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
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Sonia Bhaskar
Amid the on-going gradual easing of the lockdown in wake of COVID-19 pandemic, various state governments have imposed different quarantine rules for the passengers arriving in their states
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In Bengaluru, Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation’s (KSRTC) buses have been remodelled into a mobile clinic to ramp up COVID-19 testing and provide healthcare services to people
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While humans are staying indoors due to coronavirus induced lockdown, nature is thriving, healing and highlighting the damage being done to the environment, one of them being plastic pollution
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How Nutrition India Programme kick-started by Reckitt Benckiser in Amravati and Nandurbar districts of the second most populous state of India - Maharashtra is ending malnutrition and creating community nutrition workers
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Kerala fights coronavirus in its own unique way, this time launches an awareness campaign using cartoons to orient people to the new normal in times of COVID-19, post lockdown
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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
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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
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Airlines will resume on May 25 under strict norms issued by the Ministry of Civil Aviation to protect the passengers as well as the security personnel deployed at the airport from coronavirus
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26,000 accredited social health activists, police, health inspectors, and local self-government bodies across the state are at the forefront of COVID-19 surveillance in Kerala, which has been appreciated worldwide
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National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Visual Disabilities is making see through masks for people with hearing difficulties, as regular masks make it impossible to read lips, an essential for those with hearing difficulties
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According to the new data released by Registrar General of India, the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in 2018 in the country stood at 32 deaths per 1,000 livebirths, a marginal fall from 33 in 2017
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Here is how Nutrition India Programme kick-started by Reckitt Benckiser in Amravati and Nandurbar districts of the second most populous state of India - Maharashtra is making women aware about breastfeeding practices and creating nutrition-rich societies
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