The NHS is in trouble and its chief executive has requested £8bn to save it. But how does Britain’s system compare with healthcare around the world – and what can we learn? From hard-pressed India to highly organised Germany, eight… Continue Reading →
Show Caption By forcing the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority to withdraw its internal guidelines to cap the prices of 108 essential drugs, the NDA government jeopardises public health to favour drug manufacturers. By SAGNIK DUTTA IN a significant reversal of… Continue Reading →
HT Correspondent Ludhiana, October 29, 2014 Disappointed with the slow pace of investigation by Ludhiana police in Dr Supriya’s suicide case, the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has summoned the director general of police, and the police commissioner and deputy… Continue Reading →
New York, October 28, 2014 India has fared badly in removing gender-based disparities, ranking 114 out of 142 countries in World Economic Forum’s 2014 gender gap index, scoring below average on parameters like economic participation, educational attainment and health and survival…. Continue Reading →
Courtesy: Times of India According to a study based on analysis of grid data, there have been 21 power outages at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) from Oct 22, 2013, to Oct 22, 2014. Of these 21 outages, 14 are “scrams”… Continue Reading →
AMANTHA PERERA Women sleep on a crowded train in Myanmar. Globally, some 1.2 billion people live on less than 1.25 COLOMBO (IPS): Millions still live in poverty and even those who have gained the security of the middle-income bracket could relapse… Continue Reading →
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy Idinthakarai 627 104 Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu Press Release (For Immediate Release) October 28, 2014 Tamil Nadu and Kerala Political Parties Should Reveal Their Stand on KKNPP 3&4 Units Since the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project… Continue Reading →
Ashwini Kulkarni Pragati Abhiyan [email protected] The rural development ministry plans to restrict MNREGA to the 200 most backward districts, and reduce the wage component of the total expenditure of the programme. In this article, Ashwini Kulkarni – a member… Continue Reading →
October 25, 2014 20:28 IST Describing neonatal and maternal mortality rates as a matter of grave concern, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said his government wanted to effectively use its ‘Make in India’ and ‘Digital India’ campaigns to reach… Continue Reading →
KALPANA SHARMA The HinduHunger, malnutrition, under-nutrition… are not the talking points at election rallies or television debates . The real measure of a country’s progress is the child hunger index. India continues to fall short. In this season of festivities,… Continue Reading →
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