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UN needs funds to help 12.3 million children in Syria

NNWN/08/05/2022 United Nations has warned against dwindling funds that are affecting much-needed assistance and adding to children’s struggles. Talking in the context of Syria, UN stated that it has been facing financial crisis due to it was unable to provide aid to children. According to it,...

Human Rights
Elderly visible as casualties of Russian invasion of Ukraine

NNWN/02/05/2022 The impact of war on older people has never been more visible than in the conflict in Ukraine. Images of older people unable to reach the safety of basements, being carried over makeshift bridges or walking through body-strewn streets haunt our screens. Some have been...

Human Rights
Amnesty, Human Rights watch offices shut down in Russia

NNWN/10/04/2022 It has come as a major setback for International rights bodies as the Putin government ordered for closure of local offices of Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. The announcement came even as Russia’s military invasion in Ukraine continued which took thousands of lives and...

Research
IIT-Madras gets world’s first gas turbine testing facility

NNWN/02/04/2022 Efforts to build fuel-efficient and less polluting next-generation gas turbines are expected to get a major boost with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Madras and the American multinational firm, General Electric (GE), establishing a state-of-the-art expanded gas turbine combustor testing facility at the National Centre...

Human Rights
Ukraine: Odessa Charity Foundation appeals for aid for victims of war ...

NNWN/02/04/2022 Odessa Charity Foundation Way Home has made an appeal for financial support for people who are victims of war. In the appeal, the foundation said that War on Ukraine has left people homeless and jobless. They have health issues and have been forced to live...

Corruption
Hewlett Foundation joins barred NGOs' list from funding NGOs in India

NNWN/22-03-2022 The Home Ministry’s decision to bar the Hewlett Foundation from donating funds to any Indian NGOs without prior government’s approval has sent clear signals to foreign funding agencies or philanthropic institutions not to violate law of the land. With this, Hewlett foundation has joined the...

Rights activist
Fiery communist leader Mallu Swarajyam who sang inspirational song “Vooyyallo”, passes away...

NNWN/20/03/2022 Grand old Communist leader from Telangana Mallu Swarajyam passed away due to multiple organ failure at a private hospital in Hyderabad on Saturday. Ninety one year old Swarajyam had been ailing for some time. Political parties, cutting across the party lines paid rich tributes to...

Child rights
1/3 children with disabilities victims of violence in lifetime: Lancet

NNWN/18/03/2022 Children and adolescents (aged 0-18 years) with disability experience physical, sexual, and emotional violence, and neglect at considerably higher rates than those without disability, despite advances in awareness and policy in recent years, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies involving more than...

Rights activist
Pad woman: SHE head Jeevan Jyot Kaur wins Amritsar east assembly, defeats...

NNWN/11/03/2022 Social activist and Aam Aadmi Party candidate Jeevan Jyot Kaur has become a political star overnight. Fifty year old social activist who contested elections for the first time from Amrtisar East, defeated political heavyweights like Punjab Congress President (and sitting Amritsar East MLA) Navjot Singh...

Agriculture & Drought
TDB signs MoU to develop daylight harvesting technologies

NNWN/05/03/2022 Technology Development Board has entered into an agreement with a Hyderabad-based startup for developing new technologies for harvesting daylight. This will be part of effort to promote the reduction of carbon footprint and improve building energy efficiency. The statutory body of the Department of Science...

NGO Diary
Milk distributed to slum children

NNWN/05/03/2022 With an aim to spread festive cheer amongst underprivileged, Delhi-based NGO, Wishes and Blessings distributed 1500 milk glasses to underprivileged kids dwelling in slum clusters and jhuggis across Delhi/NCR and Jharkhand on the occasion of Mahashivratri. The beneficiaries included street children, HIV positive children, children...

Technology
Reverse retention of call record data from two to one : IFF...

Internet Freedom Foundation has raised objection to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) ‘s decision relating to extension in the period of retention of call records and internet usage data from one year to two year. Expressing its concern, the NGO has demanded from the DoT...

