Paris [France], Mar 22 (ANI): Over 850 million children and youth, roughly half of the world's student population, had to stay away from schools and universities in the light of the coronavirus pandemic according to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Shopian (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Mar 21 (ANI): The Shopian police on Saturday detained Irfan Ahmed Kuttey for motivating Kashmiri youth to join banned terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
Kathmandu [Nepal], Mar 21 (ANI): Nepal Police on Saturday arrested a youth for allegedly spreading rumours about deaths by COVID-19 in a private hospital here, which went viral over social media.
New Delhi [India], Mar 20 (ANI): Congress member Manish Tewari on Friday demanded a probe into "suicide" by a 23-year-old youth who had returned from Sydney with his mother on March 18, saying that if he was suffering from coronavirus, there was no condition "that a suicide could have taken
New Delhi [India], Mar 19 (ANI): The Ministry of Health on Thursday urged youths and citizens to become volunteers to support the government's ongoing efforts in the management of COVID-19.
New Delhi [India], Mar 19 (ANI): Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Kiren Rijiju feels that nobody should raise issues regarding the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as the games are still a few months away.
New Delhi [India], Mar 19 (ANI): In the wake of Covid-19, the Youth Affairs and Sports Ministry on Thursday advised "all sports organisations and their affiliate units" to suspend all the events, competitions or selection trials until April 15.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Mar 19 (ANI): Two immigration officers of Kolkata Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport have been sent to 12-day of quarantine as they came in contact with the 18-year-old youth who has been tested positive for coronavirus.
New Delhi [India], Mar 17 (ANI): Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said that we must not take the coronavirus issue lightly and urged people to wash hands properly.
New Delhi [India], Mar 17 (ANI): Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday made an appeal to the athletes not to get disheartened and assured them that their academic training would resume soon.
New Delhi [India], Mar 17 (ANI): Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports on Tuesday announced that all national camps will be postponed except for those athletes who are training for Olympics.