As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to upend lives, the Women and Child Development (WCD) Ministry and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) stepped in for the protection and well-being of childr
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COVID vaccination can’t be battle among states; Centre should procure all vaccines and distribute: Odisha CM
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik wrote to all chief ministers for urging the Centre to procure COVID-19 vaccines and distribute them among states and Union Territories.While writing to all the CM
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Former journalist Swapan Dasgupta, who had resigned from Rajya Sabha and unsuccessfully contested the recent West Bengal assembly elections on a BJP ticket, has been renominated to the Upper House of
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Pandemic can be controlled if 75% adults fully vaccinated: Study from Brazil town that decimated Covid deaths
The Covid-19 death toll fell by 95 per cent in Brazil's Serrana where all adults of the town's 45,000 inhabitants were vaccinated as part of an experiment. The researchers used the Chinese vaccine Cor
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Amid the ongoing controversy surrounding the Indian-born fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi and demands for his extradition, his wife Priti Choksi on Wednesday said the woman who is rumored to be his g
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To contain COVID in rural belt, Maharashtra announces ‘Corona free village’ contest; 1st prize Rs 50 lakh
In a unique attempt to encourage people of rural area to follow appropriate COVID-19 behaviour, the Maharashtra government announced a "corona free village" contest.Maharashtra Rural Development Mini
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