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U'khand govt to create jobs opportunities, fill vacancies, says CM Pushkar
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], July 4 (ANI): Soon after taking oath as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday said that his government would help those whose livelihoods were impacted during the COVID-19 pandemic by creating jobs and filling vacant positions in the
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Flexible, agile COVID vaccination strategies could play important part in
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): A Lancet report published recently suggests that flexible, agile vaccination strategies could play an important part in protecting lives and livelihoods as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold.
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COVID-19 second wave has pushed vulnerable groups into debt traps, impacte
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): Supriya Kar, a leader of Bijoyini collective of human trafficking survivors in West Bengal, has been forced to raise Rs 55,000 from six different sources to bring her brother back from Malaysia after he lost his job in the second wave of COVID-19.
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Employers, HR Experts discuss how to save jobs and livelihoods after the p
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 2 (ANI/NewsVoir): Several leading technology employers, HR and domain experts met on Wednesday to discuss their ideas for saving livelihoods and jobs even as businesses struggle to sustain themselves during the ongoing pandemic.
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Chinese 'factory ships' at Pakistan's Gwadar port threaten livelihoods of
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], June 13 (ANI): Hundreds of Chinese fishing trawlers have amassed at the Gwadar port in Pakistan's Balochistan, posing a threat to the livelihoods of thousands of fishermen in the province.
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IDFC FIRST Bank launches Employee-funded customer COVID relief Ghar Ghar R
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 11 (ANI/NewsVoir): IDFC FIRST Bank has announced the launch of "Ghar Ghar Ration" Program, an Employee-funded program for its low-income customers whose livelihoods are affected by COVID-19.
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J-K's 'Umeed' scheme helps create first-ever all women dairy farmer produc
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Pulwama (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 7 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Rural Livelihoods Mission (JKRLM), 'UMEED', through its Self Help Group (SHG) platform has initiated a first of its kind all-women Dairy Farmers Producer Organization (FPO) at Mitrigam in Pulwama district.
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COVID-19: Global survey highlights sufferings due to loss of livelihoods,
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): Poor mental health, disruptions to education, loss of income and violence, are some of the worrying consequences of COVID-19, according to a survey based on experiences of women and young people across different contexts and regions.
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FICCI writes to Piyush Goyal, suggests graded approach to permissible econ
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on Wednesday wrote to Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and suggested a graded approach to permissible economic activity "which balances lives and livelihoods".
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Centre's scheme 'Umeed' gives new lease of life to rural Kashmir women ami
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Pulwama (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 26 (ANI): Amid the COVID-19 lockdown, the Jammu and Kashmir Rural livelihoods Mission known as 'UMEED' has got a new lease of life for several rural women by providing them a platform of Self Help Group (SHG).
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Effort is to save lives in COVID-19, minimize impact on economic activitie
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that the effort of government is to save lives in the situtation created by COVID-19 and also that economic activities and livelihoods suffer the minimum impact.
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Closure of border with China hits livelihoods of Nepalis
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], April 4 (ANI): The closure of the Nepal-China border due to the Covid pandemic has affected the livelihoods of Nepali people who worked or ran businesses across the international border in Tibet.
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