Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan is aimed at incentivising the creation of new employment opportunities during the Covid-19 economic recovery phase. It will provide subsidy for provident fund contribution for adding new employees to establishments registered with the Employees’…
Technological revolution, Covid19, Labour market The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented public health crisis that has led to staggering losses in economic activity and jobs. Even as the world grapples with containing the virus and stemming the economic haemorrhage, it…
mRNA Vaccine In collaboration with HDT Biotech Corporation, Seattle, USA, Gennova has developed an mRNA vaccine candidate (HGCO19), with demonstrated safety, immunogenicity, neutralization antibody activity in the rodent and non-human primate models. The company is working aggressively to ensure first human…
Pfizer vaccine The US and Europe are in line to get the first doses of an experimental coronavirus vaccine after a partnership between Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE delivered dazzling preliminary results in a large patient trial. Regulators on both…
Promoting tourism in South Asia South Asia is highly dependent on travel and tourism, especially as a generator of jobs (estimated at 47.7 million in 2019) COVID-19 is affecting nearly 47.7 million travel and tourism jobs across South Asia, many…
Global Commons at Threats Global commons refer to shared resources that cannot be managed within national jurisdictions. The spread of zoonotic diseases like COVID-19; greenhouse gas emissions; biodiversity reduction; overfishing; and the accumulation of plastic waste are some of the problems…
Malnutrition and covid 19 A robust and diverse food supply is an essential part of the health and nutrition response to COVID-19. WHO, together with partners, is providing nutrition and food safety guidance and advice during the COVID-19 pandemic for…
Arogya Setu App India launched Aarogya Setu mobile App for helping augment the efforts of limiting the spread of COVID19. Objective of enabling Bluetooth based contact tracing, mapping of likely hotspots and dissemination of relevant information about COVID19. Those who are…
United Nations Economic and Social Council UN Economic and Social Council held its high level dialogue virtually, in the context of COVID-19. The dialogue attended by world leaders was on the subject ‘Multilateralism after COVID-19: What kind of UN do…