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  Sleeping less than seven hours more dangerous for lifespan than obesity and diabetes, study finds

  Lifestyle | December 11, 2025 7:37 IST

  A new study shows that regularly sleeping less than seven hours may shorten life more than risks such as obesity or diabetes. Researchers found that people in regions with higher sleep deprivation had lower life expectancy, stressing the importance of seven to nine hours of sleep.

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  Delhi residents face life expectancy reduction of nearly 12 years due to air pollution: Report

  Delhi | August 28, 2024 23:42 IST

  Delhi air pollution: The report underscores that the annual PM2.5 standard in India is set at 40 micrograms per cubic metre, yet more than 40 per cent of the population is exposed to air that exceeds this limit.

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  India records 19 per cent drop in particulate pollution in 2022, boosting life expectancy: Report

  India | August 28, 2024 13:30 IST

  India achieved a 19.3% reduction in particulate pollution in 2022, the second-largest global decrease after Bangladesh, according to the "Air Quality Life Index" 2024 report by EPIC. This drop has increased the average life expectancy of Indians by one year.

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  Life Expectancy Report: Who lives longer, an Indian or a Chinese? Here's the answer

  India | July 06, 2022 19:44 IST

  The National Health Commission (NHC) said on Tuesday that the life expectancy of Chinese citizens is 77.93 years and it is the highest in the category of upper-middle-income countries.

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  Life expectancy in India down by 2.6 years due to air pollution: Study

  India | June 11, 2019 21:06 IST

  The report by the environment organization Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) revealed that outdoor and household air pollution together are causing deadly diseases.

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  Here's how urban sprawl can affect life expectancy

  Lifestyle | July 05, 2018 15:04 IST

  Urban sprawl means the expansion of human populations away from central urban areas into low-density, monofunctional and usually car-dependent communities.

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  So this is why women live longer than men!

  Lifestyle | January 10, 2018 16:47 IST

  This recent study has challenged the pre-conceived notion that the female sex is weaker.

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  Life expectancy in India increased by 5 years in a decade

  India | January 29, 2014 9:53 IST

  New Delhi: The World Health Organization defines life expectancy as “the average number of years a person is expected to live on the basis of the current mortality rates and prevalence distribution of health states