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Unemployment rate declines to 3.2 pc, job & skill creation top priority: Eco Survey
According to the Survey, key areas of policy focus in the short to...
Over 34.7 cr Ayushman Bharat cards generated: Economic Survey
“Considering the multiplier effect of low costs, the scheme saves...
Andhra CM inspects information kiosk model to be set up in Aarogyasri hospitals
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy The Chief Minister stated that the government embarked on bringing revolutionary reforms in the health sector for providing better services to the people right from filling up all the vacant posts, to revamping all...
Global initiative to combat noncommunicable diseases, responsible for 7 in 10 deaths worldwide
NCDs are largely preventable and treatable, nearly seven million lives could be saved for just US$ 0.84 per person per year from now until 2030, says the UN health agency This investment would realize more than $230 billion in economic and societal benefits and head...
UN: COVID plunged 77 million into poverty before Ukraine war
According to the U.N., 812 million people lived in extreme poverty — on USD 1.90 a day or less -- in 2019, and by 2021 amid the pandemic the number had risen to 889 million A UN analysis indicates ''1.7 billion people are faced with exposure to spiking food, energy...
Sri Lanka’s doctors association urgently seeks medicines to tackle drug shortage amid economic crisis
“Due to poor financial and economic management, the Sri Lankan healthcare sector is on the verge of a severe crisis in saving the lives of patients caused by severe drug and equipment shortages. We need your generous support at this crucial time to continue the...
IRDAI to hold `Open House’ with various industry players on 15th of every month
Debasish Panda, chairman,IRDAI ``All the regulated entities are requested to make use of this initiative to interact with the chairperson, whole-time members and senior officials of IRDAI and offer pragmatic solutions to reduce significant insurance penetration gap in...
VP Naidu calls for greater participation of private sector in strengthening health infrastructure
, M Venkaiah,Vice President Highlighting the worrying trend of increasing non-communicable diseases in India, Naidu urged the medical fraternity in the private sector to create awareness among people, particularly the youth, on the dangers posed by a sedentary...
One lakh excess premature deaths linked to air pollution in 8 Indian cities: Study
The study, published last week in the journal Science Advances, shows rapid degradation in air quality and increases in urban exposure to air pollutants which are hazardous to health. Dhaka, Bangladesh, saw a total of 24,000 excess premature deaths, while the Indian...
Covid and climate change push many older women into prostitution in Sundarbans
Agriculture has become unviable due to the increase in salinity of the water because of sea level rise. As a result, there is abject poverty and people, particularly women, are desperate to look for livelihood as they are often the breadwinners. New Delhi: In the...
First case of Omicron sub-variant XE detected in Gujarat as elderly man from Mumbai found infected
The patient had tested positive for COVID-19 on March 12 during his visit to Vadodara, but had returned to Mumbai the next day without informing the local authorities, the officials said Ahmedabad: A 67-year-old man from Mumbai, who had travelled to Vadodara in...
New COVID wave a reminder pandemic is ‘far from over’: Guterres
António Guterres,UN Secretary-General UN Secretary-General António Guterres said the summit was “a critical reminder that the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over. We’re seeing 1.5 million new cases each day. Large outbreaks are spreading in Asia”, he continued...