PrEP keeps low new HIV infections : Lancet journal

NNWN/01/07/2021

Good news for HIV patients. According to an observational study, new HIV infections among men who have sex with men ( MSM) have found to be very low for over three years. thanks to the affordable daily pre-exposure prophylaxis ( PrEP) pill which was widely available. The findings of the…

Study could help unravel mystery of fatty acid accumulation in heart

NNWN/29/06/2021

Fatty acids are formed when the fat in our diet breaks down during digestion. While many of the body’s organs use glucose as their primary energy source, the heart derives most of its required energy (over 70%) from the oxidation of fatty acids. These are crucial for sustaining cardiomyocytes – cardiac muscle…

Pfizer, Moderna may offer protection for years: Study

NNWN/ 28/06/2021

Even as countries have been struggling to deal with evolving Covid 19 variants, a US based study has found that the vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna may have more power to resist the virus for years. Both Pfizer and Moderna set off a persistent immune reaction in…

Privacy concern in Germany's new Surveillance Laws: HRW

NNWN/25/06/2021

The German's new federal law granting enhanced surveillance powers to segments of the federal police and intelligence services is unjustified and arbitrary in nature. Human rights watch has raised concern about the right to privacy after the federal law came into being.

The new federal police law allows interception…

European Parliament's gives nod to Climate Law

NNWN/24/06/2021

It will be a landmark law. Climate law has got an approval from European lawmakers on Thursday through which bloc has committed to reach climate neutrality by 2050 a binding obligation. However, this has paved the way for a policy overhaul to cut planet-warming pollution faster. The climate law puts…

तटरक्षक-बल के लिए प्रदूषण-नियंत्रण जहाज बनाएगा जीएसएल

NNWN/23/06/2021

रक्षा मंत्रालय ने भारतीय तटरक्षक-बल के लिए दो प्रदूषण-नियंत्रण जहाजों के निर्माण के लिए गोवा शिपयार्ड लिमिटेड (जीएसएल) के साथ एक करार किया है। लगभग 583 करोड़ रुपये की लागत से भारतीय तटरक्षक-बल (आईसीजी) के लिए बनने वाले दो प्रदूषण-नियंत्रण जहाजों (पीसीवी) के निर्माण के संबंध में रक्षा मंत्रालय ने गोवा शिपयार्ड लिमिटेड (जीएसएल) के साथ…

CSIR-Tata group to augment Covid test facility in rural,Tier 2 & 3 towns

NNWN/19/06/2021

In order to boost Covid 19 testing facilities in rural, Tier 2 and 3 towns, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), and Tata Medical and Diagnostics Ltd (Tata MD), the new healthcare venture from the Tata Group have joined hands to do so. The two organisations are developing…

Alcohol-free sanitizer to be available in markets soon

NNWN/17/06/2021

A Pune based start up has developed an alcohol-free, aqueous, non-inflammable, and non-toxic hand sanitizer which will soon be available in the market. Derived from silver nanoparticles, sanitizer is not only environment friendly but gentle on hands as well. The hand sanitizer will give relief to people who have faced…

Committee fails to look into estate developer action in Noida: NGT

NNWN/16/06/2021

The National Green Tribunal has taken a serious note of the committee formed to look into the illegal actions of a real estate developer in Noida and Ghaziabad and directed it to file a report regarding illegal cutting of trees, violation of Environmental Clearance (EC) conditions and illegal extraction…

Covid 19: Innovations help deal with pandemic

NNWN/15/06/2021

There is a light at the end of the tunnel, the adage is still relevant in this pandemic. People have proved it with their innovative ideas.

3D masks

For instance, a three dimensional face mask coated with anti viral agents has been developed to protect people from Covid-19 virus.…

Pfizer, AstraZeneca more effective against Delta variant: Lancet study

NNWN/15/06/2021

Even as different variants of Coronavirus make global headlines, the Delta variant of coronavirus, first identified in India, has found to increase the risk of hospitalisation compared with Alpha variant found in Britain. But vaccines like Pfizer and AstraZeneca provide good protection against the strain.
According to a study published…

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