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November 26, 2018 11:11 Cross-cultural marriages rose again last year after declining for six years, while mixed-race children accounted for their highest proportion yet of total childbirths last year. Statistics Korea said Friday that there were 21,917 cross-cultural marriages last year, up one percent or 208 marriages from 2016. Their numbers had fallen from 35,098 in 2010 to 21,709 in 2016 but edged up again. The majority or 65 percent were between Korean men and foreign women, 19.6 percent were Korean women and foreign husbands, and the rest between two foreigners with one obtaining Korean citizenship. Mixed-race children accounted for 5.2 percent of childbirths, the highest proportion since statistics started in 2008. Last year, mixed-race couples had 18,440 children, down 5.1 percent compared to 2016 while overall childbirths fell 11.9 percent. Read this article in Korean Few Migrant Kids Land Permanent Job After Training Most Foreign Brides in ... » Learn More about Cross-Cultural Marriages Increase for 1st Time in 6 Years

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For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now COVID-19 vaccination: No glitch in CoWIN from the start, says RS Sharma View Sample For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS For Daily Alerts #Sushant Singh Rajput Abhishek Kapoor remembers Sushant Singh on 'Kai Po Che!' anniversary #Sushant Singh Rajput Bombay HC quashes FIR against Sushant's sister Mitu Singh; no relief for Priyanka #Sushant Singh Rajput Bombay HC to pronounce verdict in case against Sushant Singh Rajput's sisters today #Sushant Singh Rajput SSR death probe: Assistant director arrested in drug case #Sushant Singh Rajput Roadies fame Rajiv Lakshman deletes pic with Rhea Chakraborty, issues apology for 'unnecessary trouble' #Sushant Singh Rajput 'CBI should tell if Sushant Singh Rajput's death was murder or suicide' Just In 19 min ago 1.28 lakh people over 60 years get 1st dose of COVID vaccine 25 ... » Learn More about 2 years of ‘Sonchiriya’: Bhumi Pednekar remembers Sushant Singh Rajput

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Once the new rules kick in, you will have less cash-in-hand and may feel tempted to scale back on savings and investments, alerts Bindisha Sarang. Kindly note the image has only been posted for representational purposes. Photograph: Kind courtesy Marcus Winkler/Pixabay The government has notified the draft rules under the Code on Wages 2019. According to it, from April 2021 your wage (which includes basic pay and dearness allowance) must be at least 50 per cent of total pay for the purpose of calculation of gratuity and provident fund contributions. Experts say the new rules will enhance social security. Prashant Singh, business head compliance and payroll outsourcing, TeamLease Services says, "On the one hand, it will reduce employees' take-home salaries. On the other, they are likely to get higher gratuity payments. Employers' contribution to employees' retirement corpus may also rise." These changes may, however, require employees to tweak their ... » Learn More about Time to tweak your personal financial plans

The product, named Saral Suraksha Bima, will have a maximum sum assured of Rs 1 crore and minimum Rs 2.5 lakh. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/ Rediff.com The insurance regulator has come out with a standard personal accident cover, which the general and standalone health insurers have to mandatorily offer from April 1 this year. The product, named Saral Suraksha Bima, will have a maximum sum assured of Rs 1 crore and minimum Rs 2.5 lakh. “Beyond the range specified, insurers can offer (sum assured) on their own and can use the same name for the product if all terms and conditions remain the same,” the Insu­rance Regulatory and Develo­pment Authority of India (Irdai) said in its final draft. The product will have a basic cover under which the entire sum assured will be paid by the insurance company on the death of the insured person due to an injury sustained in an accident, provided the death occurs within 12 months from the date of the accident. In the ... » Learn More about Irdai launches standard personal accident cover

For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now COVID-19 vaccination: No glitch in CoWIN from the start, says RS Sharma View Sample For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS For Daily Alerts #Corona Vaccine COVID-19 vaccination: No glitch in CoWIN from the start, says RS Sharma #Corona Vaccine Not afraid of coronavirus, won't take jabs: Farmer leaders in vulnerable age group #Corona Vaccine Full list of private hospitals where the COVID-19 vaccine will be administered #Corona Vaccine SC Judges to be vaccinated from tomorrow #Corona Vaccine Bengaluru: 97-year-old first to get COVID-19 vaccine in Manipal Hospital #Corona Vaccine Inspired, humbled says Bharat Biotech after PM Modi gets vaccination Just In 6 min ago China refutes reports on attacks against India's power grid 24 min ago 'Not part of it': Veerappa Moily distances himself from 'G-23' Jammu meet ... » Learn More about 1.28 lakh people over 60 years get 1st dose of COVID vaccine

Video Player Close SANTIAGO, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Chilean President Sebastian Pinera inaugurated the 2021 school year on Monday, after more than a year without in-person classes in the country, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. "The return to classes is a necessity, something fundamental. Of course we have to do it while protecting health, which is the first priority of all our government's plans," he said from a school in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. The return to face-to-face classes will be gradual, consisting of a modality mixed with virtual classes. In addition, the process will be voluntary and flexible, with each family and parent deciding whether to send their children. To prepare for the return to classes, the Chilean government prioritized teachers and education workers last week in the massive vaccination process which began on Feb. 3, and which has inoculated more than 3.3 million people, most of them with doses from the Chinese laboratory Sinovac. In just two ... » Learn More about Chile resumes in-person classes after a year’s absence

Actor Kriti Sanon played the character of a journalist in the social comedy Luka Chuppi , which released two years ago on March 1. Looking back at the film, Kriti says she connected with her character, Rashmi Trivedi, on a personal level. The film, which also starred Kartik Aaryan in the lead, revolved around live-in-relationships and was directed by Laxman Utekar . “Rashmi was a great blend of modern thinking and rooted core, much like me. She was spunky, independent, impulsive, believed in taking her own life decisions and still had an emotional core. I had a lot of fun playing her and was overwhelmed with the love that she got,” Kriti said. The actress is right now busy shooting for her upcoming horror comedy, Bhediya , with Varun Dhawan. IANS ... » Learn More about Reminiscing good ol’ times

New Delhi : Homegrown brand Detel on Monday said it plans to raise Rs 150 crore by the end of this year to drive in new electric vehicles. The Gurugram-based company, which has recently unveiled an electric moped, aims to invest the funds on developing new and innovative product lines for tier 2 and tier 3 markets at the most disruptive price without compromising on quality. With the government's initiatives to make India self-reliant in the area of EV mobility, the company has taken a step ahead to support the government's Make in India campaign to further propel in the EV market with 100 per cent localised EV components, the company said in a statement. To accelerate the vision of manufacturing EV units in India, the company will be investing in creating R&D facility for the brand and also to establish a manufacturing unit in Gurugram to offer the most economical and Indianised EVs in the market, it added. "We have always strived to cater to Indian consumers with ... » Learn More about Detel plans to raise Rs 150 cr by this year-end to strengthen EV portfolio