According to The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, as the country battles COVID-19 and monkeypox, a new virus known as tomato flu or tomato fever has emerged in children under the age of five in the Indian state of Kerala. Rare viral infection is
Karnataka, Manipur and Chandigarh have topped in their respective categories in the third edition of NITI Aayog’s India Innovation Index, which was released today by NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Suman Bery. While Karnataka has topped again in the ‘Major States’ category, Manipur
In FY 2022, the State Bank of India spent Rs. 204.10 crores on its CSR initiatives. The initiatives which were focused on Rural and Slum area development, Health Care and Sanitation, Education, Environment Sustainability, and Tribal Welfare, Empowerment of Women and Senior
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) are sounding the alarm as new data shows that global vaccination coverage continued to fall in 2021, 25 million infants who have not received the vaccines that could have saved
Extreme weather, the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdowns in China, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine combined this year to distort global supply chains and send prices soaring. High inflation is troubling because rising prices erode purchasing power and add to input costs. In 2022,
Hong Kong has emerged as the most expensive city in which to live and work overseas, even as Mumbai and Delhi have come out to be high on the affordable index for the expatriates with Kolkata being the least expensive city. According
In FY 2022, SBI an Indian multinational, public sector banking and financial services institution’s total CSR spend stood at ₹204.10 crore (1 percent of net profit of ₹20,410 crore for FY21), with ₹102.56 crore, allocated to SBI Foundation. The priority areas of
The number of children affected by crises who require urgent help in education is increasing alarmingly, the United Nations global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises warned on June 21, specifying that the figure exceeded 75 million in 2016 to
Ahead of a UN General Assembly meeting on the issue this week, the UN Secretary-General released a report titled HIV and AIDS: Ending Inequalities and Getting on Track to End AIDS by 2030. The report explains how inequality and insufficient investment “leave
According to a new survey titled ‘Some potential implications of the second wave of COVID-19 for NGOs’ conducted by Ayesha Marfatia and Ashish Karamchandani, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) are facing serious financial problems as most of the funds and grants have been diverted to manage