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    NITI Aayog organises National Workshop on “Strengthening Mental Health Services and Care in India”

    The purpose of the workshop was to elicit the views of States and other stakeholders on existing gaps and challenges under the District Mental...
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    Bangladesh

    Infants at Higher Risk in Flood-prone Areas of Bangladesh

    Every year, monsoon season brings extensive flooding to Bangladesh. Now, a study finds that infant mortality rates are higher among those born in rainy...
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    Health

    Significant Milestone Crossed for Sickle Cell Anaemia

    This is a significant milestone crossed as more than one crore people have been screened for Sickle Cell Disease under the National Sickle Cell...
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    Health

    Rural Diabetes Prevention and Control Campaign launched in Varanasi Village

    Spread of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus is assuming epidemic proportions in India, Dr Jitendra Singh said while launching the campaign. He said that Type...
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    E-governance

    99.8 Per Cent Ration Cards Seeded with Aadhaar

    Due to Aadhaar seeding and installation of ePoS devices at the FPSs, at present, around 97 per cent of the transactions in the country...
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    Is India Really Free from Avian Influenza?

    The virus has been eradicated from 26 compartments limited to the four states of Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh. By Kaushiki Vaish The World...
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    COVID-19

    India Committed to Protecting Global Health, Says Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya

    The health minister highlighted the need to acknowledge existing fault lines in the Global Health Architecture and the importance of building an inclusive, agile...
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    Agri-business

    Nutrition Smart Agriculture: Decoding the Myth

    Orphan crops – like sorghum, jowar, barley, ragi and sweet potato, cowpea, cassava and moong bean to name a few, are back with a...
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    India Sets 15-Day Deadline for Rural Job Scheme Complaints Under New VB-G RAM G Rules

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    US Startup Claims Breakthrough in Turning Mercury into Gold Using Nuclear Fusion

    Whether the process ever supplies meaningful quantities of gold will depend on breakthroughs still to come in fusion engineering and materials science.
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