THE CITIZEN COMMENT | 3 MARCH, 2022 Putin resolves to “denazify” Ukraine Just recently the world media featured this sweet old great grandma, 78 year old Valentina Konstaninovska carrying an AK 47 and swearing to defend Ukraine. The ‘awww’ response would… Continue Reading →
Hiren Kumar Bose Mar 02, 2022 Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh A young woman receives international recognition for her work ensuring 22 UP villages – and counting – get clean, safe water and learn how to fight against contamination. For her work in… Continue Reading →
Tazeen Quereshy Feb 28, 2022 Kendujhar, Odisha In a unique approach, healthcare workers in rural Odisha engaged traditional healers – who once branded newborn babies with a hot iron to try and cure illnesses – to curb this harmful practice. Awareness campaigns… Continue Reading →
The concept of “poverty” as a major obstacle for disabled people isn’t a new notion, according to the 2011 World Report on Disability, 15% of the world’s population has some sort of disability, with 80% of the projected 1 billion… Continue Reading →
The 2016 National Mental Health Survey found that 70-80% of people with mental illness received no treatment. Dr Soumitra Pathare The past two years of the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted the importance of mental health issues in our communities. A global study… Continue Reading →
Introduction On February 1, 2021, the Myanmar military (Tatmadaw) took control of the country in a coup d’état.[1] Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in protest.[2] The military regime not only imprisoned political rivals and dissenters,[3] but quickly proceeded to… Continue Reading →
A private school in Mangaluru has come under fire for reportedly denying admission to a six-year-old Sikh boy because he was wearing a `patka’ turban, while a college in Bengaluru is facing flak for asking a Sikh girl to remove… Continue Reading →
Feb 24, 2022, BENGALURU/JALANDHAR: Amid the fierce debate over allowing hijab in colleges in Karnataka, a 17-year-old Amritdhari (baptised) Sikh girl was asked by her college to remove her turban as the college has a uniform dress code and it… Continue Reading →
The global-health pioneer redefined his field to make it more human, in part by being so wonderfully human himself.By Ashish K. Jha February 22, 2022 Several years ago, Paul Farmer and I both spoke at a conference at Harvard on… Continue Reading →
The sister of 26-year-old Bajrang Dal worker Harsha who was killed on Sunday night in Shivamogga on Tuesday made an impassioned plea for people to stay away from political agendas. In a video that appeared on social media on Tuesday,… Continue Reading →
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