Old Age

The number of people aged over 100 in Italy has increased by 30% over the past 10 years, while birth rates have continued to decline.

Analysis of a 17,000-year-old infant’s remains from southern Italy sheds light on Ice Age ancestry and health. The infant, found in a Puglian cave, was likely around a year old at death and had distinctive traits—brown skin, blue eyes, and curly dark hair. His genome links him to Europe’s Villabruna lineage, suggesting their presence in south...

Former Brazil full-back Ze Carlos, runner-up at the 1998 World Cup, died on Friday aged 56, his old club Sao Paulo announced.

The Australian Northern Territory (NT) will soon allow children as young as 10 to be jailed again, after a reversal of the previous government's decision to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 12.

Nobuyo Oyama, a Japenese actor who was the voice of Doraemon, died on September 29 due to old age, her talent agency told news agency AFP.

An old viral clip of Ratan Tata's simplest birthday celebration from 2021 has resurfaced online.

The Jannayak Janta Party-Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) alliance on Sunday released its poll manifesto for the Haryana assembly polls, promising to procure all grains at MSP, unemployment allowance of Rs 11,000 and old age pension of Rs 5,100 per mont

Suniel Shetty turned to his plants for a lesson on life and wellbeing

The centre has decided to cover everyone who is over 70 years old under the health insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat. The scheme will now cover everyone aged 70 or above despite their economical background.

The share of overall property registrations by buyers of aged 61 and above surged 204 per cent in Mumbai, increasing from 7,554 in 2020 to 15,276 in 2024, as elderly buyers sought better properties for a stable lifestyle, a report showed on Friday.

A four year old boy accidentally shattered a rare bronze age jar that was on display at an archaeological museum in Haifa, Israel.

Former Chief of Army Staff General Sundararajan Padmanabhan affectionately known as "Paddy" in army circles, passed away in Chennai due to old age, a source close to him said on Monday.

Archaeologists have made a significant discovery in Lake Bolsena, central Italy — a 3,000-year-old clay figurine — believed to represent an ancient goddess. This artifact was found submerged in the volcanic lake, and it likely belongs to an early Iron Age village from around the 10th or 9th century BC. The figurine measures approximately 15 cm...

A virtual autopsy of the "Screaming Woman" mummy, discovered in Egypt in 1935, reveals a dramatic and painful death, with her face frozen in a scream due to a cadaveric spasm. This condition occurs when muscles stiffen immediately before death, often due to extreme distress. The study, published on August 2, 2024, in Frontiers in Medicine, highligh...

BRO Recruitment 2024: Applicants must be between 18 and 25 years old, though the age limit may be extended to 27 years depending on the specific position.

The number of people aged over 100 in Italy has increased by 30% over the past 10 years, while birth rates have continued to decline.

Analysis of a 17,000-year-old infant’s remains from southern Italy sheds light on Ice Age ancestry and health. The infant, found in a Puglian cave, was likely around a year old at death and had distinctive traits—brown skin, blue eyes, and curly dark hair. His genome links him to Europe’s Villabruna lineage, suggesting their presence in south...

Former Brazil full-back Ze Carlos, runner-up at the 1998 World Cup, died on Friday aged 56, his old club Sao Paulo announced.

The Australian Northern Territory (NT) will soon allow children as young as 10 to be jailed again, after a reversal of the previous government's decision to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 12.

Nobuyo Oyama, a Japenese actor who was the voice of Doraemon, died on September 29 due to old age, her talent agency told news agency AFP.

An old viral clip of Ratan Tata's simplest birthday celebration from 2021 has resurfaced online.

The Jannayak Janta Party-Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) alliance on Sunday released its poll manifesto for the Haryana assembly polls, promising to procure all grains at MSP, unemployment allowance of Rs 11,000 and old age pension of Rs 5,100 per mont

Suniel Shetty turned to his plants for a lesson on life and wellbeing

The centre has decided to cover everyone who is over 70 years old under the health insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat. The scheme will now cover everyone aged 70 or above despite their economical background.

The share of overall property registrations by buyers of aged 61 and above surged 204 per cent in Mumbai, increasing from 7,554 in 2020 to 15,276 in 2024, as elderly buyers sought better properties for a stable lifestyle, a report showed on Friday.

A four year old boy accidentally shattered a rare bronze age jar that was on display at an archaeological museum in Haifa, Israel.

Former Chief of Army Staff General Sundararajan Padmanabhan affectionately known as "Paddy" in army circles, passed away in Chennai due to old age, a source close to him said on Monday.

Archaeologists have made a significant discovery in Lake Bolsena, central Italy — a 3,000-year-old clay figurine — believed to represent an ancient goddess. This artifact was found submerged in the volcanic lake, and it likely belongs to an early Iron Age village from around the 10th or 9th century BC. The figurine measures approximately 15 cm...

A virtual autopsy of the "Screaming Woman" mummy, discovered in Egypt in 1935, reveals a dramatic and painful death, with her face frozen in a scream due to a cadaveric spasm. This condition occurs when muscles stiffen immediately before death, often due to extreme distress. The study, published on August 2, 2024, in Frontiers in Medicine, highligh...

BRO Recruitment 2024: Applicants must be between 18 and 25 years old, though the age limit may be extended to 27 years depending on the specific position.