The World Bank had cleared a $1 billion assistance to India for social protection.The support for social protection will be funded in two phases– an allocation of $750 million before the end of June a…
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Malnutrition still remains one of India’s biggest challenges, according to the 2020 Global Nutrition Report released worldwide May 12. The annual report, which captures the burden of malnutrition at the…
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A gas leak has claimed at least 11 lives and affected thousands of residents in five villages in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. The source of the leak was a styrene plant owned by South…
Read MoreThe second tranche of the government-run Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) scheme will open for subscription from Monday, May 11. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said the issue price for the…
Read MorePrime Minister Narendra Modi ,during NAM virtual summit, said the novel coronavirus outbreak has exposed the limitations of the current global order and, after the pandemic, the world will need a…
Read More200 new mandis were added to the e-NAM platform from 7 States. The 200 markets integrated with the e-NAM platform today are as follows: Andhra Pradesh (11 mandis), Gujarat (25 mandis), Odisha (16 mandis),…
Read MoreIn a list released the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has marked districts across India into Red Zones, Orange Zones and Green Zones – to combat the corona virus pandemic. Red…
Read MoreA significant drop in industrial wastewater discharges and agricultural run-offs amid the lockdown, has cleaned water marginally of otherwise polluted Ganga, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has said in its post-lockdown…
Read MoreThe Centre has decided to utilise the forthcoming monsoon season to expand its water conservation efforts under the national Jal Shakti Abhiyan. Ministry of Home Affairs has allowed to take up MGNREGA…
Read MoreIn times of Covid-19 pandemic, Center and states in India have enforced the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus in their respective areas.The Act…
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