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Prime Minister Launches Developmental Projects, Schemes Worth ₹2095 Crore for Varanasi

December 23, 2021

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently announced projects and schemes worth over ₹2,095 crore for Varanasi, including a biogas-based electricity generation plant, rural residential rights record, projects comprising a doctors’ hostel, a nurses’ hostel and a shelter home, an inter-university centre for teachers

DBT, Gates Foundation Renew MoU for Research, Innovation for Global Health Needs

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June 8, 2022

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The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation renewed their memorandum of understanding (MoU), originally signed in 2012, to support innovative approaches for developing new preventions, therapies and interventions needed to solve health (human and animal), food and

British Companies Choosing Profits Over Sustainability, Study

Tannuka Juneja

May 10, 2022

Environment

Although many countries around the world have pledged to go carbon neutral in the coming decades, United Kingdom’s business decision makers continue to choose profit over sustainability, according to a new report from the Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business. The

Home Minister Flags Off Boat Ambulance to Serve Inaccessible Areas of Sunderbans

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May 6, 2022

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is on a two-day visit to West Bengal, flagged off a boat ambulance and six floating border outposts at Hingalganj in North 24 Parganas district on May 5. Addressing Border Security Force (BSF) personnel at the

LinkedIn to Pay $1.8 Million to Female Employees Over Pay Gap Claims

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May 5, 2022

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LinkedIn has agreed to pay $1.8 million to nearly 700 female workers in California in back wages after the US Department of Labour (DOL) alleged that they faced “systemic, gender-based pay discrimination”. The company failed to comply with an Executive Order that

Undertrials Made 76 Percent of India’s Prisoners in 2020; Delhi, J&K Had Highest Ratio: NCRB

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May 5, 2022

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The latest available data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) says that in 2020, of the total 4,88,511 prison inmates in India, 76 percent, i.e., 3,71,848 were undertrials. Among the undertrials, about 20 percent were Muslims and 73 percent were Dalits,

Pune-Based Doctors’ Orchestra Performs for Humane Causes

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May 4, 2022

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A team of 17 Pune doctors has been giving musical performances for humanitarian causes. With 200-plus music programmes under its belt, the 17-member band will give its next performance on May 8 to raise funds for thalassemia patients. The team of doctors

Indian Economy to Overcome Covid-19 Losses Only in FY35: RBI

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April 30, 2022

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The Indian economy could take more than a decade to overcome the losses due to Covid-19 disruptions, says the Reserve Bank of India’s latest report on currency and finance. The report also projected that the country lost more than Rs 50 lakh

Covid-19 Lockdown Saw 85,000 Indians Contracting HIV Due to Unprotected Sex

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April 30, 2022

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The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) has shared that over 85,000 people across the country contracted HIV due to unprotected sex during the first Covid-19 lockdown in 2020-21. The country saw a steady decline in the number of HIV cases between 2011-12

Using Local Philanthropy and Own Resources, Social Workers Helped Covid-19 Affected, Finds NAPSWI

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April 27, 2022

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The National Association of Professional Social Workers in India (NAPSWI) has conducted a nationwide study to capture the kind of work the social workers contributed during the second wave (March to May 2021) of the pandemic, when heavy loss of lives was

British International Investment to Invest £500m in Climate Finance in SE Asia over 5 years

Tannuka Juneja

April 4, 2022

Environment

British International Investment (BII), previously CDC Group, a development finance institution (DFI) and impact investor from the United Kingdom, plans to invest £500 million over the next five years in clean and sustainable economic growth, said Srini Nagarajan, Managing Director and Head

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DBT, Gates Foundation Renew MoU for Research, Innovation for Global Health Needs

British Companies Choosing Profits Over Sustainability, Study

Home Minister Flags Off Boat Ambulance to Serve Inaccessible Areas of Sunderbans

LinkedIn to Pay $1.8 Million to Female Employees Over Pay Gap Claims

Undertrials Made 76 Percent of India’s Prisoners in 2020; Delhi, J&K Had Highest Ratio: NCRB

Indian Economy to Overcome Covid-19 Losses Only in FY35: RBI

Covid-19 Lockdown Saw 85,000 Indians Contracting HIV Due to Unprotected Sex

Using Local Philanthropy and Own Resources, Social Workers Helped Covid-19 Affected, Finds NAPSWI

British International Investment to Invest £500m in Climate Finance in SE Asia over 5 years

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