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Elderly at risk of fragility due to air pollution: Physiotherapists

The industrial city of Durgapur hosts a significantly higher proportion of elderly residents than the Bengal average, and many are increasingly vulnerable to fragility caused by declining bone mineral density, senior physiotherapists have warned ahead of World Physiotherapy Day.

Two elderly women raped in UP districts

Rasda Police station in charge Nagesh Upadhyay said an FIR in the matter was registered on Monday and the accused, identified as Sonu, has been arrested

Is old gold?

India is only at the beginning of the curve which has topped out in the developed world as increasing prosperity ensures people live much longer. As the population’s median age goes up, so will the need to allocate resources in proportion.