FRIDAY, Dec. 16, 2016 — Young people may abstain from seeking sexual and reproductive health care because they fear their parents will find out, a U.S. government report suggests. About 7 percent of teens and young adults said they would not seek that care due to confidentiality concerns, the U.S. ... Read More »
The six-member monetary policy committee (MPC), headed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Urjit Patel, on Wednesday unanimously decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 6.25 per cent, considering the “heightened uncertainty” of volatility related to US rate hike and the local demonetization drive. RBI also withdrew ... Read More »
The minutes of the Indian central bank’s maiden monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting, released on Tuesday, showed that broad concerns over economic growth and relief from the pullback in inflation, spurred the bank’s recent rate cut decision. The minutes from the 2-day meeting on October 3-4, which saw all six ... Read More »
When his daughter was in third grade, Ryan Bannister started having trouble helping her with homework. “It just didn’t make sense to me,” he explains. Like a lot of parents, Ryan didn’t understand the new methods being taught under Common Core, adopted by Pennsylvania in 2013. He began researching and ... Read More »
BEIJING—The World Health Organization has warned China that its coveted Silk Road program can result in the spread of disease, because movements of people and goods can transfer viruses, too. “We have learned from many years of experience that with movement of people, goods and services, diseases also move around,” Margaret ... Read More »
ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday showed its intention to retreat from its stance of taxing gains from the property business at fair market value and constituted a committee of stakeholders to find a solution after property transactions came to a halt. The committee would comprise real estate agents, representatives of the ... Read More »
