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Incarceration and COVID-19 racial disparities
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 11 (ANI): A new study finds that jails function as disease multipliers that affect public health and disproportionate policing of marginalised communities may explain a large proportion of COVID-19 disparities.
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India, UK deepen work to combat climate change by 2030
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his UK counterpart Boris Johnson signed off on a new shared roadmap during their virtual meeting that included measures to help limit global temperature rises and support the communities most vulnerable to the impact of climate
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VaccineOnWheels appointed by Pune Municipal Corporation as its on-ground C
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 30 (ANI/BusinessWire India): VaccineOnWheels (VOW), India's first and only doctor based mobile vaccination clinic, dedicated to serve the underprivileged communities in India, today announced that the organization has entered in a PPP (Public Private Partner
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Embassy REIT joins the WELL Portfolio Program to advance the global health
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 28 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Embassy REIT, India's first listed REIT and the largest office REIT in Asia by area, announced today it has subscribed to the WELL Portfolio™ program by the International WELL Building Institute™ (IWBI™) to c
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sRide launches sNeighbour feature to help communities tide over the pandem
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 28 (ANI/NewsVoir): Started with a vision of creating a platform for like-minded people to form communities, sRide, India's largest carpooling app today announced the launch of sNeighbour.
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Google to contribute Rs 135 crore for COVID-19 fight in India: Sundar Pich
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): Amid an unprecedented surge in COVID-19 cases in India, Google will be providing funding of Rs 135 crore for medical supplies and to help communities in general, informed CEO Sundar Pichai on Monday.
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US Senate passes COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 23 (ANI): The Senate on Thursday (local time) passed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, a bill that aims to end violence specifically targeted at Asian communities in the United States.
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Karachi: Families of missing Shias protest, Governor didn't even accept th
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], April 22 (ANI): As authorities in Pakistan continue the persecution of minority communities- especially of Shias, families and leaders of the Joint Action Committee for Shia Missing Persons protested at Sindh Governor House.
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ADB, Habitat for Humanity to support housing microloans for India's vulner
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], April 19 ((ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has teamed with Habitat for Humanity International to help microfinance institutions (MFIs) deliver housing loans to low-income families in rural and peri-urban areas of India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and the Philippi
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Being Black, Latino, or Asian should not be death sentence: Hillary Clinto
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 17 (ANI): Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday raised the issue of police shooting and growing hate crime against the minority communities in the United States.
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How 'Safe Society' is empowering the marginalised on the streets
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 14 (ANI/PNN): 'Safe Society' is a non-profit voluntary development organisation. Established in 2005, Safe Society is operational in Uttar Pradesh and focuses primarily on improving the socio-economic standards and needs of the most underprivileged comm
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Biden greets people celebrating Vaisakhi, Navratri, other festivals
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 14 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Tuesday (local time) extended greeting to the South Asian and Southeast Asian communities, celebrating festivals like Vaisakhi, Navratri and Songkran.
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