-IndiaToday.in A study published in the prestigious medical journal Lancet has found that some antiviral medications might have the potential to shorten symptoms of monkeypox and reduce the amount of time a patient is contagious. Nearly 20 countries where monkeypox is not endemic have reported outbreaks of the viral disease, with more than 100 confirmed or suspected infections mostly in Europe. The outbreaks are raising alarm because monkeypox, which spreads through close...
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"Beg India To Reconsider Wheat Export Ban As Soon As Possible": IMF Chief
-NDTV.com India banned wheat exports earlier this month as an intense heat wave hit output and domestic prices hit a record high. Davos: International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Kristalina Georgieva on Tuesday implored India to reconsider its ban on wheat exports, saying the country could play a key role in international food security and global stability. "I do have an appreciation for the fact that India needs to feed nearly 1.35 billion people...
More »Assam gets 62% above normal pre-monsoon rain. Floods made worse by dams, say locals -Rokibuz Zaman
-Scroll.in Residents of Hojai and Nagaon districts said a dam upstream caused the waters of the Kopili river to swell abruptly. For at least a week, all of Janghal Block village in Assam’s Hojai district was under water. After heavy pre-monsoon rains, the nearby Kopili river – a tributary of the Brahmaputra – had been in full spate. On May 15, the river waters entered the village. As it flooded homes, residents of...
More »Inequality worries bigger than what NFHS illustrates -Abhishek Jha
-Hindustan Times In the first of a five-part data journalism series based on National Family and Health Survey (NFHS) data, HT's data and political economy team finds that India's inequality problem is far sharper than what is made out by the data The fifth round of the National Family and Health Survey (NFHS), conducted between June 2019 and May 2021 was among the biggest in India. It was conducted in all of...
More »World lost 11.2 crore jobs in the first quarter of 2022: ILO -AM Jigeesh
-The Hindu Gender gap in India’s employment data finds mention in the report on the ‘world of work’ The "world of work" is being buffeted by multiple crises, says the ninth edition of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Monitor. The report says that after significant gains during the last quarter of 2021, the number of hours worked globally dropped in the first quarter of 2022, to 3.8% below the employment situation before...
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