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India's pension system gets 'D' in global index, showing major structural gaps

The New Indian Express Sambalpur

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October 17, 2025

INDIA'S pension system gets a 'D' in the Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index 2025, which assessed 52 retirement income systems covering nearly 65% of the world's population.

- ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU @ New Delhi

The Index - built around three key pillars of Adequacy (40%), Sustainability (35%), and Integrity (25%) - ranked India at 43.8 points, placing it in the 'D' category, far below the global average score of 64.5. This year's top performers included The Netherlands (85.4), Iceland (84.0), Denmark (82.3), Singapore (80.8), and Israel (80.3) - all earning an 'A' grade for robust and sustainable pension systems.

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The New Indian Express Sambalpur

Relief as $1L H-1B fee does not apply to US visa holders

A month after US President Donald Trump’s proclamation jacking up the fee for H1-B visas to a steep $100,000 caused panic among international students and professionals, the US government has now clarified that the fee won’t apply to most current visa holders and recent international graduates.

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1 min

October 22, 2025

The New Indian Express Sambalpur

Speaker appoints lawyer to assist panel probing Justice Varma graft case

LOK Sabha Speaker Om Birla has appointed advocate Karan Umesh Salvi as a consultant to assist the judges’ inquiry committee investigating allegations of corruption against Justice Yashwant Varma.

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1 min

October 22, 2025

The New Indian Express Sambalpur

10 months on, NMC yet to act against 30 docs for 'sponsored' foreign trips

THE National Medical Commission (NMC) is yet to take any action against 30 doctors who accepted free trips to Monaco and Paris worth ₹1.91 crore last year, despite the Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) recommendations that action should be taken against them for violating professional misconduct.

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1 mins

October 22, 2025

The New Indian Express Sambalpur

The New Indian Express Sambalpur

Tata Trusts reappoints Venu Srinivasan for life

TATA Trusts, which owns and controls the $180-billion Tata empire, has ‘unanimously’ reappointed Venu Srinivasan, chairman emeritus of the TVS Group, as a trustee for life.

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1 min

October 22, 2025

The New Indian Express Sambalpur

PK SAYS BJP FORCING HIS CANDIDATES TO OPT OUT OF CONTEST

JAN Suraaj Party (JSP) founder Prashant Kishor on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on BJP alleging that three of his party candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections withdrew their nominations under “pressure” from the ruling party.

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1 min

October 22, 2025

The New Indian Express Sambalpur

7 Punjab youths duped in Kazakhstan, appeal for help

SEVEN young men from Punjab’s Ropar district are stranded in Kazakhstan after a local travel agent allegedly duped them by promising high-paying jobs as drivers.

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1 mins

October 22, 2025

The New Indian Express Sambalpur

At least 30 rebels give NDA, Oppn a headache

REBEL and independent candidates may spin the poll arithmetic for both the ruling NDA and the Opposition Mahagathbandhan in the Bihar Assembly elections, scheduled in two phases on November 6 and 11.

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1 min

October 22, 2025

The New Indian Express Sambalpur

Post-Diwali air quality in Delhi worst in 4 years

Revellers flouted time limit for firecrackers

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1 mins

October 22, 2025

The New Indian Express Sambalpur

The New Indian Express Sambalpur

MP uses chopper-driven technique to protect crops from blackbucks

THE Madhya Pradesh forest department has initiated a helicopter-driven boma technique to capture herds of blackbucks and neelgais and shift them to wildlife sanctuaries and tiger reserves of the state.

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1 mins

October 22, 2025

The New Indian Express Sambalpur

Paraglider from Canada found dead, Australian rescued in HP

A 27-year-old Canadian paraglider, Megan Elizabeth, was found dead after going missing from the high mountains of the Dhauladhar range, while a 47year-old Australian paraglider, Jacob, was rescued in the last 48 hours.

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1 min

October 22, 2025

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