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Thursday, July 24, 2025
TopicSenior citizens

Topic: senior citizens

Hands & legs tied, elderly father left in locked car by Maharashtra family as they go off to see Taj Mahal

Parking staff noticed the man, in his seventies, lying unconscious, and broke the car windows to get him out.

Noida elderly learning about Savera scheme from RWAs. ‘Better to rely on police than family’

Under the Savera scheme, police maintain a record of the senior citizens registered with them, and officers are sent to check on their homes regularly to ensure their safety.

India’s seniors are facing abuse in families. Children are no longer Shravan Kumar

India’s heart ached over the movie Baghban. But countless stories of abuse behind closed doors and rapidly filling ashrams and old age homes belie this.

AI has a bias against the elderly. It’s bad for business

Given that this demographic has both spending power and a willingness to engage if they are given products that recognise them, this exclusion is a missed business opportunity

How India’s seniors are fighting loneliness—Love, loss, and logins

Golden years, grey days. India’s elderly are now looking for connection online.

Life inside India’s posh senior communities. Karaoke, cocktails, billiards, aqua aerobics

One 68-year-old even left the US for luxe living in Bhiwadi. Senior societies are the new retirement dream, 5-star style.

India’s silver economy is booming—app, startups, part-time ‘daughters’, dementia centres

India’s senior population will hit 319 million by 2050, and startups are stepping in where the government falls short. The industry is worth $7 billion—and growing.

India’s consumer crisis: A shrinking middle class & a population that’s ageing before it can get rich

Global media also noted that India’s old may face a harsh and lonely retirement, with fewer working-age adults to support the elderly and very low savings.

SubscriberWrites: Golden years, silver challenges–Can India’s elderly shape the future?

Rural seniors might appear healthier on paper—diabetes at 8.3 percent and hypertension at 29.8 percent—but far too many go undiagnosed due to scarce healthcare services.

28 in every 100 elderly Indians prescribed potentially harmful medication—door-to-door study of 6 cities

Study by researchers from Indian Council of Medical Research Centre for Ageing and Mental Health, GMC Omandurar, Safdarjung Hospital etc. Published in Scientific Reports.

On Camera

India’s ancient knowledge could save the future of AI. Build with wisdom, not just engineering

Each billion dollars we spend on GPUs and AI hardware is akin to planting more neurons in the simulated brain we are building. And this brain is expanding — quickly.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Indian firm sets up titanium, superalloy plants to meet global need. Safran, Dassault, BAE line up

PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.