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World Environment Day 2020 calls for action to stop the degradation of the natural world, which according to experts, is accelerating with the increased use of single-use plastic in the form of personal protective gears against COVID-19

A group of volunteers from Sukarma Foundation, an NGO in Madhya Pradesh's Narsinghpur has been on the road since the start of COVID-19 lockdown with an aim to feed and support the migrant labourers

In a bid to tackle malnutrition among children, the Department of Women and Child Development and the Kerala Agricultural University have jointly produced a nutrition bar that is rich in iron and calcium

Actor Anushka Sharma has come forward to raise awareness on the need to maintain hygiene and sanitation at a time of coronavirus pandemic in the country

Hyderabad based vaccine manufacturer company Bharat Biotech has claimed to have successfully developed country’s first Covid-19 vaccine and has got the permission from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) to start human clinical trials

In a video released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, former batsman Sachin Tendulkar is urging people to applaud the frontline warriors and be thankful to them for being guardians during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis

According to the Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, 20 states have been integrated into ‘One Nation, One Ration Card’ system as of now, but experts point to technology, biometrics and identification of the needy as possible hurdles in the implementation of the scheme across all states by March 2021

With an aim to support and protect healthcare warriors who are at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19 pandemic in rural India, a Hisar based NGO Tayal Foundation is providing them with personal protective equipment kits

Because of the lockdown, many people have lost their livelihood and now more than ever, economically poor families are reluctant to spend on sanitary pads which is why a lot of girls and young women are going back to their previous ways of handling periods by using rags

This Menstrual Hygiene Day, members of SWaCH Pune, a cooperative of waste collectors and waste pickers would like to bring the attention of people on the health hazards faced by them on a daily basis while handling erratically disposed sanitary and menstrual waste

According to United Nations' World Food Programme, the world faces "mega-famines" if enough actions are not taken to combat the ripple effects of coronavirus pandemic on the economically poor countries which are already grappling with food insecurity

With the COVID-19 global pandemic affecting each person, Devi Sridhar, professor of Global Public Health at Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics answers questions on the dos and don'ts during the coronavirus pandemic

The Disinfectant Tunnel developed by IIT Kanpur has two chambers and uses a safer version of Ultra Violet light to kill viruses, including hopefully SARS-CoV-2, unlike the regular sanitation structures that only spray disinfectants on the person inside it