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Leveraging new technologies can help protect families during the COVID: Po
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (NewsVoir): Families across the world have been under tremendous pressure in the face of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Deep seated gender inequalities and discrimination have ensured that the dice is rolled against women and girls.
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China's north west, central regions population decreases leading to region
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 14 (ANI): The exodus of people from China's central and the north-eastern region has increased over the past decade which has created a greater challenge for the government to boost the economies of the two areas, according to the 2020 Chinese population census.
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India should collaborate with other countries to ramp up COVID vaccine cap
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 14 (ANI): Dr Anthony Fauci, the Biden administration's top medical adviser on Thursday (local time) said that it is imperative for India to collaborate with other countries, and companies to ramp up its vaccine production capability to vaccinate country's huge populat
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Study on gut microbiota profile that can predict mortality
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Turku [Finland], May 12 (ANI): A study conducted by the University of Turku and the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare together with an international research team is so far the largest population-level study in the world examining the connection between human gut microbiota and health
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Covid vaccination rate low in Pakistan due to negative publicity, vaccine
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] May 12, (ANI): Pakistan has been able to vaccinate only 0.8% of its total population so far and experts said the reason for this low rate are negative publicity and a shortage of vaccines, DW reported.
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GS25 vs CU to compete for 'K convenience store' position; Mongolia's first
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], May 12 (ANI/Global Economic): GS25 chose Mongolia as the second overseas target market after Vietnam. It is expected to establish a base in Mongolia and open the first store in the first half of this year. The first store will be located in Ulaanbaatar, the capital city
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China targets Xinjiang Muslim women to suppress birth rate
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 11 (ANI): As China continues its crackdown on the Uyghur community, the Xi Jinping government forces the women residing in the Xinjiang region to have fewer babies under the name of population control.
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U'khand has highest COVID-19 fatality rate among Himalayan states with 33
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 11 (ANI): With 33 deaths per lakh population, Uttarakhand has the highest COVID-19 mortality rate among the Himalayan states and nationwide it ranks ninth, according to the state health department's data.
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High, upper-middle countries with 53 pc population received 83 pc world's
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 11 (ANI): Highlighting the inequality in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu on Monday informed that High and upper-middle countries represent 53 per cent of the world's population but have received 83 per cent of the world's v
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China's population reaches 1.41 billion, grows by 5.38 pc in 10 years
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 11 (ANI): China's population has grown by 5.38 percent over the last 10 years to reach the 1.41 billion mark, the National Bureau of Statistics of China said in a statement.
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PIL on two-child norm: SC allows plea to implead MOHFW to be a party
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): The Supreme Court has allowed a plea to make the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) a party in connection with a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and lawyer, Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, who has sought certain
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COVID-19: Govt's failure has made another devastating national lockdown al
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has written a second letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the ongoing COVID-19 situation in the country, saying the government should implement several measures including assessment of the efficacy of all vaccines
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