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Government urges banks and MFIs to pitch in for Swachhta Mission

New Delhi, Feb 9 (JEN) Union Minister of Rural Development and Drinking Water and Sanitation, Birender Singh, on Tuesday, urged banks and micro-finance institutions to come forward in a big way for credit disbursal to achieve the goal of Swachh Bharat Mission of making India Open Defecation Free by 2019. more

UN agencies mobilize to support Government response after Benin confirms cases of Lassa fever

New York, Feb 6 (Just Earth News/IBNS) After the identification of four cases of Lassa fever in Benin, the Government, backed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nation ...

YES Bank joins hands with Indian Railways to set Up over 1000 community water purification systems across the country

Mumbai, Feb 5 (IBNS) YES Bank on Friday said it has joined hands with the Indian Railways to provide safe and clean drinking water at Railway station by setting up 1000 community water purif ...

With focus on cervical cancer, Ban says where people live should not determine chances of survival

New York, Feb 5 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Marking World Cancer Day, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed that where a person lives should not determine if they develop a cancer ...

UN health agency urges action now in European countries to prevent Zika virus spread

New York, Feb 4 (Just Earth News/IBNS) European countries were called on on Wednesday by the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) to act early and in a coordinated way to protec ...

Bharat Biotech unveils first vaccine candidate for Zika virus

Hyderabad, Feb 3 (JEN): Vaccines and Bio-Therapeutic manufacturer, Bharat Biotech, on Wednesday announced breakthrough in developing world’s first, two promising candidates Zikavac vaccine ...

Facebook launches initiative to fight against Zika virus

New York, Feb 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday said his company has partnered with the non-profit Abrasco Divulga in Brazil as part of an effort to figh ...

Zika virus: UN agencies step up response measures following declaration of public health emergency

New York, Feb 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Following yesterday’s declaration of a public health emergency of international concern regarding the cluster of microcephaly and other neurological ...

Zika virus: UN agencies step up response measures following declaration of public health emergency

New York, Feb 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Following yesterday’s declaration of a public health emergency of international concern regarding the cluster of microcephaly and other neurological ...

First case of sexually transmitted Zika virus infection recorded in the US

Dallas, Feb 3 (JEN): A person in Texas, United States, has been infected with the defect-causing Zika virus after having sex with a person who apparently caught the virus while visiting Ven ...