Covid school closure leads to rise in child marriages in Nilgiris
Nilgiris district in Tamil Nadu is witnessing an increasing trend of child marriage because of closure of schools triggered by COVID-19 and the administration has so far prevented five such marriages, Collector Innocent Divya said on Thursday. As schools were shut in view of the pandemic, parents were marrying off their...
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‘AYUSH 64 useful in treatment of asymptomatic Covid cases’
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India getting oxygen tools from abroad to deal with pandemic
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Country has one of lowest Covid mortality rates in world: Vardhan
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Children with compromised immune systems may have longer SARS-CoV-2 affliction
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Over 40 nations committed to Covid help: Foreign Secy
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Majority in India support Covid jab certificate for international travel, daily activities: Survey
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People spend sleepless night as 20 aftershocks jolt Assam
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Lalu furnishes bail bonds, court issues release order
The special CBI court of AK Mishra of Ranchi district civil court on Thursday issued release order of the release of former Bihar chief minister and RJD national president Lalu Prasad from judicial custody in Dumka treasury fodder scam case. The court passed the order after senior lawyer Prabhat Kumar ...
Sunil Gulati retires after 37 years of public service
Sunil Gulati, senior-most IAS officer of the 1984 batch of Haryana Cadre who is currently serving as the Chief Resident Commissioner in New Delhi and Special Chief Secretary of the Government of Haryana, will retire on April 30 after his 37 years of public service. Dr. Sunil Gulati says that after...
World shares, US futures advance ahead of US GDP report
World shares advanced Thursday ahead of the release of U.S. Economic growth data and following a speech by President Joe Biden outlining ambitious plans for beefing up early education and other family oriented policies. London's FTSE 100 jumped 0.7 per cent to 7,013.40. In Paris, the CAC40 climbed 0.6per cent to...
Pvt sector has to be key driver of growth: Niti Aayog
Vice-chairman of Niti Aayog Rajiv Kumar on Thursday said that the private sector of the country will have to drive growth and not the public enterprises as they used to be. Speaking at a webinar organised by Merchants' Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Kumar said that the private sector also needs...
US jobless claims drop 13K to 553,000
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits dropped by 13,000 last week to 553,000, the lowest level since the pandemic hit last March and another sign the economy is recovering from the coronavirus recession. The Labour Department reported Thursday that jobless claims were down from 566,000 a week earlier. They...
RBI to conduct OMOs worth Rs 10K cr on May 6
To pump up liquidity, the Reserve Bank of India will conduct a one-day 'Open Market Operations' on May 6 to simultaneous purchase and sell Government securities. The OMO session will see simultaneous purchase and sale of government securities worth Rs 10,000 crore. Under this OMO, the RBI will sell short-term securities worth...
Mandaviya reviews preparedness of port hosps
Minister of State for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday chaired a review meeting for taking stock of the preparedness of port hospitals amid the second wave of Covid-19, an official statement said. The minister directed all chairpersons of major ports to ramp up the hospitals' capacity and facilities...
