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India must incorporate village-level data in its policies on child malnutrition to target beneficiaries and their specific needs more effectively, said a new study that analysed data across 5,97,121 census villages in the country. This would make government interventions more effective and hold village- and district-level bodies more accountable on how they run nutrition programmes, the study pointed out.
Differences in child malnutrition aged between zero to five years exist at not just the state and district level, but also, especially, at the village level, said the Harvard University
study released in April that combined data from the 2016
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3,056 fresh COVID cases in Thrissur
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TPR remains high in five local bodies in district
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TPR remains high in five local bodies in district
There were 3,056 fresh COVID-19 cases in Thrissur district on Sunday while 2,989 patients recovered from the disease. The test positivity rate is 28.75%.
Five local bodies in the district reported TPR higher than 50%. They are Varantharappilly (50.64%); Chovvannur (51.27%); Pazhayannur (80.81%); Porkkulam (55.84%); and Kodassery (50.00%)
The number of active cases in the district is 56,091 and 77 people from the district are undergoing treatment in other districts. So far 2,04,927 COVID-19 cases were reported from the district and 1,47,728 people have recovered.
According to official data, 3,041 people, including 10 health workers, contracted the disease through local contact on Sunday. Of them, 482 people are above the age of 60 and 243 children are below the age of 10. In all, 49,938 people are under hom
Financial fraud | Usury travels online, thrives during pandemic
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Predatory moneylending apps that sprung up during the lockdown have now come under the radar after their characteristic ‘shaming and threatening’ methods forced borrowers to file complaints and even end their lives
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Predatory moneylending apps that sprung up during the lockdown have now come under the radar after their characteristic ‘shaming and threatening’ methods forced borrowers to file complaints and even end their lives
Usurious moneylending, or
kandhu vatti, has always been a nightmare in Tamil Nadu. Lives have been lost due to the many variations that usury goes by in the State meter