-The Telegraph Delivery team, beauticians’ lives ruled by phone calls and sprints to customers New Delhi: The company Pinki Saini began working for in 2018 did not pay her. Instead, she paid the company for letting her work for it. When she started the job as a beautician with Urbanclap — now known as Urban Company — Pinki says she had to pay the firm a “joining fee” of Rs 4,000. She also...
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Cold wave intensifies, low visibility engulfs north India -- Top 5 facts
-Hindustan Times Cold wave: A warning of severe cold conditions over the next few Days has been issued for north Rajasthan, and till MonDay in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, and Himachal Pradesh. New Delhi: As the holiDay season sets in, biting cold has gripped north India. According to the India Meteorological Department, cold wave conditions were on SunDay observed in isolated pockets of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, and northwest Rajasthan. Dense fog shrouded many...
More »Teacher shortage in Jharkhand schools, most pupils have forgotten how to read and write, post-Covid survey shows
Jharkhand's government schools have a massive teacher shortage, a survey by Gyan Vigyan Samiti Jharkhand has found. The survey was conducted in 138 primary and upper primary schools between September and October 2022 to assess their condition after the Covid-19 pandemic. Jharkhand's school system was shut for two years, among the longest in the world. Teachers told the surveyors they felt that most students had forgotten how to read and...
More »Price cut on TB drug to expand access
-The Hindu Business Line Agreement between Viatris, MedAccess and TBA to slash cost by 34 per cent on pretomanid A new agreement among drugmaker Viatris, MedAccess, and TB Alliance looks to reduce the price of pretomanid, a drug used to treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, by 34 per cent. The agreement will help expand access to this critical new treatment in more than 140 countries, including those with the highest TB burden, said a joint...
More »UN Biodiversity Summit: Key takeaways from historic deal at COP15
-IndiaToDay.in The historic deal was signed in Montreal that aims to provide critical financing to the developing world to protect biodiversity. * The global framework comes a Day before COP15 is set to end in Montreal * Governments have committed to protect 30% of land and water * The draft calls for raising $200 billion by 2030 for biodiversity After years of negotiations, back and forth and delays, governments have finally signed a deal to...
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