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28 migrants die after boats capsize off Tunisia coast
Updated : 17 hours, 19 min ago IST
At least 28 migrants have died after their boats sank off the coast of Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy.
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Newly discovered tsetse fly pheromone might help to control disease spread
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Yale researchers have found a volatile pheromone generated by the tsetse fly, a blood-sucking bug that spreads diseases in both humans and animals across much of Sub-Saharan Africa. The study sheds fresh light on how flies communicate with one another and could lead to new techniques for reg
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Microparticles might help in prevention of vitamin A deficiency: Study
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Vitamin A deficiency is the largest cause of blindness in the world, and it can be lethal in severe cases. This vitamin deficiency affects almost one-third of the world's preschool-aged children and is especially widespread in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
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African countries face heat as China slows down lending
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is set to decelerate from 4.1 per cent in 2021 to 3.3 per cent in 2022, as a result of a slowdown in global growth, rising inflation exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, adverse weather conditions, a tightening in global financial conditions, and the risin
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Study finds around 2 million kids globally may develop asthma due to traff
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 9 (ANI): A new study has found that nearly 2 million children worldwide will develop paediatric asthma due to traffic-related pollution.
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WHO recommends groundbreaking malaria vaccine for children at risk
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 7 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine among children in sub-Saharan Africa and in other regions with moderate to high P. falciparum malaria transmission.
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Arogya World wins Google AI for Social Good Support
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Today, Arogya World, a global health nonprofit, announced that it has been selected for the coveted 2021 Google AI for Social Good Program. Google experts reviewed over 150 projects from 17 countries from Asia-Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa
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IMC Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Africa Business News join forces
Updated : 2 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 23 (ANI/NewsVoir): The IMC Chamber of Commerce (IMC) and Africa Business News (ABN Group) presents the second edition of the Indo-Africa virtual summit to further unravel bilateral economic and business opportunities between countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and India.
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Greenlight Planet Honored the Award of Excellence - Power at 22nd Annual S
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 14 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Greenlight Planet Inc, the largest provider of solar-powered home energy products in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, has won the 'Award of Excellence - Power' at the 22nd annual S&P Global Platts Global Energy Awards, an an
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SheerDrive raises seed round funding from Group Landmark
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], December 10 (ANI/NewsVoir): SheerDrive, a Mumbai-based digital used-car platform, has successfully closed its seed round funding with Group Landmark, a TPG portfolio company, and India's leading automobile retail chain with more than 80 facilities across 27 citie
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305 million African children will be living in acute poverty by 2030: Repo
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 1 (ANI): Around 55 per cent or 305 million of the world's children living in poverty (on less than 1.90 dollars per day) will be in Africa by 2030, claimed an August 2019 report by British think tank Overseas Development Institute (ODI).
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Terror financing from Pakistan concerns Canada: Report
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Vancouver [Canada], Dec 14 (ANI): A 2018 Public Report on the Terrorism Threat to Canada has raised concerns over terror financing from various countries including Pakistan.
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