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Common airplane habits can have dangerous health impact: 3 mistakes to avoid that people often makeExperts have warned that some routine in-flight hygiene habits may increase exposure to bacteria during air travel. According to flight att...
Minnesota sees rise in Norovirus outbreaks. What is it, symptoms, prevention, and treatmentMinnesota is facing a significant increase in norovirus outbreaks this December. The Minnesota Department of Health has reported over 40 ou...
Similac-maker Abbott faces U.S. criminal probe over baby formulaAttorneys with the Justice Department's consumer-protection branch are conducting the criminal investigation, the Wall Street Journal repor...
38,408 schools, 2.86 lakh anganwadi centres don't have functional toilets, govt tells Rajya SabhaAs many as 68,374 schools supplied packaged or bottled drinking water, while 1,74,632 schools accessed drinking water from "other sources".
HSBC India commits Rs 75 crore to India's fight against COVID-19It will be utilised to support projects for providing medical supplies, medical equipment for COVID-19 care centres including oxygen suppli...
View: Well-WASHed schools for children as they returnWhile the economy opened up months ago and a large number of work places, transport and communication, and places of worship have gradually...
91 million urban Indians lack basic handwashing facilities at home: UNICEFIn a statement released on the occasion on Global Handwashing Day, UNICEF said lack of handwashing with soap puts millions at increased ris...
View: To open or not is not the question, securing the schools is the task‘Unlock 4’ allows students of classes 9-12 to visit schools from September 21 ‘on voluntary basis, for taking guidance from their teachers’...
View: To beat the coronavirus, India needs to accelerate drastic behavioural changesThe point, however, is that even with lockdowns, morbidity and mortality have been alarming. It is vital to accelerate behavioural changes,...
McDonald's resumes dine-in facility in 50 outlets of north, east regions"To date, we have opened more than 100 restaurants across our north and east India regions that are operational through various channels in...
Coronavirus outbreak: Social distancing norms must for geotagged assetsThe Centre has directed all state governments to give physical proof of the guidelines being followed. Rural houses, roads, highways and Ma...
Buy Galaxy Surfactants, target price Rs 1,630: ICICI SecuritiesConservatively, the brokerage has cut its EPS estimate by 7 per cent / 3 per cent for FY21 / FY22.
Hindustan Unilever to slash prices of hygiene products, pledges Rs 100 crore to fight Covid-19"In crisis like this, companies have a big role to play. We are working closely with the Governments and our partners to ensure that we ove...
Hand hygiene of travellers passing via 10 airports could reduce spread of CoronavirusExtra caution at airports could check the spread of the disease.
USFDA found birds flying in warehouse, lack of toilet paper at United Breweries plantThe company is the leader in beer category in India with more than 50 per cent share of the market.
Maharaja of Mysuru launches Akshaya Patra’s model school initiativeThe city-headquartered nonprofit has equipped GLPS Ravindranagar with a new compound wall, bio-toilets among other facilities.
India made rapid progress in increasing access to sanitation in schools: UN reportThe annual report is produced by the World Health Organization/UN Children's Fund Joint Monitoring Programme, or JMP, which has been monito...
Government taking steps for better tribal planThe Narendra Modi government is all set to initiate a survey of all tribal households to gauge socio-economic and behavioural aspects of tr...
Assam school children torch bearers of hand-washingOther schools in the nearby villages are also following the example with Haberikura LP School already implementing it.
Mid Day Meal to be a 'model scheme' under SAGYWith the aim of making the Mid Day Meal programme a 'model scheme' in villages covered under Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY), the Centre h...