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SAKONSA with it's thousands of volunteers are striving hard to help migrant workers through our #FeedTheNeedy campaign. We are distributing ration kits worth Rs. 250. We urge all of you to come forward and donate at https://t.co/F0iAnXwrP6
#donate #COVID19India #NGO #milaap

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With more than 300 children in Maharashtra orphaned due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the
department of women and child development (WCD) announced educational funding and mental
health support for their well-being.
#Maharashtra

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witter appoints American Jeremy Kessel as new grievance officer for India. Under the
Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021, social
media intermediaries have to appoint an official to address complaints from Indian subscribers.

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Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar stated India is strengthening its educational and skilling efforts
to ensure quality education from pre-school to senior secondary stage. New National Education
Policy, 2020 in India, also aims for reforms in school and higher education systems.

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Many people likely lost sleep over COVID-19. A study of twins led by Washington State University
researchers found that stress, anxiety and depression during the first few weeks of the pandemic
were associated with less and lower quality sleep
#health
#COVID19

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As part of its renewed policy of monetising unused land, the defence ministry has also tweaked
the policy of leasing land for educational purposes. Accordingly, the ministry of defence (MoD) has
communicated to the Cantonments Boards about framing new rules and regulations.

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Australia has asked India to provide the overall value of cotton production in the country and
confirm that New Delhi has not exceeded the ceiling. The issue came up on June 17-18 at the
meeting of the WTO Committee on Agriculture.
#AustraliaTradeDeal

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Nutrition experts have called for a policy change at the national level on vitamin A
supplementation, stating that vitamin A deficiencies in children are no longer a public health
problem in India. This supplementation may lead to excess dosage of vitamin A or hypervitaminosis

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World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the
health threat was growing, in line with the mounting tsunami of e-waste. We need to rally to protect
our most valuable resource –the health of our children from the growing threat of e-waste

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Teen suicide attempts rise sharply during lockdowns. According to new data from the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), emergency-room visits for suspected suicide attempts by
teenagers, especially girls, rose sharply during pandemic lockdowns.
#Mentalhealth

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UN chief said covid19 vaccines should be considered “global public goods.” There was no other
way of defeating a virus that spreads across developing countries like wildfire and risks mutating,
other than through equitable, mass vaccination, “available and affordable to all”.

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Bengaluru-based Spandana Health Care has launched a mental health crisis response platform
TeleArogya Helpie, which also doubles up a free suicide prevention helpline, leveraging AI to support
affected individuals through a four-pronged virtual support network.
#Mentalhealth

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E Indian data centre sector is thriving. As per a report by Arizton Advisory and Intelligence.
The
Indian data centre market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of close to 12% between 2020-2026.The
country already has over 75 colocation data centres run by 20 data centre providers.

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2019 ​was the second warmest year on record
NASA data show that average global temperatures in 2019 were 1.8 degrees F (0.98 degrees C) warmer than the 20th century average. 3 In fact, the five warmest years in the 1880–2019 record have all occurred since 2015.
#climate

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World Oceans Day on June 8,the UN has called for sustainable efforts and
stopping plastic pollution in order to save the oceans.eating local, sustainably-sourced fish to
stopping plastic pollution, we all have a role to play to Save Our Ocean.
#WorldOceansDay
#WorldOceanDay

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The Supreme Court said, stop illegal adoption of kids orphaned by covid. A bench of justices L
Nageswara Rao and Aniruddha Bose said, “The state governments/Union Territories are directed to
take action against those NGOs/individuals who are indulging in illegal adoptions.”

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People whose sleep pattern goes against their natural body clock are more likely to have
depression and lower levels of wellbeing, according to a large-scale new study. Research led by the
University of Exeter, published in Molecular Psychiatry.
#bodyclock
#health

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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that India will contribute to its Act East and Indo-Pacific
policies on BIMSTEC Day, underline the enormous potential of Bay of Bengal cooperation. Realising
that helps bridge South and South East Asia.
#IndoPacific

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Social media giant Facebook has announced major changes in its content moderation policies.
Prevent regular users from engaging in harmful speech. These changes will be applicable in India as
well and the update has gone into effect immediately.
#Facebook

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, with humanity facing a “triple environmental
emergency” of biodiversity loss, climate disruption and escalating pollution, now is the time to act.
“We are reaching the point of no return for the planet,”
#WorldEnvironmentDay2021

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Dr.Manushree Gupta said, Post Covid patients are also exhibiting a unique symptom of cognitive
dulling or mental slowing where they are experience slowing of mental activity, inability to think
clearly and feeling dejected or fatigued for 2-3 months after recovery from Covid.