Category Health Care
Richard Mahapatra [1] Issue Date: 2015-4-26 Unplanned growth despite the region being quake-prone led to massive destruction Every year Nepal observes January 16 as National Earthquake Safety Day. It is ussually a sober occasion when some non-government organisations and a few… Continue Reading →
Former staff at a Unilever subsidiary want compensation for alleged safety lapses at a thermometer factory in southern India Nicci Smith in Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu Published: 26 April 2015 Protesters in Kodaikanal highlight the UN’s Minamata Convention on Mercury Unilever would… Continue Reading →
STAFF REPORTER Dandapani Mohanty- Photo: PTI Dandapani Mohanty, Sabyasachi Panda demand political prisoner status : Dandapani Mohanty, former mediator between the Maoists and the government, started a hunger strike in Berhampur circle jail on Friday demanding political prisoner status. Arrested… Continue Reading →
Malaria kills over 1,200 children a day: UNICEF IANS | Apr 24, 2015, 10.45 AM IST Malaria kills over 1,200 children a day: UNICEF (Getty Images) t The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday that malaria kills more than 1,200… Continue Reading →
THE NUCLEAR SHADOW OVER KARACHI BY PERVEZ HOODBHOY, ZIA MIAN AND A. H. NAYYAR UNTESTED CHINESE NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY COULD IMPERIL THE CITY OF 20 MILLION. Adebate has started about the wisdom of building two large Chinese-supplied nuclear reactors… Continue Reading →
Ishita Bhadra, TNN | A shocking revelation of the study is that seven out of every 10 children in Gujarat have been victims of sexual abuse. VADODARA: The ‘Safe for Women’ tag is something that Gujarat’s lawmakers often extol. But is… Continue Reading →
22-Apr-2015 HYDERABAD: In a worrying trend for prison officials, convicts in Telangana are increasingly resorting to suicide in jails. As many as 10 prisoners have committed suicide so far this year, including two inmates of Cherlapalli Central Prison who ended… Continue Reading →
Tuesday, 21 April 2015 – 7:44am IST | Agency: dna | From the print edition dna Correspondent Despite a Supreme Court ruling, the Maharashtra government has decided to make Aadhaar card submission compulsory for children enrolled in the reform… Continue Reading →
Members of the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) stood up in front of 2,446 shareholders at Nestlé’s annual meeting on 16 April to call on Nestlé Chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathé to change policies that idealise infant formula. Children fed on… Continue Reading →
19-Apr-2015 New Delhi: The government has commissioned a survey to determine the condition of women who are abandoned by their family members in mental asylums to deprive them of property rights. The Women and Child Development Ministry has asked National… Continue Reading →