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CERT-In, Koo and CyberPeace Foundation launch a year-long CyberSecurity aw
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI/NewsVoir): To encourage youth on safe and responsible use of technology, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Koo and the CyberPeace Foundation have launched joint initiative '#Cybers
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School children are begging instead of attending school: AAP demands resig
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 8 (ANI): Aam Admi Party's state vice-president Bhaskar Rao demanded Karnataka Education Minister B C Nagesh's resignation holding him responsible for neglecting the development of government schools and an increase in school dropouts.
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NTAGI approves Corbevax, Covaxin for 5-12 yrs age group: Sources
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation's (NTAGI) Standing Technical Sub-Committee (STSC) has given a nod for the use of Biological E's Corbevax and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin for children aged between 5-12 years, sources informed on Friday.
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Study finds childhood socio-economic stress might be associated with obesi
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Washington [US], July 8 (ANI): Stressful childhood environments are a precursor for obesity later in life according to a University Alberta study that challenges the notion that advertising junk food is at the root of the obesity epidemic.
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Child killed as tree falls at school in Chandigarh
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], July 8 (ANI): A 70-foot-tall tree fell at the Carmel Convent School on Friday in Sector 9 in Chandigarh, killing one student and injuring a number of others.
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Childhood obesity occurring at greater frequency, younger ages: Study
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 8 (ANI): Despite numerous public health initiatives to encourage healthy behaviours and improve living conditions the rates of new cases of obesity in elementary school are higher and are occurring earlier in childhood than they were even a decade earlier, according to
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After child denied uniform, man barges into classroom with sword, threaten
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Araria (Bihar) [India], July 8 (ANI): In a shocking incident, a man in Bihar's Araria allegedly barged into a school with a sword and threatened teachers after he didn't get money for his child's school uniform.
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Sri Ramakrishna Hospital: Is childhood obesity the new emerging epidemic i
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 8 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Sri Ramakrishna Hospital's top paediatricians provide a detailed explanation of the statistics of childhood obesity, the impact of the condition on the child's health, and various interesting ways to control or manage the cond
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India has made rapid strides in improving malnutrition rates: UN
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New York [US], July 8 (ANI): Rapid strides have been made by India in improving malnutrition rates said the UN recently and added that stunting in children below five years has declined from 48 percent to 38 percent in the country between 2006 and 2016.
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China offers women perks for having babies amid 'severe' demographic crisi
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Beijing [China], July 8 (ANI): In a bid to increase its population and further help the country's labour force, China is giving incentives such as tax and housing credits, educational benefits and even cash to encourage women to have more children.
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Telangana govt provides Midday Meal Scheme to government school students
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 8 (ANI): The midday meal scheme is a school meal programme in Telangana designed to better the nutritional standing of school-aged children.
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Smriti Irani takes charge of Ministry of Minority Affairs
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday took additional charge of the Ministry of Minority Affairs.
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