Tag: senior citizens

Aging with Dignity

There are 87.6 million people in India aged above 60, a fact that deserves the attention of a nation almost obsessed with its ‘demographic dividend’. Considering that the country is expected to be home to 300 million elderly people by 2050, it is time to reflect on the problems of those who are as old,...

January 7, 2018

Four of family charred in Mumbai building fire

Four members of a family, including two children, were charred after a fire broke out as they slept in a residential building in Andheri East area of Mumbai. A least five others were brought out injured from the fire that broke out at 2 a.m. in Marol’s Maimun Manzil at the sprawling Dawoodi Bohra Colony,...

January 4, 2018

New HP cabinet’s New Year gift to senior citizens

The newly formed Himachal Cabinet in a major decision approved lowering the age for providing social security pension from 80 to 70 years. The decision is likely to benefit a major section of the aged and is seen as the ‘first gift’ of the New Year to senior citizens of the state from the newly...

December 27, 2017

HP witnessing rise in crime against senior citizens

The state of Himachal Pradesh is witnessing a rise in crime against senior citizens, ranking ninth in the country, based on the crime data.   This is revealed in the latest report of the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) that was released recently, highlighting that vulnerability of senior citizens in the state. In the absence of...

December 5, 2017

Senior citizens hail digital initiative

As senior citizens feel digitally isolated, The Statesman has been trying to connect them with the rest of the world through its ‘Digital Education’ programme. The fifteenth event in The Statesman’s series of such programmes aimed at making senior citizens digitally literate was held at Muktadhara, Banga Sanskriti Bhavan, Gole Market, on Saturday. The event...

November 19, 2017

BJP unveils vision document for HP polls, offer sops to youth, senior citizens

Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday unveiled vision document for ensuing assembly polls in Himachal Pradesh in which the party offered sops to youth, senior citizens and presented plan to combat corruption and mafias. The vision document was unfolded by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Union Health and Family Welfare minister JP Nadda. Former chief ministers Prem...

October 29, 2017

Elderly couple found dead in Delhi

A senior citizen couple was found dead in a house in Ashok Vihar here, police said on Saturday. The deceased have been identified as Ram Lal, 70, and his wife Kaushalya, 65, who were found dead at 9 am in their house at Ashok Vihar Phase 3. Police said that Ram Lal was suffering from...

September 2, 2017

Senior citizens get digital payments lessons at The Statesman event

Hundreds of people enthusiastically participated in the sixth edition of the "Digital Education Programme for Senior Citizens" organized by The Statesman. It was held at the meeting hall of Abhinav apartment, Vasundhra Enclave. The Statesman, in collaboration with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, took the initiative to empower senior citizens in banking and...

July 16, 2017

Spring in the step…

At 75, Rawat is entirely in love with life and exudes zesty enthusiasm that is difficult to match or even hold. He is a proud father of two daughters, who are married ~ one is settled abroad and the other is in Chennai. The energetic old man continues to embrace life with sheer love and...

June 22, 2017