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Afghan crisis: Delhi's refugee school faces uncertain future as funds dwin
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 6 (ANI): Faced with an acute shortage of funds, the Syed Jamaluddin Afghan School in Delhi's Bhogal, the only educational resource for refugees from the war-torn country in the area is staring at an uncertain future.
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Experts underline the importance of community based approach in addressing
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 3 (ANI/NewsVoir): With malnutrition continuing to be a leading risk factor for death in children younger than 5 years, a webinar to address Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) was held recently by industry chamber ASSOCHAM brought together top Government officials, p
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New study throws light on impact of isolation on mental health
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 3 (ANI): The findings of a new Cornell University research suggested that female mice exhibit a strong drive to socialize with other females following periods of acute isolation, significantly increasing their production of social calls that are akin to human emoti
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Pakistan's Sindh faces crisis, acute water shortage for drinking, irrigati
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Sindh) [Pakistan], August 28 (ANI): Amid water shortage in the Sindh area, Pakistan authorities in have started to reduce the flow of canals in the province leading to an acute shortage of water for drinking as well as for irrigation.
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USD 24mn urgently needed for acute humanitarian needs in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 26 (ANI): The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has launched an urgent appeal for USD 24 million to boost its response to increasing humanitarian needs in Afghanistan, including internally displaced in the past two months.
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Preclinical study defines spleen-heart connection in cardiac repair
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 24 (ANI): A preclinical study led by researchers at the University of South Florida (USF Health) has analyzed the interactions of the lipid mediator sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) in the spleen and heart during the transition from acute to chronic heart failure.
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China's nuclear tests killed 1.94 lakh people due to acute radiation expos
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 22 (ANI): China has conducted around 45 successful nuclear tests between 1964 and 1996, killing 194,000 people from acute radiation exposure.
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US generic business saw pricing headwinds during 1Q FY22
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 21 (ANI): India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has said the decline in US sales of Indian companies was attributed to a high single-digit price erosion in US generic market coupled with a continued weak demand for the acute portfolio of products during 1Q FY2
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12.2 million people in Afghanistan acutely food insecure: UN
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 20 (ANI): UN humanitarians on Thursday said that the relief crisis in Afghanistan is deteriorating rapidly, with 12.2 million people acutely food insecure.
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US warns of new outbreak of Polio-like illness in children later this year
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States has issued an alert to parents and healthcare providers for an expected outbreak of the polio-like disease Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) in the next four months, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a release
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PIL in SC seeks direction to Ayush Ministry to focus equally on all stream
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 7 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court of India seeking a direction to the Ayush Ministry to focus on all traditional systems of health equally, as streams like naturopathy and acupressure, etc are being eclipsed by excessiv
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More than 100,000 children in Ethiopian Tigray are at risk of malnutrition
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland] July 30 (ANI/FENA): More than 100,000 children in Ethiopia's Tigray region could suffer from severe acute malnutrition in the next 12 months, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.
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