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A new UK government study shows that two doses of either the AstraZeneca or Pfizer Covid vaccine provide more than 80 per cent protection against the variant first found in India.

Interview: Matthew Gordon, chief executive of Spectra Derren Hayes Derren Hayes talks to the chief executive of Spectra, provider of the Care Leaver Covenant. Matthew Gordon: “Sceptics thought we would be gone within two years, but people are recognising the momentum” Register now to continue reading Thank you for visiting Children & Young People Now and making use of our archive of more than 60,000 expert features, topics hubs, case studies and policy u...

Villgro, India’s pioneering incubator for social enterprises has launched ‘Incubating Incubators Programme’ to strengthen the start-up ecosystem in India. The programme will develop the capacity of incubators through an incubation model focused on one-on-one mentoring, fund-raising demos with donors to build long-term partnerships, and other varied learning opportunities from Villgro and the start-ups it supports. The Ministry of MSME and GIZ India will provide assistance to the first coh...

12% slum households in India still without LPG connection. Five ways to improve access In a rapidly urbanising India, the exclusion of urban poor from energy access will have severe long-term implications on their health and economic development. Text Size: A+ The high domestic LPG cylinder price is an additional burden on the urban slum households, a demographic already facing challenges with regard to clean cooking energy access. While the government’s flagship Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yo...

How Gujarat is building ‘world’s largest’ solar power park, close to its border with Pakistan Simrin Sirur Approximately 30 kilometres from the last point accessible to civilians in the Rann of Kutch, an area roughly the size of Singapore — 72,600 hectares or 726 square kilometres — has been set aside for what is being touted as the world’s largest hybrid solar-wind power park. © Provided by The Print In this remote desert area, where no human resides, the sun beat...

More than a fifth of online supermarket promotions pushed customers towards the purchase of unhealthy snacks MORRISONS nudged online shoppers towards unhealthy snacks more times than any other supermarket in test purchases while Sainsbury’s was most likely to push customers towards alcohol. The first study of its kind in Scotland found online supermarket shoppers are bombarded by around 500 promotions during the average online grocery shop such as multi-buy offers. More than a fifth ( 21%...

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Lead Channel External | what does this mean? This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. Axxsys supports go-live of new investment platform at Danish life insurer Velliv 11 March 2021 Source: Axxsys Axxsys Consulting, part of the Alpha Group, is excited to announce the successful implementation of one of the industry’s most comprehensive investment management platforms for Velliv...

NHS Lothian say they are vaccinating people in West Lothian as fast as "supplies allow" The county has been one of the poorer performing areas for vaccinations on the PHS charts Updated Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice NHS Lothian say they are vaccinating people in West Lothian as fast...

In The News 26 Feb 2021 Ensuring that fresh water is available, in a sustainable manner, is fundamental to climate resilience.  Access to drinking water is a basic human need. The European Pillar of Social Rights places water and sanitation as one of the essential services everyone should have access to. Water also underpins our economy — a fundamental part of agricultural, industrial and energy production.  Yet because of our changing climate, Europe is increasingly facing sit...