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Secure messaging apps big challenge to counter online radicalisation: Govt
"The use of more secured messaging applications like Signal,...
Labour Min mulls scheme for gig platform workers
"We are putting together the scheme for the gig and platform...
Only 3-5% of total hospital beds available For Emergency Care: Report
The report said, emergency and injury cases annually accounted for 9-13 per cent of all patients presenting to a health facility and 19-24 per cent of admissions in government hospitals and 31-39 per cent admissions in private hospitals Violence between relatives of...
Time for Covid-19 booster doses, recommends house panel
The Committee has also recommended that the MHA may take up with the Health Ministry to issue guidelines on fixation of price ceilings for hospital beds during pandemics like COVID-19 and other public health emergencies and due publicity be given to such prices. New...
3258 children orphaned during pandemic approved for support under ‘PM-CARES’ scheme: Govt
Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani told Lok Sabha the applications for such children are uploaded on the portal by respective state and union territory governments. As on December 8, 5,714 applications have been uploaded on the portal out of which 3,258...
Over 14 crore Health IDs generated so far: Govt
Pawar said 33 states and UTs implementing AB-PMJAY have further expanded the coverage of the scheme to include 13.44 crore families (65 crore people). The AB-PMJAY is implemented in all states and UTs barring West Bengal, NCT of Delhi and Odisha.It is the world's...
Land and water ecosystems, ‘stressed to a critical point’
If the world keeps to the current trajectory, producing the additional 50 per cent more food needed, could mean an increase of 35 per cent, in the water withdrawals needed for farming That could create environmental disasters, increase competition for resources, and...
Imports made up 86 pc of India’s gold supply between 2016-2020; will be stronger in 2022: WGC
Bullion banking is a catalyst for change in India's gold market landscape, the report opined.It said India's gold market faces multiple challenges, such as a lack of quality assurance, the unorganised state of the market and a lack of trust in international markets...
How will the world decide when the pandemic is over?
"It's somewhat a subjective judgment because it's not just about the number of cases. It's about severity and it's about impact," says Michael Ryan, the World Health Organization's emergencies chief. How will the world decide when the pandemic is over? There's no...
Covid-19 disrupted critical mental health services in 93% countries
Worldwide, more than 13 per cent of adolescents aged 10 to 19 are affected by deteriorating mental health. UNICEF reported that by October 2020, critical mental health services in 93 per cent of countries were disrupted or halted due to coronavirus spread....
New Zealand plans lifetime ban on cigarette sales to stamp out smoking
That would make New Zealand's retail tobacco industry one of the most restricted in the world, just behind Bhutan where cigarette sales are banned outright. New Zealand's neighbour Australia was the first country in the world to mandate plain packaging of cigarettes...
India to provide technical support on disaster resilience of infrastructure systems to 58 Small Island Developing States: Govt
Jitendra Singh,union minister of state (Independent Charge) Science & Technology India, UK, Australia, Fiji, Jamaica and Mauritius jointly launched an initiative, Infrastructure for Resilient Island States (IRIS) to provide technical support on disaster resilience...