As a precautionary measure following heavy rains in the Bengaluru Urban district, all schools and anganwadis to remain shut on October 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN Following incessant overnight rains that lashed the city, a holiday has been declared for all Anganwadis and private/aided primary and high schools of Bengaluru Urban District today … Read more
Gujarat Titans batters Rahul Tewatia and Rashid Khan celebrate after winning the IPL 2023 cricket match against Chennai Super Kings, at Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad on March 31, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI India registers highest proportional increase of new COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia: WHO The highest proportional increase of new COVID cases … Read more
New Delhi: Amid growing health concerns due to COVID-19, a need was felt to upgrade the skill set of anganwadi workers and improve the existing healthcare infrastructure. The announcement made by Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Minister, Government of India in the Union Healthcare Budget 22-23 for up-gradation of two-lakh anganwadis has given impetus to this long … Read more
NEW DELHI: The parliamentary standing committee on labour has said that the work of ASHA and Anganwadi workers must be formalised, their wages made specific and they should not be treated as honorary workers. Hundreds of ASHA workers have been on the frontline of Covid-19 related screening and contact tracing and have held protests in … Read more