-PTI/ The Hindu Twenty-one people, including six children, were also injured in lightning incidents across the State. Eighteen people, including seven children, were killed in separate incidents of lightning in Rajasthan’s Jaipur, Kota, Jhalawar and Dholpur districts on July 11, police said. Twenty-one people, including six children, were also injured in lightning incidents across the State, they said. In a major tragedy in Jaipur, 11 persons, mostly youth, were killed and eight others injured...

-NDTV.com COVID-19: Kerala and Delhi have a vaccination target shortfall of 22 per cent, while Bihar falls short by 71 per cent, and Rajasthan and Bengal by 66 per cent New Delhi: Kerala and Delhi have the least number of shortfall in COVID-19 vaccination while Bihar, Rajasthan and West Bengal have the highest inoculation shortfall, according to an analysis of publicly available data. The shortfall in a state is calculated as a...

-The Hindu Business Line Trade sees lower acreage in MP; higher area in Maharashtra, other states For farmers like Sunil Mukhati and hundreds of others near Indore in Madhya Pradesh, gazing at the skies as soon as they get up every day, has become a sort of ritual over the past couple of weeks. “We have been looking at the sky every morning these last few days, hoping that we will get some...

-IndiaSpend.com A new study of the Rajasthan government's Bhamashah health insurance programme for poor households has found that just providing health insurance cover doesn't reduce gender inequality in access to even subsidised healthcare Jaipur: Women from poor households made about 235,000 fewer hospital visits compared to men for seven gender-neutral disease categories between January 2017 and October 2019, a new study analysing a Rajasthan state health insurance scheme has estimated. The Bhamashah...

-The Hindu Paediatric wards connected to central oxygen pipeline in view of third wave warnings The tribal-dominated Banswara district in southern Rajasthan has taken the lead in creating first-of-its-kind paediatric COVID-19 care facility as part of preparations for a possible third wave of infection. Beautified with colourful drawings and cartoons depicted on the walls, the dedicated wards will cater to children with different stages of coronavirus infection. The district administration identified the buildings...