-ANI/ NDTV.com As the floodwater is receding in the flood-affected areas, multiple cases of chronic diseases and viral fever are being observed among children.  Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh): Over 170 children have been admitted to Motilal Nehru Hospital of Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh due to chronic diseases and viral fever like encephalitis and pneumonia where they need oxygen support are admitted here, Prayagraj CMO Dr Nanak Saran said on Sunday. "A few days back, when...

-The Hindu As of August 10 this year, 34% transactions are still unpaid, says LibTech study Delay on the part of the Union Government in transfer of wages to workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005, has further compounded the woes of thousands of workers during these difficult pandemic times. The Centre is taking 26 days on an average to complete the wage transfer to the NREGA workers...

-The Hindu 2 health workers symptomatic, 188 contacts isolated KOZHIKODE: After a gap of over three years, a case of the zoonotic Nipah virus infection was reported in Kozhikode district of Kerala on Sunday morning, with the death of a 12-year-old boy from Pazhoor, near Chathamangalam, at a private hospital. State Health Minister Veena George told the media that a contact list of 188 persons, a majority of them healthcare workers, had been...

-Newsclick.in The government’s brazen class bias is crystal clear, as it gives away national assets built with public money to its favourite capitalists, together with tax breaks. Junior Minister for Rural Development in the Central government, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, ruled out in Parliament any increase in the amount of monthly pension given by the Centre to the elderly under the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP). The amount currently being given to each...

-Newsclick.in Among 540 FIRs, over 73% were pertaining to desi liquor involving alcohol within the 1–10 litre range, the report says. Bhopal: Tulsiram Kanjar (29) and Ummead Singh Kanjar (45), who belong to the nomadic tribe from Madhya Pradesh's Guna district, were called to the Chief Minister’s event on August 31 to take part in the Vimukta Jati Sammelan 2021. When they returned home, both were booked under section 34 (2) of...