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Maternal Mortality Ratio has declined from 130 per lakh live births in 2014-16 to 97 per lakh live births in 2018-20, according to a special bulletin released by the office of the Registrar General of India.
The ruling BJP received Rs 614.53 crore as contributions, more than six times the funds garnered by the opposition Congress during fiscal year 2021-22.
The Congress received funds to the tune of Rs 95.46 crore, according to Election Commission data.
The Trinamool Congress, which is in power in West Bengal, received Rs 43 lakh as contributions during the period while the CPI-M, which is in government in Kerala, received funds of Rs 10.05 crore. (PTI)
Cody Gakpo continued his prolific run with a third goal in as many games and Frenkie de Jong also scored as the Netherlands beat hosts Qatar 2-0 to finish top of World Cup Group A.
Gakpo's powerful 26th-minute strike came after passes from Memphis Depay and Davy Klaassen, and De Jong was quickest to react in the 50th minute when Depay's shot from point-blank range was well saved by Qatar goalkeeper Meshaal Barsham.
The Dutch, who finished on seven points, await the outcome of the Group B matches later on Tuesday to discover the identity of their last-16 opponents on Saturday.
After coming under attack by cybercriminals six days back, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, hospital is slowly restoring its digital data. In a statement issued on November 29, the hospital noted that the eHospital data has been restored.
More details here.
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray wondered whether issues like the Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute are being raised to divert attention from "main news".
The border dispute dates back to the 1960s after the reorganisation of states on linguistic lines. The case is coming up before the Supreme Court for a hearing on November 30.
Capital markets regulator Sebi barred five brokerage houses for up to six months from making fresh applications seeking registration as commodity brokers as they failed to meet 'fit and proper' criteria in the NSEL case.
The affected brokerage houses include India Infoline Commodities, Anand Rathi Commodities and Geofin Comtrade (banned for 6 months each), and Phillip Commodities and Motilal Oswal Commodities Broker (for 3 months each). (PTI)
Union minister Giriraj Singh claimed religious conversions were taking place at a great speed in Bihar with the Mahagathbandhan government "concerned only about its Muslim vote bank".
The prime accused in the Mangaluru blast case, Mohammed Shariq, had professed the ideology of ISIS and shared the videos of the terror outfit with other accused in the case, police sources said.
Shariq, who was influenced by Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, ISIS and Al Qaeda, had videos of the speeches of Naik and the operations of terror outfits which he shared with other accused Maaz Muneer Ahmed and Sayyad Yasin, the sources said.
Sources said he used to send PDF files, videos, audios and links related to extremism, radicalisation, works of ISIS and other terror organisations through Telegram, Signal, Instagram, Wire and other platforms to Muslim youth activists. (PTI)
A minor earthquake occurred in Delhi Tuesday night, according to the National Centre for Seismology.
The epicentre of the quake with a magnitude of 2.5 was eight km west of New Delhi. It occurred at 9.30 pm.
The depth of the earthquake was 5 km below the ground.
Engineered systems manufacturer Uniparts India on November 29 has raised Rs 250.68 crore via anchor book ahead of its initial public offering that opens tomorrow.
In a BSE filing, the company said it has finalised allocation of 43.44 lakh equity shares to anchor investors.
These shares were allocated at Rs 577 per equity share.
Read details here.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the Union government has saved Rs 2,00,000 crore by using technology as systems like Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) stopped leakages.
"Due to the use of technology, we have saved Rs 2,00,000 crore. The money under DBT is reaching directly into an Aadhar-verified account with no possibility of fraud,"she said. (PTI)
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said India has emerged as a regional power and net security provider in the Indo-Pacific with the country's capacity to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to its citizens as well as partners growing in recent years.
