Category Disability
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 →
BY- Indian Forum for Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology The second Global Disability Summit (globaldisabilitysummit.org) is taking place virtually from 15 – 17 February 2022, hosted by the Governments of Norway and Ghana and by the International Disability Alliance (IDA). In… Continue Reading →
POSTED ON JANUARY 19, 2022 Human rights activists view the death of this Dalit tailor A Prabhakaran as nothing but a repetition of the Sathankulam custodial deaths in Tamil Nadu’s Tuticorin By Nivedha Selvam It was just another normal day… Continue Reading →
Implementing features in Co-WIN portal to make it more accessible for PwD; no SOP which makes carrying of vaccination certificate mandatory: Centre informs Top Court 17 Jan 2022 The Supreme Court has been informed by the Government of India that… Continue Reading →
Posted On October 22, 2021 Agra: The family of Arun Valmiki, a Dalit sanitation worker who allegedly died in police custody, has accused cops of torturing him during interrogation by giving him electric shocks and tying his hands and feet…. Continue Reading →
Posted On October 17, 2021 In this ground report, ThePrint travels across 7 districts of Punjab to highlight the fault lines, and focus on a revolution that is now starting to be recognised. SHUBHANGI MISRA and URJITA BHARDWAJ Jhaloor (Sangrur):… Continue Reading →
MTV will leverage its widespread presence, thus giving wings to initiate and empower professionals, students and caregivers in the Alzheimer’s month. India has 5.91 million people affected with one or other forms of Dementia, of which over 65 per cent… Continue Reading →
Friday, October 15, 2021By Srinivas Goli, Parul Puri* The maternal mortality ratio (number of maternal deaths per one lakh live births) is a key and sensitive parameter used by health policymakers to monitor maternal health conditions in particular and women’s… Continue Reading →
Mumbai, (PTI) As many as 75 per cent of COVID-19 patients were overcharged by private hospitals, a survey carried out in Maharashtra has found.Nearly half of these patients died during treatment, said Dr Abahy Shukla of the Jan Aarogya Abhiyan,… Continue Reading →
POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2021 Dalit Christian families are living in fear in the eastern Indian state of Odisha after being ostracized by Hindu activists for their faith. The five families were chased out of Lodamila village in Kandhamal district… Continue Reading →