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Centre opens 14 disability early intervention centres

-The Hindu The facility will povide support to infants and young children at risk of or with disabilities. The Union Social Justice and Empowerment (SJE) Ministry on Thursday launched 14 cross disability early intervention centres across the country to provide support to infants and young children at risk of or with disabilities. SJE Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot virtually inaugurated the centres that are located at seven national institutes and seven composite regional centres of...

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India struggles to meet gender equality goal second year in a row, ‘special attention’ needed -Sravasti Dasgupta

-ThePrint.in Gender equality and zero hunger remain the two goals that require ‘special attention’, Niti Aayog SDG report says. The country score on both these goals is below 50. New Delhi: India is struggling to meet the goals of gender equality, according to the Niti Aayog’s latest Sustainable Development Goals-India Index report. According to the report, released last week, gender equality and zero hunger remain the two goals under the SDG-India index that...

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Kinnaur hydroelectric project: A setback for Himachal’s natural resources, culture -Partik Kumar

-Down to Earth The proposed 804 mega watt Jangi Thopan Powari hydroelectricity project over the Satluj threatens life, livelihood and ecology in the basin The people of Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh, are fighting another battle besides the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic — saving their rivers and forests threatened by a hydroelectric project. The residents of the valley have been protesting against the proposed 804 mega watt Jangi Thopan Powari hydroelectricity project (JTP HEP)...

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Cyclone Yaas likely to intensify into very severe cyclonic storm: IMD

-The Hindu/ PTI Cyclone Yaas is likely to intensify into a “very severe cyclonic storm” and cross the Odisha and the West Bengal coasts on May 26, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday. A low pressure area formed over the east-central Bay of Bengal and the adjoining north Andaman Sea on Saturday. While a low pressure area is the first stage of formation of a cyclone, it is not necessary that...

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Cases rising in 15 States; positivity rate at 21%, says ICMR chief -Devesh K Pandey

-The Hindu Balram Bhargava says more Rapid Antigen Tests will be conducted from now on. The national COVID-19 positivity rate stood at 21% and 310 of the 734 districts had reported positivity greater than or equal to the national average, Balram Bhargava, Director-General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), said on Tuesday. At the Health Ministry briefing, Dr. Bhargava said the country now had the RTPCR testing capacity of about 16 lakh a...

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