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Assam CM to meet 150 Muslim intellectuals today to discuss population cont
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday will meet around 150 intellectuals from the Muslim community in Guwahati to hold discussions on population control policy.
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PIL in SC seeks directions to Centre to frame guidelines to control popula
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre to frame effective rules, regulations and guidelines to control population explosion.
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Nepal to procure anti-COVID vaccine from China, signs non-disclosure agree
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], July 2 (ANI): Nepal will procure four million doses of Vero Cell vaccines from China under a non-disclosure agreement signed between the two nations, sources said though officials from the Ministry of Health and Population declined to comment on the issue.
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Pakistan's pace of COVID-19 vaccination remains 'very slow'
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 2 (ANI): Pakistan has vaccinated around five per cent of its total population and 10 per cent of those eligible with at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Yet, it still remains one of the low-ranked countries where the pace of vaccination remains very slow.
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Around 1 out of 4 people lack safe drinking water in 2020: Report
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva (Switzerland), July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Around one in four people lacked safely managed drinking water in their homes in 2020 and nearly half the world's population lacked safely managed sanitation, said a joint report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations
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Every state gets allocation as per density of population: Nirmala Sitharam
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 1 (ANI): Amid different statements coming from political leaders over the shortage of vaccines in states, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday clarified the basis of vaccine allocation to states and said every state gets allocation as p
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Third-wave may not come if COVID norms are followed, vaccination done prop
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): If people are careful and India is able to vaccinate a large number of population, then the third wave of COVID-19 pandemic may not even come, said All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Director Dr Randeep Guleria on Thursday.
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Two-child policy only way to eradicate poverty, illiteracy in Muslim minor
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], June 29 (ANI): In view of the new 'population norms' in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that the two-child policy is the only way to eradicate poverty and illiteracy in the Muslim community in the state and there is no resistance from the m
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Over 50 pc children in Mumbai have COVID antibodies, says BMC
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 28 (ANI): In a pediatric serosurvey conducted ahead of a likely COVID third wave, over 50 per cent children in Mumbai aged between 1 to 18 years has developed antibodies against the coronavirus, the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai said on Monday.
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Study suggests males keep populations genetically healthy
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 27 (ANI): The findings of a new study suggest that a few males are enough to fertilise all the females. The number of males, therefore, has little bearing on a population's growth. However, they are important for purging bad mutations from the population.
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India administers 3.77 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses in 6 days, more than p
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with top officials to review the progress of vaccination and COVID-19 situation in the country and was informed that 3.77 crore doses have been administered in the last six days in the country, which is more tha
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Popular animation character 'Gundam' attracts visitors in Japan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Yokohama [Japan], June 25 (ANI): Yokohama is the second most populous city in Japan with a population of some 3.7 million people.
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