Centre to launch National Helpline Against Atrocities. It will facilitate the effective implementation of Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The toll-free number 14566 will be open 24/7.
Uttar Pradesh (UP) government has allocated Rs. 535 crore to provide as compensation to farmers who lost their crops in the recent floods. It will benefit around 15 lakh farmers in the state.
Maharashtra grabs the top spot with the highest employability rate at 66.1%. Uttar Pradesh (65.2%) and Kerala (64.2%) come 2nd and third, respectively: India Skills Report 2022.
As per World Health Organisation (WHO), the Omicron variant of the Coronavirus spreads more quickly and more easily than the Delta variant, and the vaccine is less effective against it, however, the Omicron variant has less severe symptoms.
As per Niti Aayog’s rankings, the top 5 aspirational districts of India (October 2021 period) in improved education performance are Dumka (Jharkhand) followed by Muzaffarpur, Aurangabad, Banka and Sheikhpura of Bihar.
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