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China allocates subsidies in public rental housing to increase population
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 25 (ANI): Beijing is giving priority to the allocation of public rental housing by providing subsidies to families with two or more children which is the first of its kind.
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Lancet Infectious Diseases study compare well with phase 3 clinical trials
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 25 (ANI): Commenting on the study of the Lancet Infectious Diseases on the effectiveness of COVAXIN (BBV152) against symptomatic RT-PCR, the Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech has said that the results compare well with 65.2 per cent efficacy against Delta variant obt
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How diabetic vascular disease is becoming a cause of concern for Indians
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 24 (ANI/ATK): India has the world's second-largest diabetes population. According to estimates, India has 80 million diabetic patients, up from 40 million in 2007 and nearly doubling in 12 years. Here we decode the cause, symptoms, and other diseases that can wors
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UN says 2.6 mln affected by severe drought in Somalia
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], November 24 (ANI/Xinhua): About 2.6 million people, or nearly 22 per cent of the population, in 66 out of 74 districts across Somalia are affected by worsening drought, the United Nations humanitarian agency said on Wednesday.
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After decision to repeal farm laws, RSS advocates wider consultations bef
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 23 (ANI): With the Centre having decided to repeal three farm laws in the winter session of parliament, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leaders feel that the government should try to build consensus and have wider consultations before any move to bring bills on "po
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40 per cent of Pak's population malnourished, says Federal Minister for Fo
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Faisalabad [Pakistan], November 23 (ANI): Federal Minister for Food Security and Research Syed Fakhar Imam on Monday said 40 per cent of Pakistan's population is malnourished.
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Nepal starts inoculating teenagers with anti-COVID vaccines
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], November 23 (ANI): Nepal has started inoculating its teenage population with anti-COVID vaccines. On Monday, those between 12 and below 18 years stood in line to get jabbed as the government rolled the US donated Pfizer vaccine for teenagers or adolescents.
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The next destination for north India's retail sector-Zirakpur
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi (Delhi) [India], November 19 (ANI/NewsVoir): India is home to the world's largest young population. This means the potential of high-demand generation, especially in the retail sector. The Indian retail sector is already one of the largest in the world, estimated at almost US$ 900
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Droughts in East Africa require immediate actions to avert famine
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], November 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Severe droughts across the Horn of Africa leading to high level of food insecurity among population require immediate actions to mitigate further deterioration, joint statement by the Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and Food and
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Japan tops G-7 chart with highest fully vaccinated population
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], November 18 (ANI): Topping charts among the Group of Seven industrialized nations (G-7), Japan has so far vaccinated 75.7 per cent of its population with two COVID-19 shots, reported local media.
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100 per cent COVID vaccination for eligible population by Nov 30, says Him
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], November 17 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh has administered over one crore doses of COVID vaccine and the entire eligible population of the state will be vaccinated by November 30, said Chief Minister Jairam Thakur on Wednesday.
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Chairman of the PM's EAC speaks on the importance of investing in adolesce
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 16 (ANI/NewsVoir): On 15 November, Bibek Debroy, the Chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council, released a study commissioned by the Population Foundation of India, a national NGO founded fifty years ago by the industrialist JRD Tata.
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