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NHRC's Priyank Kanoongo issues directions to remove all sleeper coach buse
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Priyank Kanoongo on Saturday issued directions to all Chief Secretaries of states to remove all sleeper coach buses that violate safety norms. The complaint referred to recent incidents where passenger buses caught fire mid-journey, le
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The G20 must act now for the health and wellbeing of women, children, and
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 23: Every year, across all G20 countries, nearly two million preventable deaths occur among mothers, newborns, children, and adolescents—including stillbirths. Through an opinion piece published in the BMJ, Amitabh Kant, India’s G20 Sherpa & Helen Clark, former
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Reckitt expands Dettol Diarrhoea Net Zero to cover 25 districts of Uttar P
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 7: Reckitt, world's leading consumer health and hygiene company, launches phase 2 of 'Dettol Diarrhoea Net Zero', with the aim to save 100,000 lives. This one-of-a-kind program has been working towards achieving Net Zero Diarrhoeal preventable deaths amo
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Study links ultraprocessed foods to premature deaths
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Researchers found that increased consumption of these foods was linked to more than 10% of all-cause premature, preventable deaths in Brazil in 2019.
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Study finds impact of obesity on the heart for young obese children
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], January 19 (ANI): A team of researchers has found the impact of obesity on the heart's anatomy for young obese children.
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