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Global standards to embed health, wellbeing into education system
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], June 21 (ANI): The first global standards to embed health and wellbeing into the education system has been created amid a rise in mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Yoga became source of inner strength for people amid Covid, says PM Modi
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that yoga became a source of inner strength among people amid the Covid pandemic, adding that yoga became a medium to transform negativity to creativity.
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Yoga has provided ray of hope amid COVID-19, says PM Modi
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): On the occasion of 7th International Yoga Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that Yoga has provided a ray of hope to the people across the world amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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China will face 'international isolation' if it doesn't cooperate on COVID
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 21 (ANI): China will face 'isolation in the international community' if Beijing does not cooperate with a further probe into the origin of the coronavirus pandemic, said US national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday.
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Bihar students to get ration under mid-day meal scheme
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 20 (ANI): In view of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Bihar Education Department will provide ration to parents of children instead of mid-day meals and on Sunday it instructed senior district education officers to provide ration to children studying in Class 1-8 under
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COVID-19: Sri Lanka to lift travel curbs from tomorrow against expert advi
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 20 (ANI): Sri Lanka is set to lift travel restrictions imposed to contain the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday, subject to strict conditions.
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Increased screen time during COVID correlated with mental distress in youn
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 20 (ANI): According to a new research led by investigators at the Saint James School of Medicine, an increase in screen time among young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic can be correlated with a rise in pandemic-related distress.
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Demand for earthen pots on rise in Punjab's Ludhiana as temperature soars
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], June 20 (ANI): As health experts have advised people to avoid drinking cold water amid COVID pandemic, demand for traditional earthen pots to store or cool water has increased with the rise in temperature.
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Hockey India condoles demise of women's federation secretary Amrit Bose
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Hockey India has condoled the demise of 84-year-old Amrit Bose, who passed away on Sunday and who held many important positions in the hockey circuit in India.
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Lockdown in Tamil Nadu extended by one more week till June 28 but with fur
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 20 (ANI): In view of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic, lockdown in Tamil Nadu has been extended by one more week, till June 28, but with further relaxations.
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Top AIIMS official says Covid waves will depend on human behaviour
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Amid the fear of a possible third wave of COVID-19 pandemic as the country gradually eases restrictions, Neeraj Nischal, Assistant Professor Department of Medicine at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Sunday said that human behaviour is one
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3,85,000 died due to COVID-19, numbers likely to increase: Centre to SC
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): The Central government, in an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court, said that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused more than 3,85,000 deaths, a number which is likely to increase further.
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