2022, said economists polled by Reuters, but probably not enough to ramp up the speed of what is already the world’s fastest-growing major economy. The broadly optimistic survey data, taken together with expectations for 6.3% growth this fiscal year and next, suggest even with a dip in inflation, prospects for a Reserve Bank of India interest rate cut are still a long way off. Battered during the pandemic, consumption, which makes up for about 60% of Asia’s third-largest economy has been

Gaza families wear ID bracelets to avoid burial in mass graves

Gaza families wear ID bracelets to avoid burial in mass graves

GAZA, Oct 25 (Reuters): With so many bodies, Palestinians in Gaza are burying the unidentified dead in mass graves, with a number instead of a name, residents say. Now some families are using bracelets in the hope of finding their loved ones should they be killed. The El-Daba family has tried to reduce the risk of being struck down during the heaviest-ever Israeli bombardment of Gaza. Israel launched the air strikes after Hamas militants attacked Israeli towns on Oct. 7 in a rampage that killed 1,400 people and hostages were taken. Ali El-Daba, 40, said he had seen bodies ripped

Judges have to follow discipline, taking up cases not specifically assigned by CJI is ‘gross impropriety’: SC

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New Delhi [India], October 25 (ANI): The Supreme Court has said that a judge taking up a case not specifically assigned by the Chief Justice is an “act of gross impropriety” and that they have to follow discipline. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Pankaj Mithal said if it is not followed then the roster notified by the Chief Justice will have no meaning. The bench also imposed costs of Rs 50,000 on the three litigants who were found to have indulged in forum shopping. “This is a classic case of forum hunting by the second to fourth

When you monitoring blood pressure, which number is most important — top, bottom, or both?

New Delhi, October 25, 2023: Blood pressure is the force that moves blood through the circulatory system. It is an important force because oxygen and nutrients would not be pushed around the circulatory system to nourish tissues and organs without blood pressure. Blood pressure is also vital because it delivers white blood cells and antibodies for immunity and hormones such as insulin. Just as important as providing oxygen and nutrients, the fresh blood that gets delivered is able to pick up the toxic waste products of metabolism, including the carbon dioxide we exhale with every breath and the toxins we

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