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Nearly one billion served by healthcare facilities without reliable electr
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Access to electricity is critical for quality healthcare provision, from delivering babies to managing emergencies like heart attacks, or offering lifesaving immunization. Without reliable electricity in all healthcare facilities, Universal Health Coverage cannot be reached, the report notes
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Pakistan's most crucial challenges include impacts of climate change: Repo
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The most crucial challenges for Pakistan include the impacts of climate change -- floods, heat waves, drought, crop losses and diseases -- whose frequency has increased rapidly over the past couple of decades.
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Study explores how fluctuation in oxygen levels could have accelerated evo
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 15 (ANI): According to new research, oxygen levels in the Earth's atmosphere are likely to have "fluctuated wildly" one billion years ago, creating conditions that could have accelerated the development of early animal life.
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Black hole discovered shooting fiery jet at nearby galaxy: Astronomers
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 12 (ANI): A team of astronomers has discovered a unique black hole spewing a fiery jet at another galaxy. The black hole is hosted by a galaxy around one billion light years away from Earth named RAD12.
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Researchers suggest metals may help to fight fungal infections
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Bern [Switzerland], September 25 (ANI): More than one billion people get a fungal infection each year. Although most people are not affected by these infections, over 1.5 million people die as a result of them each year. While more and more fungal strains are being discovered that are resist
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UPI targets 1 billion transactions daily in next 5 years: Nirmala Sitharam
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said Unified Payments Interface-based transaction is expected to reach one billion per day in the next five years.
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Coal India adopts integrated planning approach to ensure energy security
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 31 (ANI): Coal India Ltd (CIL) has adopted an integrated planning approach by strengthening evacuation infrastructure for one billion tonne production and seamless transportation of coal to the end users to ensure the energy security in the country by enhancing coal
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India ranks fourth with 24 firms in 'Forbes Asia Best Under A Billion'
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Singapore, August 15 (ANI): Last week Forbes Asia published its 2022 edition of the best 200 mid-sized companies in the Asia-Pacific region. These are publicly listed companies with annual revenue of below one billion dollars. This year, 24 Indian firms made the list titled "Best Under A
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China records biggest ever database leak in history, 1 billion personal da
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 6 (ANI): China recorded the biggest ever database leak in history with nearly one billion personal data being online for more than a year.
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'Stranger Things 4' crosses one billion viewing hours, says Netflix
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 6 (ANI): 'Stranger Things' season 4 has entered an elite Netflix club.
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Tata AIA Life is proud to support AIA on the ONE BILLION Movement
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 30 (ANI/PRNewswire): Tata AIA Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (Tata AIA Life), one of India's fastest growing life insurers today announced its support to the AIA One Billion Campaign initiated by the AIA Group Limited ("AIA" or the "Company").
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Nearly one billion people have a mental disorder, says WHO
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 17 (ANI): Nearly one billion people worldwide suffer from some form of mental disorder, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
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