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Hantavirus scientists were close to vaccine but ran out of moneyScientists in Chile developed antibodies that successfully neutralised the deadly Andes hantavirus in lab and animal studies, raising hopes...
51% of applications received under PM CARES for Children scheme rejectedThe scheme's objective is to ensure comprehensive care and protection of these children in a sustained manner, providing health insurance, ...
Explore possibilities of extending benefits of COVID-19 schemes to all orphan children: SC to CentreThe Supreme Court of India has asked the Centre to consider extending the benefits of schemes, including the PM Cares fund, to all orphaned...
Thousands of orphans will get opportunity to study at DU free of cost: VCVice Chancellor Singh said, "The initiative will help thousands of children every year. We are coming out of Covid. Many children lost thei...
Orphaned topper from Bhopal, who lost both parents to COVID, battles loan recovery noticesVanisha Pathak, the Bhopal topper who wrote a poem ‘I’ll stand tall without you, Papa,’ after scoring 99.8% in her Class X board within mon...
CCL to provide scholarship to students who lost parents due to COVID-19COVID-19 pandemic has caused hundreds of school and college going students to become orphans in the coal region, which falls under the oper...
Over 1.9 million Indian kids lost parent or caregiver to COVID-19: Lancet study"Sadly, as high as our estimates of orphanhood and caregiver deaths are, they are likely to be underestimates, and we expect these numbers ...
Focus on recipients for Covid payoutsWhat the court can do is order an audit of the compensation payouts focusing on recipients, so that the poor are not discriminated against.
Mala fide intent? No, here is what led to Covid death under-reporting in IndiaMedical complications induced by the virus would go in the medical certificate as the official cause of death simply because there was no C...
SC wants care extended to all kids who lost parents during Covid-19The Supreme Court suggested on Tuesday that the PM-Cares for Children scheme be extended to all children in the country who have been orpha...
Identification of orphans due to COVID does not brook any further delay: SCA bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and Aniruddha Bose directed the the District Magistartes to issue necessary instructions to the...
Taking all steps to safeguard interest of children affected by pandemic, Centre tells Delhi HCIn an affidavit filed on behalf of Ministry of Woman and Child Development on a PIL raising concerns over the children orphaned due to COVI...
30,000 children orphaned, lost a parent or abandoned in over a year: NCPCR to SCOf 30,071 such children, 26,176 children lost a parent, 3,621 were orphaned and 274 abandoned. The data is for period between April 1, 2020...
Maharashtra: COVID-19 orphans to get Rs 5 lakh in FD, monthly aidAt present, there are 162 children in Maharashtra who have lost both parents, at least one of them to the pandemic. Nine such kids are in g...
UP govt launches welfare scheme for children who lost parents to COVID-19The move by the UP government comes a day after the Supreme Court observed that it cannot even imagine how many children in this large coun...
32 kids orphaned in Covid pandemic in Delhi: Child rights panel chief"Sixteen children have been identified who lost their parents during the second wave. We have been enquiring about them whether they requir...
Supreme Court takes note of children orphaned due to COVID, directs states to provide immediate reliefThe top court asked state governments to understand the agony of children starving on the streets and directed the district authorities tha...
Take care of children, vulnerable sections: Centre tells statesThe Centre said it will give high priority to combating of crime against women, children, senior citizens and Scheduled Castes and Schedule...
MHA asks states, UTs to strengthen facilities for vulnerable groups, kids orphaned due to CovidThe Centre has asked states and UTs to "immediately review" existing facilities for such groups, especially for children who have been orph...
Karnataka to take care of children orphaned due to COVID second waveWoman and Child Welfare Minister Shashikala Jolle said the government has set up a helpline '1098' and a senior IAS officer Mohan Raj has b...