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Injuries and violence cause 12,000 deaths worldwide each day: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
As reflected in a new WHO report, Preventing injuries and violence: an overview, 3 of the top 5 causes of death among people aged 5-29 years are injury-related, namely road traffic injuries, homicide and suicide.
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19th National Abacus Competition 2022 begins in Chennai with over 3,800 pa
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The students are competing to showcase their Concentration, Numerical Ability, Visual Memory and Listening Skills. The competition is to take place in two rounds, with the students aged 6 years to 14 years attempting to solve 300 mathematical problems in 11 minutes.
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In MP, girls take up smoking cigarettes aged 7, says survey report
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Mission Director (MD) National Health Mission, Priyanka Das gave the above information during 'Umang School Health and Wellness' program organized at Hotel Taj, Bhopal on Saturday. State Health Minister Dr Prabhuram Chowdhary released the survey report of Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) i
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India's unemployment rate eases to 7.2 in second quarter
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Labour force participation rate in CWS (Current Weekly Status) in urban areas for persons aged 15 years and above increased to 47.9 per cent in the July-September quarter from 46.9 per cent in the same period a year ago.
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Rising global movement of 1.8 billion young people calls for change for th
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 24 (ANI/PNN): World population officially topped 8 billion last week, as the largest generation of young people in history - 1.8 billion adolescents and youth (aged 10 to 24) - faces an unprecedented number of challenges to health and wellbeing.
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New research adds to understanding of genetic factors that naturally prote
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Two recent papers by Brazilian researchers have added to the scientific understanding of the genetic factors that protect people from SARS-CoV-2 infection or prevent progression to severe COVID-19. The first describes the findings of a study involving a group of resilient older people aged 9
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'Green Ranger' no more, actor Jason David Frank passes away aged 49
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Known for portraying the 'Green Ranger' in the 'Power Rangers' franchise, actor Jason David Frank unfortunately passed away recently.
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Tamil Nadu: Police arrests 3 youths in Chennai for alleged links with terr
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The raids were conducted in three different localities, Tondaiyarpet, Patel Nagar and Netaji Nagar of Chennai. Three accused have been arrested by the Chennai Police concerning the case. The three youths, namely, Zahir Hussain (aged 20), Nawaz (aged 19) and Nagoor Meeran (aged 22) have be
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Himachal Pradesh election: 83-year-old walks 14 km in snow to cast vote in
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
An 83-year-old woman, Dolma, cast her vote at Chasak Bhatori polling station in Pangi area of Chamba district after covering a distance of 14 kilometers by walking on the snow-bound road. Falling under Bharmour assembly segment, Chasak Bhatori polling station is the farthest polling stati
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Himachal Pradesh election: 105-year-old woman casts vote at Churah
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Though the Election Commission of India (ECI) provided a voluntary facility to 80 plus aged electors to vote through ballot papers at their homes, yet this aged woman did not opt for that facility and preferred to cast her vote through electronic voting machine (EVM) at the polling statio
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Study finds new ways to improve memory in older people
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Over a 10-year period, the researchers discovered that people who utilize snap aged cognitively around two years less slowly than others who didn't.
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Research: Monkeypox risk higher in children 8 or younger
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Children aged 8 years or younger should be considered a group at high risk for more severe monkeypox disease, reports The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, the official journal of The European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases.
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