Life expectancy in India improves marginally

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Life expectancy in India improves marginally India has seen an improvement in overall life expectancy at birth to 69 years, with women expected to live for 70.4 years and men for 67.8 years, according to the latest Sample Registration Survey (SRS) for 2013-17. Saudi Arabia has a new energy minister: What it means for oil Saudi Arabia's King Salman Bin Abdulaziz named his son Prince Abdulaziz as the country's energy minister, replacing Khalid Al-Falih, who led three years of active Opec (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) diplomacy to forge a global alliance with producers such as Russia to limit production in order to prop up prices. Will this change the policy, or will it affect Saudi Aramco's plan for an initial public offering? Why Chandrayaan-2's Vikram isn't getting signal Not losing hope, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) continued to make all-out efforts to establish link with Chandrayaan-2's 'Vikram' lander, now lying on the lunar surface after a hard-landing. Charity ship rescues 50 African migrants in sea off Libya A charity ship run by humanitarian groups in the Mediterranean spent a rainy Sunday searching open waters for a fragile rubber boat overloaded with migrants before finally plucking 50 people to safety not far off Libya's coast. Man streams chase before Minnesota police fatally shoot him Police near Minneapolis shot and killed a driver following a chase after he apparently emerged from his car holding a knife and refused their commands to drop it. Hong Kong tells US to stay out, students form protest chains Thousands of students are forming human chains in schools across Hong Kong to show solidarity after violent weekend clashes to push for democratic reforms in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. Georgia: Search on for 4 missing after cargo ship overturned Rescuers scoured the Georgia coast on Sunday for four missing crew members of a cargo ship that overturned and caught fire, but the efforts ran into trouble amid the flames and instability of the ship, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Ferrari's F8 Spider and 812 GTS unveiled Ferrari revealed its two new releases as the Italian premium automaker pursues an aggressive roll-out of new models to sustain its turbo-charged core earnings and share price growth. Nadal claims 19th Grand Slam title Rafael Nadal captured his 19th career Grand Slam title in thrilling fashion by winning the US Open final, outlasting Russia's Daniil Medvedev 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4 to seize his fourth crown in New York. Typhoon Faxai lashes Tokyo area, cutting power and transport Typhoon Faxai slammed ashore in the city of Chiba, just east of Tokyo, a little before dawn, bringing with it wind gusts of 207 kmph (128 mph) in Chiba, the strongest ever recorded there, national broadcaster NHK said.

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